{"id":1989710,"date":"2023-08-03T13:07:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T17:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmaker-says-biden-admin-using-mussels-as-shell-game-for-open-border-policies\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T13:08:29","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T17:08:29","slug":"gop-lawmaker-says-biden-admin-using-mussels-as-shell-game-for-open-border-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmaker-says-biden-admin-using-mussels-as-shell-game-for-open-border-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP lawmaker accuses Biden admin of using mussels as a diversion for open border policies."},"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%2Fgop-lawmaker-says-biden-admin-using-mussels-as-shell-game-for-open-border-policies%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=1989710&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--><h2>A House Republican accuses Biden administration of playing &#8220;shell games&#8221; at \u200cthe U.S.-Mexico border<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A House \u200dRepublican\u2064 accused the Biden administration on Wednesday of playing &#8220;shell games&#8221; at the U.S.-Mexico border after\u200d the federal government proposed that two \u200cspecies of mussels be named as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scientists-clone-endangered-american-animal-for-first-time\/\" title=\"Scientists Clone Endangered American Animal For First Time\">endangered species<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>These specific mussels are found only in the\u200c area of Texas where\u2062 state officials installed \u200da floating barrier to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/az-border-chief-says-illegal-immigration-on-track-to-top-past-three-years-combined-already-surpassed-2018\/\" title=\"AZ Border Chief Says Illegal Immigration On Track To Top Past Three Years Combined: \u2018Already Surpassed\u2019 2018\">deter illegal immigration<\/a> through the Rio Grande.<\/p>\n<h3>Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) expresses concerns<\/h3>\n<p>Rep. Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) expressed his concerns in a press release:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The Biden administration&#8217;s proposal to designate these\u200b mussels as endangered species is nothing but a distraction. It&#8217;s a clear attempt to divert attention\u200b from the real issue at hand\u2063 &#8211; the ongoing crisis at our border.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Arrington further criticized the move, stating that it \u200bundermines the efforts made by Texas officials \u2062to secure the border and protect American citizens.<\/p>\n<h3>Playing politics \u2063or genuine concern?<\/h3>\n<p>While the Biden administration argues that the \u200cproposal is based on scientific evidence and the need to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-loses-as-supreme-court-orders-lower-court-to-reconsider-funding-the-border-wall\/\" title=\"Biden Loses As Supreme Court Orders Lower Court To Reconsider Funding The Border Wall\">protect endangered species<\/a>, critics like Arrington believe it is a political maneuver.<\/p>\n<p>Arrington accused\u2062 the administration of\u2064 prioritizing environmental concerns over\u2064 national \u200csecurity, claiming \u200bthat the focus should be on addressing the surge of illegal immigration and securing the border.<\/p>\n<h3>The \u2063ongoing \u2064debate<\/h3>\n<p>The debate surrounding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-lawmaker-says-biden-admin-using-mussels-as-shell-game-for-open-border-policies\/\" title=\"GOP lawmaker accuses Biden admin of using mussels as a diversion for open border policies.\">proposed endangered species designation<\/a> for these mussels continues\u2064 to fuel the\u200c ongoing political discourse on border security and \u200cimmigration policies.<\/p>\n<p>As the\u200b Biden administration faces \u200ccriticism from Republicans, the issue \u200cremains a contentious topic with no immediate \u200dresolution in sight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A House Republican accused the Biden administration of &#8220;shell games&#8221; at the U.S.-Mexico border. The government&#8217;s proposal to declare two mussel species as endangered was criticized, as these mussels are only found in the Texas area where a floating barrier was installed to deter illegal immigration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1763,"featured_media":1989711,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1989710","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/1989710","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\/1763"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1989710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1989710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1989711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1989710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1989710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1989710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}