NewsNation host Chris Cuomo gave legacy media an earful for effectively ignoring the ongoing crisis at the U.S. southern border, saying that the failure to properly cover what should have been a major story had only made the problem worse.
The former CNN host — who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-cnn-terminates-chris-cuomo-effective-immediately-over-scandal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was fired</a> by the network in late 2021 amid several scandals — reported from the southern border on Monday, arguing that media had glossed over the problem and claiming that both Republicans and Democrats had <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/tv/the-joke-is-on-us-chris-cuomo-tears-into-biden-and-the-media-for-ignoring-border-crisis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">used the crisis</a> for political gain.
&#8220;You heard all the politics about how there was going to be an invasion and now there’s literally almost no one here, and for you, the absence of people should be more frightening than seeing the big groups because when you see big groups, that means you know where migrants are,&#8221; Cuomo said, arguing that the absence of crowds suggested that illegal immigrants had already been taken to other parts of the country.
&#8220;The media made a big mistake taking a pass on this because we don’t have the spectacle of massive crowds, okay? The absence should be more frightening because we need to know the answer of where they are, and it really is an indication of how broken this system is,&#8221; Cuomo continued.
He went on to criticize President Joe Biden and both major political parties for failing to act on the issue, suggesting that the people who had the power and responsibility to take action often chose not to because it benefitted them politically.
&#8220;Right and Left are wholly unreasonable on this issue. The Right couldn’t wait for the hordes to come through, and then when they did and we have our president laughing, &#8216;Ha ha ha. It’s not as bad as you expected.&#8217; Really? With record numbers being processed and released into America,&#8221; Cuomo continued. &#8220;It’s no laughing matter, but if it is a joke, the joke is on us, because the people in power are allowing this to continue.&#8221;
Cuomo then spoke with journalist Jorge Ventura to get more insight into the situation.
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On <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisCuomo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChrisCuomo</a> reporting in Juarez showing the other side of the humanitarian crisis and the role Mexican officials have in allowing thousands of migrants to reach to the U.S./Mexico border to cross illegally <a href="https://twitter.com/NewsNation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NewsNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/ke12KP6crJ">pic.twitter.com/ke12KP6crJ</a>
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Texas Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales believes that instead of releasing migrants into the United States to wait years for a court date, President Joe Biden should instead send immigration judges to the border to more quickly determine whether or not they have legitimate asylum claims. 
Appearing on CBS’s “Face The Nation,” Gonzales <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argued</a> that the current process of releasing migrants is insufficient because court dates can be as far out as eight years down the road while explaining that the majority of asylum seekers won’t qualify for asylum anyway. 
“The president should surge immigration judges to the border,” Gonzales told host Margaret Brennan when asked for an alternative to the current strategy. “That person should get their case heard in days, not years.” 
“Right now in El Paso, if you apply on the One App … your court date is 2031,” he added. “That’s eight years from now.” 
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Texas Rep. <a href="https://twitter.com/TonyGonzales4TX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@TonyGonzales4TX</a> says the alternative to releasing migrants is that President Biden should &quot;surge&quot; immigration judges to the border and that migrants should get their case heard in days, not years. Adding, &quot; This is America. Get your day in court.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/c1drN3qgd0">pic.twitter.com/c1drN3qgd0</a>
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Gonzales said Biden should have sent judges, not troops, to the border because &#8220;nine out of ten&#8221; migrants don’t qualify for asylum. Gonzales shared footage from an overcrowded Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facility in El Paso, which he said shows the situation is worse than it’s being made out to be. 
“This is what I’m hearing on the ground from mayors, from border patrol agents, from embedded media, everyone is saying it’s not that bad,” Gonzales said, adding that he decided to take a look for himself. 
Gonzales said more than 6,000 migrants in the El Paso sector are currently in custody and that the facility he filmed is meant to hold 1,000 people – not the 3,000 he says it’s currently housing. Gonzales notes that one of the rooms was intended to hold 120 people but was holding more than 700. “This is what ‘not that bad’ looks like,” Gonzales said.
“We can’t allow ‘not that bad’ to be the normal,” he said, adding that a migrant child died in HHS custody last week. 
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NEW: Video courtesy of TX Congressman <a href="https://twitter.com/RepTonyGonzales?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepTonyGonzales</a> office shows significant overcrowding in Border Patrol’s Central Processing Center in El Paso, TX on Friday. He says they have a max capacity of around 1,000, but there were 6,000 that day. This room capacity 120, but had 750 <a href="https://t.co/4cdULVXXTO">pic.twitter.com/4cdULVXXTO</a>
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His comments come after Title 42, the pandemic-era rule that allowed authorities to turn away migrants at the border based on public health grounds, ended on Thursday. According to the Border Patrol union, as of last week, CBP was holding <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-light-at-the-end-of-the-tunnel-illegal-immigrants-surge-across-border-as-trump-era-rule-ends" target="_blank" rel="noopener">roughly</a> 28,000 illegal immigrants at detention facilities, a number beyond capacity, <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/spike-us-mexico-border-crossings-fuels-political-tensions-title-42-ends-2023-05-11/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Reuters. 
Fox News <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-heads-to-beach-after-shattering-all-time-record-with-83000-illegal-aliens-storming-border-in-1-week" target="_blank" rel="noopener">correspondent</a> Bill Melugin reported a “record setting” 83,000 illegal immigrants crossed the Southern Border last week alone.

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Homeland Security Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alejandro-mayorkas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alejandro Mayorkas</a> said on Sunday that U.S. Border Patrol encounters have dropped by half in the two days since <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/title-42" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Title 42</a> expired.
Around 6,300 encounters took place on Friday and 4,200 happened Saturday — a marked decrease from the over 10,000 reported before the end of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/title-42" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Title 42</a>, Mayorkas said during an interview on CNN.
Pressed on why the numbers have fallen, Mayorkas credited a &#8220;vitally important message&#8221; encouraging people arriving at the border to take legal pathways toward entry, which he said has been expanded by President Joe Biden in &#8220;an unprecedented way.&#8221;
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Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas says it&#39;s too early to tell if the surge of migrants at the border has peaked following Title 42&#39;s expiration but the number of encounters with Border Patrol has dropped by 50% over the past two days. <a href="https://t.co/nVoW7iy4Fq">pic.twitter.com/nVoW7iy4Fq</a>
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Mayorkas also touted stiffer punishments under Title 8, which can include deportation, a five-year ban on entry, and possible criminal prosecution.
However, Mayorkas conceded it is &#8220;still early&#8221; to tell when asked by &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; anchor Dana Bash whether the &#8220;surge&#8221; at the U.S.-Mexico border has &#8220;peaked.&#8221;
The pandemic-era Title 42, which allowed authorities to quickly turn away migrants at the border on public health grounds, came to a close at the end of Thursday, and not everyone is pleased with the Biden administration&#8217;s handling of the situation.
Republicans have been quick to fault what they say is the government&#8217;s &#8220;open border&#8221; policies ahead of what many expected to be a large influx of illegal crossings. And some Democrats have chastised the Biden administration for not doing more. Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), for instance, <a href="https://rubengallego.house.gov/media-center/press-releases/rep-gallego-statement-termination-title-42" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said federal agencies</a> &#8220;have had time to plan, but their efforts have fallen short&#8221; when it comes to helping border communities.
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Mayorkas said he would &#8220;respectfully disagree&#8221; when asked by Bash to respond to Democrats who believe the Biden administration has &#8220;fallen short.&#8221; He pointed to preparations for the expected influx of people, including <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2023/05/10/secretary-mayorkas-remarks-media-availability-outlining-planning-and-operations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the deployment of thousands more personnel</a> and resources to assist Border Patrol.
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Biden DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas — who has overseen the worst border crisis on record — says &quot;it&#39;s extraordinary what we&#39;ve done over the past 18 months or so.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/JFiCElfpvN">pic.twitter.com/JFiCElfpvN</a>
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&#8220;It&#8217;s extraordinary what we&#8217;ve done over the past 18 months or so,&#8221; he said.
A federal judge in Florida issued a ruling on Thursday to block the officials from carrying out a plan to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/court-order-blocking-catch-and-release-fast-track-at-border-is-sabotage-white-house-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;parole&#8221; migrants</a> at overcrowded holding facilities without a mandated court day, an order which the White House called &#8220;sabotage&#8221; and Mayorkas said was <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/12/mayorkas-florida-immigration-title-42-00096634" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;very harmful.&#8221;</a>
During an appearance on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;This Week,&#8221; Mayorkas <a href="https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1657747561308909568" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said &#8220;a number&#8221;</a> of individuals were released &#8220;because of the surge that we experienced before Title 42 came to an end.&#8221;
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With the 50% drop in Border Patrol encounters, the secretary insisted the administration is &#8220;executing our consequence regime exactly as planned.&#8221;

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Hundreds of migrants who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illegal-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegally crossed</a> the border have been released in an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/arizona" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arizona</a> border city without being fully processed, according to a new report. 
According to The Daily Mail, hundreds of migrants <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12078945/Arizona-border-city-releases-190-migrants-streets-Yuma-Title-42-ends.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">were released</a> into Yuma, Arizona, on Friday after Mayor Douglas Nicholls reportedly said migrants who were “vetted” but not fully processed would be let out of holding. The outlet reported that 140 people were dropped off at the Yuma Public Safety Training Facility to be brought to Phoenix and another 140 were released at two other sites, including another one in Yuma and one in San Luis. 
“This is decompressing and the federal government is relying on the local and state government to do its job,” said Yuma County Supervisor Jonathan Lines. “It&#8217;s another failure of the Biden Administration to manage a problem they created with their open border policy.”
The releases <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-heads-to-beach-after-shattering-all-time-record-with-83000-illegal-aliens-storming-border-in-1-week" target="_blank" rel="noopener">come as a record number</a> of migrants have crossed from Mexico into the U.S., according to Border Patrol. 
“Border Patrol reports a record setting 83,000 migrants crossed our border illegally this week alone. Just to put that number in perspective for you, that is equivalent to a full capacity Dallas Cowboys football stadium crossing our border in a single week,” Fox News correspondent Bill Melugin said.
The record crossings come amid the ending of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/title-42" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Title 42</a>, a Trump-administration immigration policy that allowed migrants to be turned back based on COVID concerns. In anticipation of its end, up to 700,000 people, including many from Central America, were waiting at the border for entry. 
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Nicholls said on Thursday that those released had received at least processing, saying that none would be criminals. 
“These are people that have been vetted to at least to the point where Border Patrol has issued them notice to appear papers wherever they end up living in the country,” he said. “I ask everyone, all of our citizens to remain calm. There&#8217;s not people that have that are convicted of crimes that are being released.”
The Republican mayor <a href="https://www.thecentersquare.com/arizona/article_cc581b60-f04d-11ed-b0cd-b3d46fd8fafc.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">called</a> for President Joe Biden to declare a national emergency on the border leading up to the expiration of Title 42. Over 114,000 people have crossed somewhere into the Yuma sector this year, including many single adults. 
Biden, who has faced widespread criticism for his handling of the border, will reportedly spend his weekend at his beach home in Delaware — which is <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-builds-taxpayer-funded-wall-delaware-beach-house-despite-opposing-border-barriers">guarded</a> by a taxpayer-funded wall — as immigration officials will be working on to deal with the illegal immigration crisis.

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The illegal immigration crisis isn&#8217;t very complex. If you want &#8220;order at the border&#8221; — as Democrats such as President Joe Biden and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas claim — then it needs to be closed once and for all.
The problem, however, is that the Left&#8217;s definition of &#8220;order&#8221; simply means that illegal aliens are &#8220;processed&#8221; by immigration officials and then released into the country via new &#8220;legal&#8221; measures. &#8220;Order&#8221; to the Democrats does not mean having the necessary physical barriers or manpower necessary at the U.S.-Mexican border to deter entry. Nor does it include enforcing policies that effectively prevent illegal immigrants from entering the nation in the first place.
Democrats tend to think that many of these illegal aliens have a right to be in the country — and that the country needs them for cheap labor. The issue is how these foreign nationals arrive — not that they&#8217;re coming in record numbers, to Biden and his ilk. Democrats want an orderly system for these individuals to come into the country.
As the following photo below shows, the Biden administration seems to have succeeded in doing just that. Per the caption provided by Getty, the image depicts &#8220;In an aerial view, immigrants line up to be processed to make asylum claims at a makeshift migrant camp on May 11, 2023 in El Paso, Texas.&#8221;
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That scene is a success in Biden&#8217;s mind.
Consider also that on Thursday, Mayorkas also <a href="https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/05/11/biden-officials-advertise-to-foreign-nationals-how-best-to-get-into-u-s-while-claiming-borders-are-not-open/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bragged</a>, &#8220;President Biden has led the largest expansion of lawful pathways in decades.&#8221;
Mayorkas had planned to release hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens into the U.S., without a court hearing, once Title 42 expired. Thankfully, a federal judge ruled late Thursday evening that the plan was unconstitutional.
Yet all the judge really said was that illegal aliens cannot be released into the interior until they are given a court date. Those immigration hearings are often far off in the future.
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Again, it is likely that hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens will continue to be allowed into the U.S. in the days ahead, provided they go through the necessary steps to secure a court date. Here&#8217;s one reported example of what an &#8220;asylum seeker&#8221; &#8220;legally&#8221; in America looks like:
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This is what Mayorkas means when he says he wants “order” at the border and that aliens not “legally” here will be deported. <a href="https://t.co/kwvwPqTFia">https://t.co/kwvwPqTFia</a>
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That young woman has a court date nearly four years from now. She&#8217;s not alone. As of December 2022, there were <a href="https://trac.syr.edu/reports/705/#:~:text=Asylum%20Seekers%20Before%20the%20Immigration%20Court&amp;text=A%20decade%20later%2C%20the%20backlog,cases%20and%20now%20totals%20787%2C882." target="_blank" rel="noopener">1.6 million individuals</a> awaiting asylum court hearings. Now, that number is going to increase by the thousands each day.
Similarly, when the president boasts that he has sent troops to the border, he leaves out that they aren&#8217;t there for law enforcement. They are there to help illegal aliens come into the U.S. through government checkpoints.
While the president has recently suggested he is going to adopt new policies that resemble former President Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;Remain in Mexico&#8221; policy, it should be noted this current crisis was caused because Biden revoked nearly every illegal immigration policy put into place by Trump.
The Biden administration has also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-joe-biden-effectively-ended-deportations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cut back on deportations</a> while folks such as Senate Majority Chuck Schumer (D-NY) advocate amnesty for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-thanks-schumer-wants-amnesty-for-11-million-or-however-many-illegal-aliens-are-in-the-u-s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">every single illegal alien</a> in the country.
This disarray will only stop once it is clear that illegal immigrants will not be allowed to enter the country. Then, the federal government needs to actually block them from crossing the border while deporting the illegal aliens already in the U.S.
The only party that can realistically make that happen is the Republican Party — and even then, a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bad-news-for-americans-bipartisanship-is-back-here-comes-amnesty" target="_blank" rel="noopener">good number of GOP officials</a> want similar immigration policies to the Biden administration.
That means that the chaos, as Biden <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-quietly-admits-border-been-chaos-number-years-ahead-title-42-expiration">described it this week</a>, will continue.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) slammed President Joe Biden on Thursday ahead of Title 42&#8217;s expiration, which is expected to worsen an already dire situation on the U.S.-Mexico border.
U.S. officials expect to see a <a href="https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-deploys-new-texas-tactical-border-force#:~:text=With%20Title%2042%20ending%20this,population%20of%20Houston's%20Harris%20County." target="_blank" rel="noopener">flood</a> of up to 13,000 illegal aliens trying to enter the U.S. every day now that the pandemic-era rule has expired, a historic number that adds to the already overwhelming thousands of illegal aliens that choose to break America&#8217;s law each day.
“We are one day from the end of Title 42 and still the Biden Administration has no viable solution to prevent an unmanageable surge of migrants at our southern border,&#8221; Manchin <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/senate/title-42-manchin-bashes-biden-border-praises-gop">said</a>. &#8220;There are multiple common sense solutions to this crisis, including my bipartisan bill that would give the Administration a two-year temporary expulsion authority for migrants attempting to illegally enter the U.S. without inspection or proper documentation.&#8221;
&#8220;While I do not support every provision, Republicans in the House of Representatives are at least working on a border security bill to fill the leadership vacuum created by this Administration,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Our country cannot maintain our superpower status if we cannot control our own border.”
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NEW: Stunning footage from our drone team shows an enormous amount of clothing &amp; trash dumped by migrants at the edge of the river after they cross illegally into Brownsville in this spot. Mixed in, you will find IDs/paperwork from around the world, &amp; Mexican humanitarian visas. <a href="https://t.co/UnEwPK62Ni">pic.twitter.com/UnEwPK62Ni</a>
&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillFOXLA/status/1656648522068795394?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 11, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Manchin&#8217;s comments come as a report this week from Axios said that he could be preparing to launch a “third-party presidential bid” in 2024 for the White House based on some of his recent actions.
The outlet <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/05/10/manchin-iowa-voters-2024-third-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that Manchin, 75, told business leaders this week in Iowa — which is no longer the first state in the Democratic Party’s nomination process — that his politics are “fiscally responsible and socially compassionate.”
The report said that Manchin appealed to Democrat voters in the state by taking a different stance than many Democrats, saying: “I believe the government should be your partner. I’m not your provider.”
The report said that his remarks came as he has increasingly opposed elements of President Joe Biden’s agenda and <a href="https://www.manchin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/manchin-to-oppose-every-epa-nominee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a statement this week that he will oppose all of Biden’s EPA nominees due to their “radical climate agenda” and “their government overreach.”
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While Manchin did not say he was leaving the party, and he faces a potential battle to keep his seat in West Virginia due in large part to how unpopular Biden is in the state, he said his “main concern” was trying to figure out: “How do we save this nation? How do we bring people together to protect the quality of life, the values that we’ve had that we were raised with?”
“You have got to fight for the reasonable, responsible middle and no one is doing that,” he said. “There’s no options.”

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Manchin Hammers Biden Over Disaster On Southern Border, Praises Republican Efforts

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Ahead of the imminent expiration of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/title-42" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Title 42</a> policy credited with blocking millions of crossings, high-profile Republicans are speaking out against President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> and his administration for their handling of a growing southern border crisis.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) excoriated Biden and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a Senate speech, <a href="https://www.republicanleader.senate.gov/newsroom/remarks/mcconnell-on-title-42-and-president-bidens-border-failures" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying they</a> &#8220;have proven they are either incapable, unwilling, or uninterested in defending and maintaining our borders.&#8221;
Meanwhile, Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott, whose state has the largest border buttressing Mexico, raised the alarm about how Biden&#8217;s <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1656041896966332418" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;open border policies&#8221;</a> have fueled problems such as the fentanyl drug trafficking and illegal immigration.
&#8220;Joe Biden has failed in his constitutional duty to protect our nation. Just over two years ago, the United States had the most secure border in decades. Biden abandoned our border on DAY ONE of his administration – leading to a RECORD increase in illegal crossings,&#8221; Abbott <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1656349735454638096" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in a recent tweet.
Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, who may soon enter the 2024 presidential contest, lashed out at Biden as he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-signs-strongest-anti-illegal-immigration-bills-into-law-as-biden-border-crisis-worsens" target="_blank" rel="noopener">signed legislation</a> on Wednesday to crack down on illegal immigration.
“The Biden Border Crisis has wreaked havoc across the United States and has put Americans in danger,” DeSantis said in a statement. “In Florida, we will not stand idly by while the federal government abandons its lawful duties to protect our country.”
Multiple cities and at least one state have <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vmIXqxUQZ1E" target="_blank" rel="noopener">declared emergencies</a> as officials brace for a surge in asylum-seekers and longer processing periods when the <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/04/18/human-tidal-wave-is-waiting-for-border-to-open-may-11-biden-has-no-plan-to-stop-it/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pandemic-era Title 42</a>, which allows authorities to quickly turn away migrants at the border on public health grounds, expires by the end of Thursday.
Large groups of people have been seen amassing at the southern border, and many <a href="https://twitter.com/BillFOXLA/status/1656396774452477954" target="_blank" rel="noopener">are making a break</a> for the United States between official ports of entry. Border agents are making up to 10,000 apprehensions daily this week, Customs and Border Protection sources <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/border-patrol-encounters-10000-migrants-third-day-numbers-swell-before-title-42-drops" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Fox News</a>.
The <a href="https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/title-42-is-ending-heres-what-it-has-done-and-how-us-immigration-policy-is-changing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Associated Press reported</a> border agents have been told to start releasing migrants from stations that are overcrowded while instructing them to show up to an immigration office within 60 days or face deportation. Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody <a href="https://www.myfloridalegal.com/newsrelease/title-42-expires-ag-moody-files-new-lawsuit-force-biden-follow-federal-court-order" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sued the Biden administration</a> in an effort to ensure it complies with a <a href="https://www.reuters.com/legal/bidens-catch-release-border-policy-struck-down-by-us-judge-2023-03-08/#:~:text=March%208%20(Reuters)%20%2D%20A,them%20violates%20U.S.%20immigration%20law." target="_blank" rel="noopener">court ruling</a> from earlier this year and prevent the &#8220;mass release&#8221; of migrants.
In a bid to get a handle on the situation, Mayorkas said smugglers have been &#8220;spreading false&#8221; information that the border will be open after Title 42 expires. &#8220;It will not be. They are lying,&#8221; <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2023/05/10/secretary-mayorkas-remarks-media-availability-outlining-planning-and-operations" target="_blank" rel="noopener">he said on Wednesday</a>. The secretary urged migrants stick to lawful pathways to entry and warned that anyone who enters the country illegally faces the prospect of stiffer punishments under Title 8, which can ban people from re-entry for several years.
Despite taking some precautions, including <a href="https://apnews.com/article/biden-immigration-troops-southern-border-68ec4d25fb87b41265019a0ffd20a784" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sending troops</a> to assist authorities at the U.S.-Mexico border and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-major-reversal-biden-resurrects-trump-border-policy-ahead-of-title-42-repeal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">moving to</a> disqualify migrants from applying for asylum in the United States if they neglected to first apply for asylum in other countries they traveled through, Biden <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-southern-border-will-be-chaotic-for-while" target="_blank" rel="noopener">conceded this week</a> that the border will be &#8220;chaotic for a while.&#8221;
Democrats in Congress have pressed the president to consider other actions such as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dems-urge-biden-to-loosen-sanctions-on-communist-cuba-socialist-venezuela-to-mitigate-border-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">further loosening sanctions</a> on communist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cuba" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cuba</a> and socialist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/venezuela" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Venezuela</a>, arguing the suffering they cause are a driving force behind migration, or <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorMenendez/status/1656436733251125248" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expanding legal pathways</a> for migrants from certain Central American countries in a bid to boost local economies.
McConnell, in his floor speech on Thursday, said &#8220;some of our Democratic colleagues are feigning great angst and indignation over&#8221; the end of Title 42.
&#8220;They claim to be outraged that President Biden doesn’t have a better plan,&#8221; McConnell said. &#8220;But every senator had a chance just last year to vote to keep funding Title 42 measures. Senate Republicans gave our Democratic colleagues that opportunity. And every single Democrat voted in lock-step against it.&#8221;
Meanwhile, the GOP-led House passed <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a bill</a> on Thursday that focuses on border security and immigration, including imposing limits to asylum eligibility and resuming construction of a wall. &#8220;While the do-nothing Democrats ignore the country&#8217;s crisis, Republicans are fighting for YOU,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/SpeakerMcCarthy/status/1656757522936594432" target="_blank" rel="noopener">tweeted</a> House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).
Former President Donald Trump <a href="https://twitter.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1656464263203135489" target="_blank" rel="noopener">warned</a> during a 2024 campaign CNN town hall that Thursday &#8220;is going to be a day of infamy.&#8221;  If re-elected president, Trump pledged in a statement that on day one of his new administration he would &#8220;end this travesty and restore the sovereign borders of the United States of America&#8221; and &#8220;immediately resume expedited removals of people [who] are crossing illegally, our border.&#8221;

Leading Republicans Decry ‘Biden Border Crisis’ As Title 42 Ends

Leading Republicans Decry 'Biden Border Crisis' As Title 42 Ends

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Reporter April Ryan doubled down on debunked claims that Customs and Border Patrol agents &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/email-shows-sec-mayorkas-was-alerted-migrants-were-not-whipped-by-border-patrol" target="_blank" rel="noopener">whipped</a>&#8221; Haitian migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border — even after Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas informed her that no such whipping had occurred.
Ryan, the White House correspondent for The Grio, responded to an exchange that took place Thursday during a press conference with the Homeland Security chief — during which he addressed the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-major-reversal-biden-resurrects-trump-border-policy-ahead-of-title-42-repeal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">expiring Title 42</a> immigration restrictions and what the border policy would look like going forward.
&#8220;Maybe its just me but!&#8221; Ryan tweeted, sharing a photo of two migrants, one of whom appeared to be attempting to escape as a mounted Border Patrol Agent grabbed his shirt. The split rein that the agent would normally use to control the horse could also be seen hanging freely from the horse&#8217;s bridle.
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Maybe its just me but! <a href="https://t.co/mfgkxc5i3f">pic.twitter.com/mfgkxc5i3f</a>
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When that now-famous photo first surfaced, many mistook the free rein for a whip and alleged that agents had &#8220;whipped&#8221; migrants at the border in order to prevent them from escaping into the interior of the United States.
Even the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/photographer-who-took-horseback-border-patrol-photos-ive-never-seen-them-whip-anyone" target="_blank" rel="noopener">photographer</a> who captured the image stated publicly that he had never seen agents whip anyone, but still the narrative persisted and President Joe Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dhs-investigation-debunks-claim-that-border-agents-whipped-migrants-but-jen-psaki-president-biden-still-wont-apologize" target="_blank" rel="noopener">publicly criticized</a> the agents — and he even called for a federal investigation into their behavior. That investigation determined that the Border Patrol agents had simply done their jobs and that no one had been whipped.
Despite the fact that the investigation was concluded over a year earlier, Ryan brought it up during Thursday&#8217;s press conference.
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Mayorkas on whip-gate: &quot;The investigation concluded that the whipping did not occur.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/afcCOXopEt">pic.twitter.com/afcCOXopEt</a>
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&#8220;The southern border is not just Mexicans,&#8221; Ryan began, adding, &#8220;It is Haitians, it&#8217;s Africans, as we&#8217;ve seen particularly with that issue with the Haitians being whipped with the reins, or the horses, but what is there —&#8221;
&#8220;Well let me just correct you right there,&#8221; Mayorkas interrupted. &#8220;Because actually the investigation concluded that the whipping did not occur.&#8221;
Ryan was not deterred, however, claiming that she &#8220;saw it differently&#8221; and insisting that &#8220;they were whipped with something from the horse.&#8221;
She went on to suggest that either the photos or videos that circulated after the alleged whipping incident might have been somehow &#8220;fixed,&#8221; repeating once more that what she had seen &#8220;was totally different.&#8221;
&#8220;Yeah, I&#8217;m going to leave you as corrected,&#8221; Mayorkas replied before moving on to the next question.

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April Ryan Doubles Down On ‘Whipped Migrants’ Myth Even After Mayorkas Calls Her Out

April Ryan Doubles Down On 'Whipped Migrants' Myth Even After Mayorkas Calls Her Out

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A group of Democrats in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Congress</a> urged President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> on Wednesday to reverse Trump-era sanctions on communist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cuba" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cuba</a> and socialist <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/venezuela" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Venezuela</a>.
<a href="https://escobar.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=1227" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A letter</a>, spearheaded by Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX), argued these penalties are &#8220;push-factors&#8221; fueling a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/border-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">crisis at the southern border</a> ahead of the imminent expiration of the Title 42 policy credited with blocking millions of crossings.
“Experts widely agree that broad-based U.S. sanctions — expanded to an unprecedented level by former President Donald Trump — are a critical contributing factor in the current increase in migration,” the group said.
“In light of their grave humanitarian toll on the peoples of those countries, and the significant logistical challenges that the resulting increase in migration is causing for federal, state, and local authorities, we urge you to act swiftly to lift the failed and indiscriminate economic sanctions that were imposed by the prior administration,&#8221; they added.
The Trump administration <a href="https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sm1239" target="_blank" rel="noopener">issued sanctions</a> against Venezuela to punish the &#8220;illegitimate&#8221; regime led by President Nicolás Maduro, citing an &#8220;abuse&#8221; of natural resources, and against Cuba <a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-florida-archive-courts-cuba-1380bca4b965163fde80a31cef3b1396" target="_blank" rel="noopener">to reverse</a> what former President Donald Trump called &#8220;the Obama-Biden sellout to the Castro regime.&#8221; In the final days of Trump&#8217;s administration, the federal government re-designated Cuba as a <a href="https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-hits-cuba-with-new-terrorism-sanctions-in-waning-days" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8220;state sponsor of terrorism.&#8221;</a>
<a href="https://escobar.house.gov/uploadedfiles/final_letter_migration_and_cuba__venzuela_sanctions.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The letter</a> from House Democrats, which bore the signatures of more than a dozen lawmakers, including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) and Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), argued the Trump-era sanctions have blasted the economies of Cuba and Venezuela, making such things as food and medicine scarcer.
They recognize that Biden has already lifted some <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/16/us/politics/biden-cuba-policy.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">penalties</a> on both <a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/11/26/1139284014/biden-venezuela-oil-sanctions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">countries</a>, but lament how &#8220;most of the Trump administration-imposed sanctions remain and continue to exacerbate our challenges at the border.&#8221;
Officials from the federal level down to the local level are bracing for a migrant surge as the <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/04/18/human-tidal-wave-is-waiting-for-border-to-open-may-11-biden-has-no-plan-to-stop-it/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pandemic-era Title 42</a>, which allows authorities to quickly turn away migrants at the border on public health grounds, is set to expire by the end of Thursday.
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Border agents are already making up to 10,000 apprehensions daily this week, Customs and Border Protection sources <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/border-patrol-encounters-10000-migrants-third-day-numbers-swell-before-title-42-drops" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told Fox News</a>. The rising numbers has given Republicans more reason to accuse the Biden administration of mismanaging the border situation.
As noted by <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/05/10/biden-border-venezuela-sanctions/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Washington Post</a>, the House Democrats&#8217; push to further ease up sanctions against Venezuela and Cuba sets up a clash with Senate Foreign Affairs Chairman Robert Melendez (D-NJ), a major critic of both the governments leading both countries.
Menendez released a joint <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorMenendez/status/1656436733251125248" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> with other Senate Democrats on Thursday that made no mention of Cuba or Venezuela, instead making other suggestions such as imploring Biden to &#8220;expand legal pathways for migrants from Central America and help local economies thrive, as well as redesignate Honduras, El Salvador, and Nicaragua for TPS [Temporary Protected Status], and issue TPS designation for Guatemala.&#8221;

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Dems Urge Biden To Loosen Sanctions On Communist Cuba, Socialist Venezuela To Mitigate Border Crisis

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Texas National Guard soldiers blocked a line of migrants attempting to illegally cross the southern border on Wednesday, one day before the Trump-era Title 42 policy is set to expire.
Video <a href="https://twitter.com/BensmanTodd/status/1656300169283895302" target="_blank" rel="noopener">captured</a> by journalist Todd Bensman shows a wall of razor wire ordered by Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and state authorities blocking immigrants crossing the Rio Grande River attempting to enter the city of Brownsville, Texas.
&#8220;Great work by Texas National Guard and Texas DPS,&#8221; Abbott tweeted. &#8220;Biden sent 1,500 troops to the border to do paperwork. Texas deployed trained soldiers and troopers to take real action and respond to this crisis.&#8221;
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Great work by Texas National Guard and Texas DPS. 
Biden sent 1,500 troops to the border to do paperwork. 
Texas deployed trained soldiers and troopers to take real action and respond to this crisis. <a href="https://t.co/bVMeG0geQl">https://t.co/bVMeG0geQl</a>
&mdash; Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) <a href="https://twitter.com/GregAbbott_TX/status/1656321273646002177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 10, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The move comes as U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) sources told Fox News that the agency apprehended more than 10,000 migrants illegally crossing the border on both Monday and Tuesday, which marked the highest single-day totals ever recorded.
Drone footage from Fox News on Tuesday evening showed a massive group of migrants crossing illegally into Brownsville.
CBP sources told the outlet that Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley sector hit 140% capacity in its facilities.
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NEW: Our Fox drone over another enormous group of migrants who crossed illegally into Brownsville yesterday evening. As of yesterday, CBP sources tell us Border Patrol’s Rio Grande Valley sector was already running at 140% capacity in its facilities, and T42 hasn’t dropped yet. <a href="https://t.co/GME9W5dEbV">pic.twitter.com/GME9W5dEbV</a>
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Abbott deployed up to 10,000 specially trained National Guard members from the Texas Tactical Border Force and 1,200 Texas Department of Public Safety troopers on Monday to secure the Texas border amidst the &#8220;chaos&#8221; caused by Biden&#8217;s elimination of Title 42, a Trump-era public health order that allowed for the immediate expulsion of illegal immigrants. Biden&#8217;s critics have predicted Title 42&#8217;s expiration will bring a fresh cascade of illegal migration upward of 13,000 crossings a day. The policy expires at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday.
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&#8220;They will be deployed to hot spots along the border to intercept to repel and to turn back migrants who are trying to enter Texas illegally,&#8221; Abbott said at a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/gov-abbott-deploys-special-national-guard-force-to-southern-border-ahead-of-expected-illegal-immigrant-surge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">news conference,</a> adding that the elite National Guard would identify, fill in the gaps, and shut down some 29 crossing points along the border using equipment and tools such as aircraft, boats, night vision equipment, and riot gear.
Biden, who acknowledged that the border would be &#8220;chaotic for a while,&#8221; announced last week the administration would send 1,500 troops for administrative and logistical functions, leaving the Border Patrol to actively police the border and apprehend migrants.
Biden officials <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/in-major-reversal-biden-resurrects-trump-border-policy-ahead-of-title-42-repeal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on Wednesday that the administration would reinstate a Trump-era immigration rule which disqualifies migrants from applying for asylum in the U.S. if they neglected to first apply for asylum in other countries they traveled through, such as Mexico.
The new policy, a reversal of President Joe Biden&#8217;s campaign promises, comes as the administration has failed for more than two years to control historic levels of illegal immigration into the U.S.
Immigration officials have seen a steady surge in illegal migration in the weeks leading up to Title 42&#8217;s end. On Monday, border Patrol chief Raul Ortiz reported that Border Patrol averaged nearly 9,000 migrant apprehensions per day and tallied over 7,000 gotaways, illegal immigrants who were seen entering the U.S. but could not be apprehended.
Republican lawmakers accused the Biden administration on Wednesday of having a slow response to the border crisis.
&#8220;The administration has failed to acknowledge the crisis at our border, and is recognizing in the 11th hour that the upcoming removal of Title 42 authorities, and the subsequent surge in border crossings that is predicted, will have disastrous effects on the security of our nation,&#8221; the lawmakers <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/chaotic-while-us-border-rules-003319169.html">wrote</a> in a letter led by Senator Mitt Romney to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Tim Pearce contributed to this report.

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WATCH: Texas National Guard Repels Line Of Migrants Illegally Crossing Into U.S.

WATCH: Texas National Guard Repel Line Of Migrants Illegally Crossing Into U.S.

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden</a> administration has brought back a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Trump</a>-era immigration rule the day before Title 42 is scheduled to sunset and encourage a wave of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illegal-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegal immigration</a> into the U.S.
The rule, finalized and published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, disqualifies migrants from applying for asylum in the U.S. if they neglected to first apply for asylum in other countries they traveled through, such as Mexico. Hundreds of asylum officers were trained in how to enforce the rule on Tuesday ahead of Title 42’s expiration, according to <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-asylum-restriction-title-42-expires-border-deportations/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CBS News</a>.
The new rule, a reversal of President Joe Biden’s campaign promises, comes as the administration has failed for more than two years to control historic levels of illegal immigration into the U.S. The ongoing crisis at the southern border is widely expected to worsen later this week when Title 42, a health order authorizing border officials to immediately expel migrants without processing, is repealed at 11:59 p.m. on Thursday.
When former President Donald Trump implemented the rule to contain illegal immigration, Biden was one of his most vocal critics. Biden used Trump’s immigration policies as a club during the 2020 presidential campaign.
“This is the first president in the history of the United States of America that anybody seeking asylum has to do it in another country,” Biden <a href="https://youtu.be/yGPfKkjDIts?t=3759" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> during the final debate of the campaign. “That’s never happened before in America.”
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has scrambled to prepare for the surge, which has already begun to materialize days before Title 42 expires. DHS requested and received 1,500 military personnel from the Pentagon to help <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-administration-sends-1500-troops-to-southern-border-ahead-of-expected-surge" target="_blank" rel="noopener">perform</a> administrative tasks on the border and free up more border agents for enforcement.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection partnered with local and state law enforcement to begin <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/law-enforcement-to-clear-thousands-of-illegal-migrants-from-el-paso-streets-as-end-of-title-42-looms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sweeping</a> thousands of illegal migrants off the streets of El Paso, Texas, one of the hotspots for illegal migration. El Paso Democratic Mayor Oscar Leeser preemptively declared a state of emergency in the city. He has previously estimated that 15,000 migrants could be in position to flood into the city from Ciudad Juarez when Title 42 is ended.
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Immigration officials have seen a steady surge in illegal migration in the weeks leading up to Title 42’s end. Border Patrol chief Raul Ortiz reported on Monday that Border Patrol averaged nearly 9,000 migrant apprehensions per day and tallied over 7,000 gotaways, illegal immigrants who were seen entering the U.S. but could not be apprehended. On Tuesday, more than 11,000 migrants were <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/biden-admin-plans-order-release-migrants-us-no-way-track-rcna83704" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> caught crossing the southern border.

In Major Reversal, Biden Resurrects Trump Border Policy Ahead Of Title 42 Repeal

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Donald Trump-E. Jean Carroll Verdict
Former President Donald Trump was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-jury-rules-trump-committed-battery-on-e-jean-carroll-defamed-her" target="_blank" rel="noopener">found</a> liable Tuesday of sexual abuse and defamation in E. Jean Caroll’s lawsuit that accused him of raping her decades ago.
Title 42 Chaos
Law enforcement is sweeping the streets of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/law-enforcement-to-clear-thousands-of-illegal-migrants-from-el-paso-streets-as-end-of-title-42-looms" target="_blank" rel="noopener">El Paso, Texas</a>, for thousands of illegal immigrants camped in the city. Late Monday night, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced a “targeted enforcement operation” taking place in El Paso ahead of the repeal of Title 42. 
About 2,500 migrants are living on the streets of El Paso, some reportedly with gang ties. The operation comes as thousands more migrants are expected to cross the border from Mexico into El Paso after Title 42 is lifted on Thursday at 11:59 p.m. 
El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser previously estimated that up to 15,000 migrants could be in Ciudad Juárez, across the border from El Paso, preparing to enter the U.S. later this week. Meanwhile, in the last week, border patrol agents made 55,000 apprehensions of individuals who crossed the border illegally. That number is expected to rise dramatically with the expiration of Title 42.  So far, the Biden administration has indicated it will reject any Republican proposals to deal with the problem.
Janet Yellen Warns Corporations About Recession Risks
A <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/janet-yellen-warns-ceos-about-recession-risks-from-debt-ceiling-battle-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">new report indicates</a> that Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen contacted multiple prominent American business leaders on Monday to detail the financial risk stemming from the current debt ceiling controversy. 
In recent days, Yellen held multiple one-on-one conversations with individual executives about the “dangerous consequences of the current brinkmanship,” according to a report from Reuters. Biden administration officials have repeatedly claimed that Republican lawmakers are risking a worldwide recession by insisting that any amendment to the debt ceiling must be accompanied by meaningful spending cuts. Meanwhile, Biden is meeting with Congressional GOP and Democratic leaders Tuesday afternoon to discuss a plan to raise the limit.
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Hunter Biden Criminal Proof?
Attorneys for the IRS <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/attorneys-for-irs-whistleblower-in-hunter-biden-probe-meet-with-congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">whistleblower</a> who alleges the criminal investigation into <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hunter-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter Biden</a> has become corrupted by lies and politics reportedly met with members of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/congress" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Congress</a>.
<a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/05/politics/hunter-biden-irs-whistleblower-congressional-investigation/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Sources told CNN</a> the conversation on Friday with investigators from the GOP-led House and Democrat-controlled Senate helps lay the groundwork for what could be a formal disclosure involving sensitive tax information in the near future. Meanwhile, House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) is urging the Justice Department <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comer-urges-feds-not-to-indict-hunter-biden-before-wednesday" target="_blank" rel="noopener">not to indict Hunter Biden</a> until Republicans hold a press conference. They intend to present evidence showing how a “web” of LLCs is being used by foreign adversaries to improperly pay members of the Biden family in exchange for favors.
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🚨 A very credible whistleblower has provided info to Congress.
I will press forward in my <a href="https://twitter.com/GOPoversight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GOPoversight</a> investigation into the Biden family’s influence peddling to determine if <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> is compromised.
I intend to provide the American people more facts this week. <a href="https://twitter.com/MariaBartiromo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MariaBartiromo</a> <a href="https://t.co/2F2ntRiNgz">pic.twitter.com/2F2ntRiNgz</a>
— Rep. James Comer (@RepJamesComer) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepJamesComer/status/1655226994957729792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">May 7, 2023</a></blockquote>
The press conference is scheduled for 9 a.m. ET on Wednesday.
Ex- Pakistan Prime Minister Arrested
The former prime minister of Pakistan was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-prime-minister-of-south-asian-country-arrested-by-paramilitary-forces" target="_blank" rel="noopener">arrested</a> on Tuesday by paramilitary forces as the popular leader faces terrorism and corruption-related charges. Imran Khan was ousted from his role as prime minister in April 2022 by a no-confidence vote in parliament after being accused of corruption and violating the constitution. Khan <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-pakistani-prime-minister-shot?utm_source=facebook&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dwbrand" target="_blank" rel="noopener">survived a shooting</a> in November and has claimed that corrupt officials coordinated his removal from office. Police say after his arrest, he was taken to the National Accountability Bureau for questioning. Supporters took to the streets in protest, starting fires and clashing with police.
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