{"id":1530386,"date":"2022-06-28T11:19:29","date_gmt":"2022-06-28T15:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1530386"},"modified":"2022-06-28T11:47:14","modified_gmt":"2022-06-28T15:47:14","slug":"white-house-rejects-blame-for-deadly-migrant-smuggling-event-in-texas-says-border-is-closed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-rejects-blame-for-deadly-migrant-smuggling-event-in-texas-says-border-is-closed\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Rejects Blame For Deadly Migrant Smuggling Event In Texas, Says Border Is \u2018Closed\u2019"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fwhite-house-rejects-blame-for-deadly-migrant-smuggling-event-in-texas-says-border-is-closed%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=1530386&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--><div><\/div>\n<p>White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre rejected criticism from Republicans that the Biden administration is to blame for the human smuggling attempt that ended in tragedy Monday in Texas, saying that the border is \u201cclosed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At least 46 <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/27\/texas-crash-smuggling-migrants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">people<\/a> are dead after an 18-wheeler <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/17\/border-patrol-teens-human-smuggling-operations-rio-grande-valley-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">smuggling<\/a> migrants was found in San Antonio, Texas, on Monday night. It\u2019s one of the deadliest smuggling incidents from the U.S.-Mexico border in recent decades, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/politics-mexico-san-antonio-12d7431c008ea0123dfa9c271a27a3ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the Associated Press. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/22\/teenagers-human-smuggling-southern-border-arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: SMUGGLER\u2019S PARADISE: How American Teenagers Are Being Lured Into Human Trafficking On Social Media)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe fact of the matter is, the border is closed, which is in part why you see people trying to make this dangerous journey using smuggling networks. Forty-six people died in the state of Texas\u2026. Their families are still learning they lost loves ones\u2026 We\u2019re focused on them, on the facts and on holding the human smugglers who endangered vulnerable individuals for profit accountable,\u201d Jean-Pierre told reporters on Air Force One Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/politics\/2022\/06\/28\/texas-gov-greg-abbott-migrant-truck-deaths-are-on-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to The Dallas Morning News.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX\/status\/1541596214705135617\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a> Monday that \u201c[t]hese deaths are on Biden,\u201d but Jean-Pierre dismissed blame for the \u201cabsolutely horrific and heartbreaking\u201d event.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">LISTEN: KJP reacts to the news of nearly 50 dead migrants at the border:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re focused\u2026on the facts, and holding the human strugglers who endangered vulnerable individual profits accountable\u2026the fact of the matter is, the border is closed.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7T3MFwy4vF\">pic.twitter.com\/7T3MFwy4vF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1541790261877133312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1541790261877133312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Former U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) acting commissioner Mark Morgan and former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Tom Homan said President Biden\u2019s border policies are to blame for this situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know what it is like to stand in the back of a tractor trailer with 19 dead migrants at my feet, including a 5-year-old boy that suffocated to death in 170-degree heat in a steel box in total blackness. It changed me forever. This tragedy is worse,\u201d Homan said in a statement shared with The Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been warning for a year that a tragedy was going to occur because of the increase in truck smuggling, together with open borders, catch-and-release, and no chance of being deported, the most vulnerable people in the world will put themselves in the hands of criminal cartels to seek the promise that Biden and Mayorkas have made,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Morgan said Biden hasn\u2019t closed the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/06\/15\/border-migrants-immigration-mexico\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">border<\/a>, asserting that he\u2019s done so purposefully.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey know full well the costs of their open-borders policies, but are pursuing them anyway\u2014all for political benefit and pursuit of their personal ideology. It\u2019s disgusting. How many more Americans and migrants have to die before we say enough is enough and demand the Biden administration take back our borders from the cartels?\u201d Morgan said.<\/p>\n<p>The White House didn\u2019t respond to TheDCNF\u2019s request for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Content created by The Daily Caller News Foundation is available without charge to any eligible news publisher that can provide a large audience. For licensing opportunities of our original content, please contact <a href=\"mailto:licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org\">licensing@dailycallernewsfoundation.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre rejected criticism from Republicans that the Biden administration is to blame for the human smuggling attempt that ended in tragedy Monday in Texas, saying<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":577,"featured_media":1530410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1530386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1530386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/577"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1530386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1530386\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1530410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1530386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1530386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1530386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}