{"id":1585832,"date":"2022-08-03T01:25:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T05:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1585832"},"modified":"2022-08-03T01:25:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T05:25:26","slug":"exclusive-texas-democrat-says-hes-given-up-on-border-talks-with-the-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-texas-democrat-says-hes-given-up-on-border-talks-with-the-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Texas Democrat Says He\u2019s Given Up On Border Talks With The White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fexclusive-texas-democrat-says-hes-given-up-on-border-talks-with-the-white-house%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=1585832&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>Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas has given up on having conversations with the White House about the border because top officials in the Biden administration are only interested in listening to \u201cimmigration activists,\u201d he said in an exclusive interview with the Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI haven\u2019t followed up with the White House because after months and months and months of talking to them,\u201d Cuellar told the DCNF.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of them are dealing with former immigration activists, so they have a different way of thinking. So I don\u2019t think I can ever convey to them. The career people understand it. But the White House people are former immigration activists, so the answer is no to that,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Cuellar, who represents a South Texas border district, has long supported securing the border and was in favor of <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/01\/democrats-speak-out-cdc-title-42-end\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">keeping<\/a> Title 42, a public health measure to quickly expel illegal aliens, in place, despite the Biden administration\u2019s attempt to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/01\/cdc-title-42-end-may-23-border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">end<\/a> it. He\u2019s also <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/05\/04\/top-house-democrats-henry-cuellar-abortion-texas-primary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a<\/a> pro-life Democrat and was the only member of his party to vote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/3755\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">against<\/a> an abortion bill in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>He was recently one of five Democrats to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/117th-congress\/house-bill\/1808\/actions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">vote<\/a> against an assault weapons ban. In the current congressional term, Cuellar has voted against the majority of House Democrats 4.1%, <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/represent\/members\/C001063-henry-cuellar\/votes-against-party\/117\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to ProPublica.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas Democrat has suggested that the White House not just limit their conversations about the border to the activists, saying they should include border communities and border authorities, like Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol, he explained. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/21\/democrat-border-texas-smuggling-overpacked-trailer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Several Illegal Migrants Who Died In Overpacked Texas Trailer Had \u2018Serious Criminal Records,\u2019 Dem Rep Says)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7489339\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7489339\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7489339\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1411483192-scaled-e1659122211709.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 28: U.S. President Joe Biden gives remarks during a meeting on the U.S. Economy with CEOs and members of his Cabinet in the South Court Auditorium of the White House on July 28, 2022 in Washington, DC. During the meeting, President Biden was given a note by an aide which indicated that Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act had received enough yes votes in the House of Representatives to pass the legislation. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1411483192-scaled-e1659122211709.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/GettyImages-1411483192-scaled-e1659122211709-279x120.jpg 279w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1411483192-scaled-e1659122211709-620x266-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1411483192-scaled-e1659122211709-768x330-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1411483192-scaled-e1659122211709-1536x660-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/GettyImages-1411483192-scaled-e1659122211709-2048x880-1.jpg 2048w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7489339\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 JULY 28: U.S. President Joe Biden gives remarks during a meeting on the U.S. Economy with CEOs and members of his Cabinet in the South Court Auditorium of the White House on July 28, 2022 in Washington, DC. During the meeting, President Biden was given a note by an aide which indicated that Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors (CHIPS) for America Act had received enough yes votes in the House of Representatives to pass the legislation. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always said, when you look at border issues, you gotta look at three factors. Yes, immigration activists. Second of all, they\u2019ve got to listen to these border communities, which they\u2019re not listening to border communities and that\u2019s one of the things that I pushed very hard,\u201d Cuellar said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe other thing is, they have to also listen to the men and women in green and blue and ICE. They need to do that. So I think what\u2019s happening is that they don\u2019t want to upset the immigration activists and I know that because I had somebody tell me that one time, but I think that\u2019s wrong,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Cuellar said he\u2019s talked with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about the 53 individuals who died in an <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/21\/democrat-border-texas-smuggling-overpacked-trailer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">alleged<\/a> smuggling incident in South Texas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he gets it. But, in my personal opinion,\u00a0 there are some forces from the White House that think otherwise,\u201d Cuellar said.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/southwest-land-border-encounters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">encountered<\/a> 1,746,119 migrants at the southern border since October, surpassing the previous fiscal year\u2019s total and breaking <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/07\/16\/border-encounters-migrants-mexico-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">monthly<\/a> records.<\/p>\n<p>Neither the White House nor the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) responded to the DCNF\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>Democratic Rep. 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