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By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 9, 2023
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a Democratic presidential candidate, said the current open border facilitates the illegal operations of the Mexican cartels, whether it is smuggling drugs or human trafficking.
By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 8, 2023
Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) criticized the current administration for their border policies, stating that they have made every state into a border state. Kennedy’s comments came in a tweet from July 31, and referenced a Fox News article from June which detailed the issue of fentanyl pouring into the country and into many different states.
By BD | Aug 8, 2023
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) recently led Republican senators in a letter to several Democratic Senate Committee chairmen, calling for them to ramp up investigations into the Department of Homeland Security’s activities to combat human trafficking.
By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 7, 2023
Two Mexican drug cartels, the Sinaloa and the Jalisco New Generation, are the most responsible for ramping up the drug epidemic in the United States, U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Anne Milgram said in recent congressional testimony.
By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 5, 2023
Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) shared on social media a video of her displaying a jar of colored wristbands in a recent Congressional hearing that she said were wristbands cartels forced migrants to wear or face mutilation.
By Sam Jackson | Aug 5, 2023
The Republican National Committee recently took to social media to claim that Mexican cartels make approximately $13 billion a year from smuggling immigrants illegally over the border.
By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 4, 2023
Rep. Ben Cline, R-Va., a member of the House Judiciary Committee, said children are continually being trafficked at the U.S.-Mexico border by the cartels.
By Federal Newswire Report | Aug 2, 2023
New legislation known as the "Build the Wall and Fight Fentanyl Act," introduced by Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, would use assets confiscated from the cartels to pay for both the completion of the border wall and fentanyl treatments.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 30, 2023
Last week, President Biden and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas’ border policies came into question during a hearing in the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 27, 2023
The Senate included the "FEND Off Fentanyl Act," legislation led by GOP presidential candidate Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), in its version of the Fiscal Year 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). In a tweet on July 21, Scott announced the news and said this bill is the answer to the ongoing fentanyl crisis.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 25, 2023
The Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) announced recently that U.S. Border Patrol agents released migrants from the Terror Watchlist. In a tweet from July 5, the CIS referenced a Homeland Security report which attributed the cause of the release to the increased number of migrants crossing the southern border.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 24, 2023
Sen. Blackburn (R-TN) and Sen. Hagerty (R-TN) said that more needs to be done to convince the government of Mexico to oppose the threat that is the cartels. On June 26, the senators and their colleagues addressed the matter head on in a letter sent to Treasury Secretary Yellen and Secretary of State Blinken.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 24, 2023
In the recent House Committee on Homeland Security hearing, Rep. Dan Bishop (R-NC), a member of the Committee, brought up two major issues surrounding the southern border: fentanyl and child sex trafficking. Bishop posted on Twitter on July 19 saying that these issues are the results of the Biden Administration’s border policies.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 20, 2023
American First Policy Institute (AFPI) journalist and policy analyst Kristen Ziccarelli criticized the Biden Administration for allegedly worsening the issue of child trafficking at the U.S.-Mexico border
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 20, 2023
U.S. Representatives Lou Correa (D-CA) and Clay Higgins (R-LA) introduced the bipartisan Cooperation on Combatting Human Smuggling and Trafficking Act
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 20, 2023
Kristen Ziccarelli, an analyst at American First Policy Institute, wrote an article about the southern border, specifically concerning child exploitation. In her issue brief from June 19, Ziccarelli argued that the Biden Administration’s border policies are making human trafficking more possible.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 20, 2023
Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-Tx) recently commented on the occurrences that continue to be an issue at the southern border. Van Duyne took to Twitter on July 14 and criticized the Biden Administration for the current border policy.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 20, 2023
A U.S. Border Patrol officer appealed directly to would-be migrants earlier this month to think twice before making the border crossing in dangerous summer temperatures
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 20, 2023
Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins took to Twitter to emphasize the importance of stopping Mexican cartels to the security of the Southern Border, saying legislation he helped sponsor will help improve those efforts.
By Federal Newswire Report | Jul 19, 2023
Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-TX), a member of The Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement, criticized the Biden Administration’s border policies and said that child trafficking is a major issue.
