Andrea Palm, President Joe Biden’s nominee for deputy secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), would not say during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Thursday if the situation at the southern border is a “crisis.”
The Biden administration announced it plans to reverse the Trump Protect Life Rule, which created a boundary between abortion and family planning.
The Biden administration’s open borders policy includes flying Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) around the country to house them until they can be distributed to relatives or “sponsors” across the United States. But the governor of Iowa rejected the administration’s request
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services officials announced the opening of two more Emergency Intake Sites (EIS) to move increasing numbers of unaccompanied children out of Customs and Border Protection custody. The move mirrors recent announcements by HHS to address the surge in unaccompanied children migrants flooding the southern border.
Rachel Levine, assistant secretary of the Biden Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), criticized efforts in some states to ban minors from obtaining transgender drugs and surgeries, saying such bans constitute a “health equity issue.”
A Japanese news outlet released a video on Thursday showing a migrant child detention facility in South Texas they describe as being “close to breaking point.” The international news outlet blamed President Joe Biden for the conditions where 4,000 children are packed in a facility with a capacity of 250.
The United States Senate voted Wednesday to confirm President Joe Biden’s nominee, Rachel Levine, to serve as assistant secretary of health at the Department of Health and Human Services.
The Pentagon confirmed HHS has requested help from the DOD to house unaccompanied minors coming from south of the United States border.
Axios reports that nearly 2,900 unaccompanied migrant minors tested positive for COVID-19 while in the custody of Health and Human Services during the past year. Currently, more than 300 of these are in medical isolation
The San Diego Convention Center will be used to house thousands of Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) who have entered the U.S. illegally.
President Joe Biden’s HHS said it will rewrite the Trump administration’s rule barring Title X family planning funds from Planned Parenthood.
The Biden administration drew fire from the governor of Texas after opening yet another facility in the state to address the number of unaccompanied migrant children crossing the border. In the latest move, the department has opened an existing oil worker man camp in Pecos, Texas.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) sharply criticized the Biden administration over conditions at multiple Health and Human Services detention facilities for unaccompanied migrant children recently opened across the state. Abbott specifically cited a drinking-water issue at a facility hastily opened by HHS in Midland, Texas and a COVID-19 outbreak in a facility opened last month in Carrizo Springs, Texas.
Federal officials announced it is no longer moving unaccompanied migrant children to the oilfield mancamp in Midland, Texas, after nearly 11 percent tested positive for COVID-19. The spokesman said the plans to move more teens to the facility are on “pause for now.”
Pro-life and faith leaders are condemning the confirmation of Xavier Becerra to serve as President Joe Biden’s HHS secretary.
The Senate confirmed California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) 50–49, in the closest confirmation vote a Biden cabinet nominee has seen yet.
During the White House press briefing, Psaki repeatedly dodged questions about transparency, blaming coronavirus restrictions, health protocols, and the privacy of the children in the facilities for stalling reporter requests for access.
Federal officials will utilize the Dallas Convention Center to house up to 3,000 unaccompanied migrant teens to respond to the overwhelming numbers crossing the border. Dallas officials notified city council members to the Department of Health and Human Services’ intent to utilize the convention center to house 15- to 17-year-old unaccompanied migrants for as much as 90 days.
Reports from local news outlets in Midland, Texas, reveal busloads of migrant children being moved under the cover of darkness into a local holding facility. State and local officials received little or no advance notice of the federal government’s plans to move these migrant children into their community.
The Biden Administration shattered a Trump-era record with DHS officials holding 3,200 unaccompanied alien children in custody, CNN reports. The detention of these minors shatters the 2,600 children held at the peak of the 2019 migrant surge. Many are being held beyond the 72-hour limit in facilities designed to hold large groups of adults.
The Biden administration shattered a record for unaccompanied migrant children being moved to shelters in February. The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) placement of more than 7,000 unaccompanied minors in shelters in February eclipsed the previous high of 5,019 in February 2019, according to a report from CBS.
The number of migrant youth daily referred to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for release into the United States has surged nearly 600 percent since President Trump was in office, newly released data reveals.
The Biden Administration is turning ICE long-term detention facilities for migrant families into rapid-processing reception and release centers. The re-designated hubs will move migrant families more quickly from the border region into the U.S. interior.
Sen. Roger Marshall (R-KS) noted that Xavier Becerra, the Biden administration’s nomination to head HHS, has no healthcare experience.
The Republican Governors Association (RGA) is seeking to determine the extent of coordination between Democrat Govs. Andrew Cuomo (NY) and Gretchen Whitmer (MI) on the controversial policy of putting coronavirus-infected patients into nursing homes to recuperate.
The speedy re-opening of mothballed detention facilities and new construction projects along the border show the Biden administration knows exactly what is on the horizon. In a press conference on Monday, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas clearly
Law enforcement sources report huge increases in the apprehension of unaccompanied children (UAC) along the Texas border with Mexico. Despite the opening of a new facility in Carrizo Springs, Texas, Border Patrol facilities continue to experience overcrowding not seen since the 2019 migrant crisis.
Biden’s transgender HHS nominee recommended “accelerating” cross-sex hormones for homeless teens suffering from gender dysphoria.
President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, dodged a question on whether he would push to provide United States taxpayer-funded healthcare benefits to illegal aliens.
President Joe Biden’s transgender HHS nominee, Rachel Levine, would not denounce minors getting drugs or surgery to change their sex.
The Biden Administration faces increasing criticism for holding unaccompanied migrant children in Border Patrol custody–some longer than the legal 72-hour limit.
Xavier Becerra refused to answer questions about his radical pro-abortion views during his Senate confirmation hearing for the post of HHS secretary.
Psaki defended the administration’s actions after Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez condemned the newly reopened camps used to detain unaccompanied minors until they can be transferred into the country.
Senator Mitt Romney (R-UT) told Xavier Becerra, President Joe Biden’s nominee to run the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), they will not find “common ground” on partial-birth abortion during a Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday.
Conservatives are joining forces to oppose President Joe Biden’s nominee to head Health and Human Services (HHS), describing the former Congressman and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra as an “extremist” who believes in abortion on demand up to the moment of birth and no intervention if a baby survives the procedure.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) declared Tuesday that the only experience President Joe Biden’s Health and Human Services (HHS) nominee, Xavier Becerra, has with “health care is that he sued the Little Sisters of the Poor” as a “trial lawyer.”
Eleven Senate Republicans wrote to President Joe Biden Monday, urging the 46th president to withdraw California Attorney General Xavier Becerra’s nomination to serve as the next secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).
President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Attorney General of California Xavier Becerra, is eyeing plans to provide illegal aliens with taxpayer-funded healthcare benefits, according to a report.
Pro-life leaders are urging the Senate to reject Biden’s choice for Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary, Xavier Becerra.
The Biden Administration faces a growing crisis as waves of unaccompanied minors cross the U.S.-Mexico Border in increasing numbers. Shelters are filling fast and are now estimated to be 93 percent occupied.
