by Lucia Barnum | Mar 15, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON — At the first field hearing of the new session, expert witnesses called on the GOP-led House Homeland Security Committee to pass legislation to support agencies working on immigration and border security. Raul Ortiz, the chief of U.S. border patrol for the...
by Avani Kalra | Mar 1, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science, Topics
WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Wednesday blamed immigration at the southern border for an increasing number of fentanyl deaths, stepping up their criticisms of Biden administration policies and calling for stricter regulations and more surveillance at the border....
by Lucia Barnum | Feb 28, 2023 | Featured, Health & Science, Immigration
WASHINGTON — Members of the new GOP-led House Committee on Homeland Security debated the issue of fentanyl at the border at the first hearing of the new Congress, saying Department of Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and the rest of President Joe Biden’s...
by Kaitlin Bender-Thomas and Shannon Tyler | Feb 23, 2023 | Featured, Immigration, Topics
WASHINGTON – Dozens of immigration advocates protested outside the White House on Thursday to criticize the Biden administration’s latest steps for asylum seekers, saying that the proposal is overly restrictive. The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday released...
by Saul Pink | Feb 7, 2023 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON – Republicans on the House Oversight Committee sparred with Democrats over the Biden administration’s policies regarding the southern U.S. border Tuesday, which GOP lawmakers say has created a “crisis.” The hearing – part of the House GOP’s promise to...