Reprinted from Sara Carter's news page.
After a Facebook message linked to the cartel prompted over a thousand migrants to rush the U.S. southern border into El Paso on Sunday, Democrats are still showing their negligence when it comes to border security.
Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., has confirmed that no Democratic members of the House Homeland Security Committee will attend the planned trip to McAllen, Texas, on Wednesday.
“It’s deeply disappointing that the Minority members of the Committee have chosen to bail on this week’s full committee field hearing in Texas, only after they invited and confirmed a minority witness for one of the panels,” Green said in a statement.
“The only message their absence sends is that they are uninterested in coming to the table to have a conversation about the devastation that this border crisis is having on Americans and their communities across the country. We will continue to encourage our Democrat colleagues to get out of the DC echo chamber and meet Americans where they are to discuss the biggest issues facing them.”
Ranking Member Bennie Thompson (D-MS) claimed that Democrats will not participate because “it has become clear that Republicans planned to politicize this event from the start.”
NEW: Migrants involved in the attempted mass rushing of the Paso Del Norte bridge in El Paso yesterday tell us catalysts were frustrations with the CBPOne app, and this false rumor on Facebook telling migrants they would be allowed into the US at the bridge on Sunday. The post… https://t.co/l39KWSZfJj pic.twitter.com/XlaGhzB5eG
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) March 13, 2023
BREAKING: Our contact in Juarez, MX tells us a massive group of at least 1,000 migrants just attempted to rush a port of entry in El Paso in an effort to get into the United States. Video shows them pushing past the Mexican side of Paso Del Norte bridge. Awaiting CBP comment. pic.twitter.com/lxriIB3TSm
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) March 12, 2023
All Democrats on the House Homeland Security committee are boycotting Wednesday’s field hearing on the border crisis here in the RGV. They will be missing out on testimony from United States Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz, @USBPChief, who is set to testify as a federal witness.
— Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) March 13, 2023
Past 72 Hours…
– 14,431 Apprehensions
– 24 lbs. of Fentanyl Powder
– 11 lbs. of Fentanyl Pills
– $58,000 Seized
– 9 Firearms
– 3 Rescues
– 1 Narcotic Warrant
– 1 Sex OffenderAnother weekend of money, guns, and drugs!
Great work by our boots on the ground! pic.twitter.com/TkVDIKrvsx— Chief Raul Ortiz (@USBPChief) March 13, 2023
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