{"id":1021373,"date":"2021-11-16T22:15:05","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T03:15:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1021373"},"modified":"2021-11-16T22:15:08","modified_gmt":"2021-11-17T03:15:08","slug":"cruz-spars-with-homeland-security-secretary-over-biden-cages-for-migrant-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cruz-spars-with-homeland-security-secretary-over-biden-cages-for-migrant-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Cruz Spars With Homeland Security Secretary Over \u2018Biden Cages\u2019 For Migrant Children"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcruz-spars-with-homeland-security-secretary-over-biden-cages-for-migrant-children%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1021373&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) clashed Tuesday with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over conditions for migrant children at border detention centers.<\/p>\n<p>During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Cruz referred to the border facilities housing migrant children as \u201cBiden cages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many children have been in the Biden cages in calendar year 2021?\u201d Cruz asked Mayorkas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSenator, I respectfully disagree with your use of the term \u2018cages,&#8217;\u201d Mayorkas responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFine, you can disagree with it,\u201d Cruz answered. \u201cHow many children have been in the Biden cages? I\u2019ve been to the Biden cages, I\u2019ve seen the Biden cages. How many children have you detained at the Donna tent facility in the cages you built to hold kids? How many children have been in those cages?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI, respectfully, am not familiar with the term \u2018cages\u2019 and to what you are referring,\u201d Mayorkas retorted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are enclosures in which they are locked in, in which I took photographs and put them out because you block the press and didn\u2019t want people to see the Biden cages,\u201d Cruz explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will have to circle back with you with a precise number,\u201d Mayorkas answered.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz then held up a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1375523168044134406?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1375523168044134406%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fpolitics%2Fted-cruz-biden-dhs-staffer-video-donna-migrants\">photo<\/a> he took when he visited a border facility in Donna, Texas, back in March. The photo shows children sleeping and playing on small cots on the floor and enclosed by a colorful plastic wall about two feet high.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many kids have been in these positions?\u201d Cruz asked.<\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas continued to deny that children are housed in cages, at which Cruz asked, \u201cWhat are these walls?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cruz also pressed Mayorkas whether President Joe Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris had been to the southern border to see the Donna facility. Mayorkas confirmed that neither had been to see that facility.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz also challenged his Democratic Senate colleagues during the hearing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHas any Democratic member of this committee given a damn enough to see the children being locked up by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris because of your failed immigration policies?\u201d Cruz asked the Democratic members of the Judiciary Committee<\/p>\n<p>The Texas senator peppered the Homeland Security secretary with a slew of additional questions. Cruz asked Mayorkas how many women have been sexually assaulted or trafficked into the U.S. this year, as well as how many children have been sexually assaulted as they were entering the U.S. illegally.<\/p>\n<p>He also asked how many illegal immigrants who tested positive for COVID-19 were released and how many with criminal records were released.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow many murderers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) clashed Tuesday with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over conditions for migrant children at border detention centers.During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Cruz referred to the border facilities housing migrant children as \u201cBiden cages.\u201d\u201cHow many children have been in the Biden cages in calendar year 2021?\u201d Cruz asked Mayorkas.\u201cSenator, I respectfully disagree with your use of the term \u2018cages,&#8217;\u201d Mayorkas responded.\u201cFine, you can disagree with it,\u201d Cruz answered. \u201cHow many children have been in the Biden cages? I\u2019ve been to the Biden cages, I\u2019ve seen the Biden cages. How many children have you detained at the Donna tent facility in the cages you built to hold kids? How many children have been in those cages?\u201d\u201cI, respectfully, am not familiar with the term \u2018cages\u2019 and to what you are referring,\u201d Mayorkas retorted.\u201cThere are enclosures in which they are locked in, in which I took photographs and put them out because you block the press and didn\u2019t want people to see the Biden cages,\u201d Cruz explained.\u201cI will have to circle back with you with a precise number,\u201d Mayorkas answered.Cruz then held up a photo he took when he visited a border facility in Donna, Texas, back in March. The photo shows children sleeping and playing on small cots on the floor and enclosed by a colorful plastic wall about two feet high.\u201cHow many kids have been in these positions?\u201d Cruz asked.Mayorkas continued to deny that children are housed in cages, at which Cruz asked, \u201cWhat are these walls?\u201dCruz also pressed Mayorkas whether President Joe Biden or Vice President Kamala Harris had been to the southern border to see the Donna facility. Mayorkas confirmed that neither had been to see that facility.Cruz also challenged his Democratic Senate colleagues during the hearing.\u201cHas any Democratic member of this committee given a damn enough to see the children being locked up by Joe Biden and Kamala Harris because of your failed immigration policies?\u201d Cruz asked the Democratic members of the Judiciary CommitteeThe Texas senator peppered the Homeland Security secretary with a slew of additional questions. Cruz asked Mayorkas how many women have been sexually assaulted or trafficked into the U.S. this year, as well as how many children have been sexually assaulted as they were entering the U.S. illegally.He also asked how many illegal immigrants who tested positive for COVID-19 were released and how many with criminal records were released.\u201cHow many murderers have you released?\u201d Cruz asked. \u201cHow many rapists have you released? How many child molesters have you released?\u201dMayorkas responded to each question that he did not have the data to answer.Public opinion has been negative lately towards the Biden administration\u2019s immigration policies. An October\u00a0Harvard CAPS\/Harris poll found that only 35% approve of the job Biden is doing on immigration.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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