{"id":1851694,"date":"2023-02-17T17:05:02","date_gmt":"2023-02-17T22:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1851694"},"modified":"2023-02-17T17:05:18","modified_gmt":"2023-02-17T22:05:18","slug":"report-house-dems-bail-on-congressional-visit-to-southern-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-house-dems-bail-on-congressional-visit-to-southern-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: House Dems Bail on Congressional Visit to Southern Border"},"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\">20<\/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%2Freport-house-dems-bail-on-congressional-visit-to-southern-border%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=1851694&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-->\n<\/p>\n<p>As the Biden administration oversees record high illegal immigration Jerrold Ndler \/ Getty Photos    <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are releasing themselves from a congressional trip at the southern border. They claim that Republicans did not inform them, even though GOP lawmakers had publicly announced it weeks ago. <em>Breitbart<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2023\/02\/16\/house-democrats-refuse-to-attend-border-hearing-claim-there-wasnt-consultation-despite-3-weeks-notice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2023\/02\/16\/house-democrats-refuse-to-attend-border-hearing-claim-there-wasnt-consultation-despite-3-weeks-notice\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1676751420896000&#038;usg=AOvVaw26el44K43Z0RFmU5Df34wP\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Despite the importance of this issue, there was no consultation with Judiciary Democrats, many of whom have already committed to attending other bipartisan congressional delegation trips,&#8221; In a statement, Jerry Nadler (Democratic from New York), who is the ranking member of the committee, stated.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Chairman Jim Jordan (R. Ohio).However, he first informed members about the trip, which is set for February 22-24 in Ohio, more than two months ago at the first hearing of the new Congress.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here&#8217;s the truth: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jim_Jordan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Jim_Jordan<\/a> inviting them to join during our first hearing! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rjLGD8mzCK\">pic.twitter.com\/rjLGD8mzCK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JudiciaryGOP\/status\/1626331289086316544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 16, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">A senior GOP aide <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2023\/02\/16\/house-democrats-refuse-to-attend-border-hearing-claim-there-wasnt-consultation-despite-3-weeks-notice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2023\/02\/16\/house-democrats-refuse-to-attend-border-hearing-claim-there-wasnt-consultation-despite-3-weeks-notice\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1676751420896000&#038;usg=AOvVaw26el44K43Z0RFmU5Df34wP\">told<\/a> <em>Breitbart<\/em> that members on both sides have been in talks about the trip for weeks.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;All of the Democrats were invited to come, but apparently not one could find time to attend an official congressional hearing,&#8221; the aide said. &#8220;Democrats have asked if it was acceptable for them to send a staffer on the trip. How did the Democrat staffer find out about the trip if they weren&#8217;t consulted?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Nadler said Democrats on the Judiciary Committee will take a trip to the border in March instead, even though other House Democrats are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/white-house-refuses-democrats-border-trip-publicity-stunt-spokesman-criticized-gop-visit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/white-house-refuses-democrats-border-trip-publicity-stunt-spokesman-criticized-gop-visit&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1676751420896000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2zvW3H6YyB8Erm_-nooOsV\">visiting<\/a> the border on Friday.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Democrats are bailing on the trip just as the Biden administration is pulling resources away from the southern border, which has seen record-high illegal immigration in recent months. Last month, 8 of 12 surveillance balloons used by border agents were <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-finally-finds-a-balloon-he-wants-to-take-down-surveillance-blimps-at-the-southern-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/biden-finally-finds-a-balloon-he-wants-to-take-down-surveillance-blimps-at-the-southern-border\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1676751420896000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2bq-7mW8MQWLMh44IhMtxb\">pulled<\/a> out of duty after the Biden administration failed to adequately fund the project. Border agents said it hinders their ability to locate illegal migrant entries.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">More than 1.2 million illegal migrants have evaded law enforcement while entering the country since Biden took office.<\/p>\n<p>More migrants were processed along the southern border in December than ever before\u2014251,487 in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/amp\/news\/u-s-migrant-arrivals-soar-record-levels-december-before-border-crackdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/amp\/news\/u-s-migrant-arrivals-soar-record-levels-december-before-border-crackdown\/&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1676751420896000&#038;usg=AOvVaw1A3dBumOI7LQP6cIgF0b-i\">total<\/a>. And\u00a0in New York, New Hampshire, and Vermont, agents reported a 743 percent increase in migrant encounters between October and December compared with the same months in 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee are bailing on a congressional trip to the southern border, claiming Republicans failed to inform them about it even though GOP lawmakers publicly announced the trips weeks ago, Breitbart reported.<br \/>\nThe post Report: House Dems Bail on Congressional Visit to Southern Border appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1613,"featured_media":1851697,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[4550,3811,4490,3933,3653,3819,6260,7241],"class_list":["post-1851694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon","tag-bail","tag-border","tag-congressional","tag-dems","tag-house","tag-report","tag-southern","tag-visit"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851694","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\/1613"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1851694"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1851694\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1851697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1851694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1851694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1851694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}