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%.
During an interview with CBS News on Thursday, Yuma, AZ Mayor Douglas Nicholls stated that he has repeatedly asked the Biden administration to activate FEMA to help cities along the border, but they won’t for political reasons. Nicholls said, “[R]eally
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “The Story,” Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) said that House Speaker Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) is correct that President Joe Biden has the power to secure the border without congressional action and stated
On Wednesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “The Hill,” DHS Assistant Secretary for Border and Immigration Policy, Blas Nuñez-Neto responded to a question on why the Biden administration won’t reinstitute former President Donald Trump’s policies to close the border by stating that
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) reacted to the U.S. Department of Justice suing Texas over its new immigration law allowing state officials to arrest and seek the deportation of people who
On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas stated that the fact that people can stay in the United States for years before their asylum claims are heard in immigration court is “a pull factor,” but
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas stated that there are record numbers of people coming to the southern border because there has been “the greatest number of displaced people, not only at our southern border,
On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) argued that border security is “something President Biden has pushed for for a long time, as well as immigration reform issues.” But that linking that to Ukraine
PALM BEACH, Florida — Former President Donald Trump ripped Democrat President Joe Biden’s administration for allowing what Trump calls an “invasion” at the U.S. border with Mexico, something the former president likened to a “migration of civilization into our country.”
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” Rep. Jim Himes (D-CT) acknowledged that there is an “uncontrolled inflow of people” coming over the border and that issue should be addressed, but addressing that “may not work” and shouldn’t be tied
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Laredo, TX Mayor Treviño said that while he thinks the meetings between Mexican and American officials will change the dynamic on the border, Mexico doesn’t have much of an incentive to stop migrants coming
On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Laredo, TX Mayor Treviño stated that while Laredo is used to having migrants released into the city, things are different now, because instead of moving on to another city, there are now people “stranded
During an interview aired on Thursday’s broadcast of NPR’s “Morning Edition,” Rep. Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX) stated that we haven’t been “really implementing the laws that we have now and enforcing them” on immigration and “what’s happening now is disgraceful. And to
On Thursday’s broadcast of “NewsNation Now,” John Sandweg, who served as acting ICE Director during the Obama administration, predicted that as the 2024 election nears, President Joe Biden will change his approach to border policy because he’s “banking on this
On Thursday’s “CNN News Central,” Chicago Alderman Brian Hopkins said that the city simply can’t handle any more migrants, and as a result of the migrant influx in the city, “We’re seeing crime go up, property values go down” and
