On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) stated that he has voted for tens of billions of dollars in border security funding, and it hasn’t helped and “This surge is unlike anything I’ve
On Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) argued that if Democrats “had power within the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the White House,” like they did from 2021 to 2023, “I think
Former President Donald Trump called on governors to use their National Guard soldiers to remove migrants back across the border. His post on Truth Social follows statements from 25 Republican governors supporting the State of Texas’s standoff against the Biden administration in Shelby Park.
On Thursday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Here and Now,” former Obama adviser David Axelrod stated that President Joe Biden does have to be “very aggressive” in addressing the “crisis” on the border and that he needs “real action steps, quickly, about
House Speaker Mike Johnson told his House colleagues in a letter on Friday morning that the Senate immigration and Ukraine funding deal is “dead on arrival” in the House if the Senate passes it.
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “All In,” U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) criticized the prospective border as giving up “the long-standing obligation of this country to help people who are seeking — who are fleeing persecution” and also
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Katy Tur Reports,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) stated that we “cannot have uncontrolled migration across the border. That is not acceptable. We see that here in New York City.” and “uncontrolled migration does put downward
During a portion of an interview with ABC News aired on Wednesday’s edition of “Nightline,” Deputy Chief of Mission for the U.S. Embassy in Colombia Brendan O’Brien stated that increasing legal pathways, including potentially increasing “opportunities for asylum into the
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby said that “there’s obviously more that can be done, not only to create legal pathways, but to enforce the
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” White House National Security Council Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby responded to a question on why President Joe Biden hasn’t ended catch and release by stating that executive action
On Tuesday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Here and Now,” Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) stated that while the border isn’t open, “it’s a porous border” and there is “an emergency on the border” that would allow President Joe Biden to do more
On Tuesday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Here and Now,” Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) responded to a question on the humanitarian parole power of the president that is one issue in congressional immigration negotiations by stating that “we do have a problem
On Monday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox & Friends,” 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) stated that the problems on the border aren’t due to a lack of money, but because asylum laws are flawed and
During an interview aired on Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Laura Coates Live,” Vice President Kamala Harris stated that the solutions to fixing the U.S. immigration system are ensuring that we can “process people effectively” at the border and have a
During an interview aired on Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Laura Coates Live,” Vice President Kamala Harris stated that she hopes current negotiations over the border “are genuinely focused on fixing the problem,” including protections for DREAMers. Host Laura Coates said,
A divided Supreme Court issued a stay allowing Biden administration agents to open Texas’s border barrier.
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) stated that he wants “to provide the American Dream for any migrant. But it seems very difficult” to do that “when you have 300,000 people showing up encountered at
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” Biden Campaign Co-Chair Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) stated that Democrats have shifted on border policy over the past year or two due to how bad the border’s gotten. Co-host Phil Mattingly asked, “Do
On Thursday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” House Homeland Security Committee member Rep. Lou Correa (D-CA) stated that while there are problems on the border and with fentanyl, “Alejandro Mayorkas is not the reason” and is “doing a good job”
On Thursday, Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that President Joe Biden has shifted on immigration policy and the immigration situation “has gotten worse in the last three years” and that while lots of that doesn’t have anything to do with
On Thursday’s broadcast of “NewsNation Now,” Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said that our asylum system is too soft and asylum laws need to be strengthened because the current system of asylum laws makes it “too easy for people to come
On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) stated that Democrats have “shifted dramatically” on immigration policy “because of what’s happened at the border” and what’s happening in cities like Denver. Bennet also stated that the failures
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” House Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) stated that the border is “a threat” because terrorists can cross it and the composition of border crossers has changed and “It’s also a
During an interview with ABC News released on Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris responded to a question on where the Biden administration is willing to compromise on immigration and the border by stating that “It would be great” if Congress
On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Biden Principal Deputy Campaign Manager Quentin Fulks responded to a question on whether the situation on the border is better under President Joe Biden than it was under 2024 Republican presidential
During CBS’s Iowa caucus coverage on Monday, Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) stated that the surge in Venezuelan migrants is the fault of 2024 Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump because he “created the chaos that’s happened in Venezuela
During ABC’s coverage of the Iowa caucuses on Monday, ABC National Correspondent Mireya Villarreal reacted to polling showing immigration as the number two most important issue among Iowa caucusgoers by stating that the issue is important in part because Texas Gov.
During an interview aired on Friday’s broadcast of Bloomberg’s “Wall Street Week,” Steve Rattner, who served as counselor to the Treasury Secretary in the Obama administration, stated that President Joe Biden “conveyed a sense that we wanted people to come here back from the first day of his Inauguration, and the result is you have 3 million people a year now crossing the southern border and going through our crazy, convoluted system.”
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has thrown cold water on Senate negotiators of a border compromise after details of a draft deal emerged.
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “OutFront,” CNN National Security Analyst and former Director of National Intelligence James Clapper stated that he has “gotten very concerned” about the prospect of terrorists exploiting the chaos on the southern border because “the composition
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” 2024 Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stated that the border deal reportedly pushed by Senate Minority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) would “be dead on arrival” under a
During MSNBC’s coverage of Wednesday’s Republican presidential debate, hosts Rachel Maddow and Joy Reid criticized the two candidates, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley for talking a lot about the border and worrying about how to
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” CNN Correspondent David Culver reported on the massive surge of Chinese migrants coming to the U.S., and said the migrants that he spoke to are mostly coming for economic reasons and end up
On Saturday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Fox News Live,” Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) stated that migrants know “the Border Patrol is not going to push them back. They’ll help them” and that’s why so many people are coming
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Denver Mayor Mike Johnston responded to a question on whether increasing work permits for migrants without enhanced border security will incentivize more people to come by stating that the right
On Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Cavuto: Coast to Coast,” Trenton, NJ Mayor Reed Gusciora criticized Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) for not warning when they’re going to send migrants to the city and acknowledged that Texas hasn’t
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Chicago Alderman Brian Hopkins stated that the federal government has failed to secure the U.S.-Mexico border and now Chicago is “attempting to close its own borders to the constant flow
On Thursday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas acknowledged that illegal border crossings have gone up even with the Biden administration adding legal immigration pathways but stated that “for them to really take hold is not something that happens
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas stated that the agency needs more money, but wouldn’t say if he’d accept a condition that the funds can’t be used to release migrants into the
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas responded to a question on how many of the 300,000 people encountered at the border were released by stating that “we are limited in our detention capacity by the funding that Congress provides to us,” but he wouldn’t be surprised if the percentage released is north of 70%.
