Hannity: System-wide meltdown at our southern border
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Democrats, not Mexico, are driving the border crisis
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Vehicles from Mexico and the U.S. approach a border crossing in El Paso, Texas, Monday, April 1, 2019. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio) Cedar Attanasio When historians look back to this era, they will wonder why we insisted on outsourcing our border … Read More
Texas Senate declares migrant surge an emergency
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Republican state senators passed a resolution that would declare a crisis at the Texas-Mexico border and request Congress to fully fund border security measures. Democratic senators say they never saw the measure until it hit the floor. State Sen. Paul … Read More
Trump, McConnell clash on closing the border
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“If we don’t make a deal with Congress, the border’s going to be closed,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Tuesday. “100 percent.” WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is “100 percent” prepared to shut … Read More
Trump threatens to shut Mexico border, again
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President Donald Trump has threatened again to close the Mexican border because of what he calls an illegal immigration crisis Photo: AFP WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday again threatened to seal the U.S.-Mexican border, claiming in a tweet that America’s … Read More
‘You Can See the Photos,’ This Is a Crisis: Pavlich on CBP Warning of ‘Breaking Point’ at Border
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Katie Pavlich said photos of hundreds of migrants being held under a bridge in El Paso, Texas, underscore the humanitarian crisis at the southern border. The Washington Post reported that U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials set up an improvised holding pen in a … Read More
Trump border emergency survives as House veto override fails
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President Donald Trump accompanied by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky, left, arrives for a Senate Republican policy lunch on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday. Photo: AP WASHINGTON The Democratic-led House failed Tuesday to override President Donald Trump’s first veto, … Read More
US-Mexico border at ‘breaking point’ amid immigration surge, official says
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Customs and Border Protection commissioner Kevin McAleenan declared ‘operational crisis’ and called on Congress for solutions. Migrants being held for processing under the Paso del Norte bridge in El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday. Photograph: UPI/Barcroft Images Images emerged on Wednesday … Read More