Tag: crossings
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Speaker Mike Johnson demands Biden use executive actions and ‘suspend’ immigration to fix border chaos: Top Republican calls for return to Trump policies as crossings hit historic levels
Published: 2:39 PM EST, December 21, 2023 | Updated: 2:39 PM EST, December 21, 2023 As immigration talks in Congress stall, House Speaker Mike Johnson sent a letter to President Biden urging him to use executive power to stem the flow of migrants at the southern border . The speaker instructed the president to end…
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Migrant crossings from Mexico up nearly one third in December with 167,000 stopped so far as even DEMOCRAT congressman in Texas calls for tougher measures to ‘secure the border now’
The Biden administration is now closing legal ports of entry along the US-Mexico border as large numbers of migrants seek to enter the country, drawing condemnation from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. Over the weekend, Customs and Border Patrol suspended cargo crossings in Eagle Pass and El Paso, Texas, to shift workforces to…