{"id":2131511,"date":"2023-12-22T08:55:02","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T13:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-reporter-stunned-by-number-of-illegal-border-crossings-crowds-have-never-been-this-large-during-my-reporting\/"},"modified":"2023-12-22T08:58:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T13:58:06","slug":"nbc-reporter-stunned-by-number-of-illegal-border-crossings-crowds-have-never-been-this-large-during-my-reporting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-reporter-stunned-by-number-of-illegal-border-crossings-crowds-have-never-been-this-large-during-my-reporting\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC reporter shocked by surge in illegal border crossings: &#8220;Largest crowds I&#8217;ve ever seen in my reporting."},"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\">34<\/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%2Fnbc-reporter-stunned-by-number-of-illegal-border-crossings-crowds-have-never-been-this-large-during-my-reporting%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=2131511&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>NBC News \u2062Correspondent Shocked \u2062by Massive Number of Migrants \u2063Illegally Crossing U.S.\u200c Border<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During\u200b his reporting at\u200c the Eagle Pass, Texas, border crossing, NBC News correspondent Guad Venegas \u2062witnessed a staggering influx of migrants entering the United \u200cStates \u200billegally. This week, \u2063Customs\u200b and\u2064 Border Protection\u200d apprehended a \u200b <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillMelugin_\/status\/1737103946429186105\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">record number<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  of\u2063 over 12,000 \u200billegal immigrants in a \u2064single day, putting pressure on the Biden administration\u200b to address the \u200congoing crisis. Venegas&#8217; \u200creport,\u2064 aired on MSNBC,\u2062 showcased the\u200d overwhelming scene \u2063at the Eagle Pass border crossing, with a massive crowd of migrants \u2063waiting \u2063to be processed \u2063while \u200cmore continued to pour in, as reported \u2063by\u200d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/tv\/most-people-i-have-ever-seen-nbc-reporter-overwhelmed-by-volume-of-border-crossings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mediaite<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to\u200d Venegas, who grew up in a Mexican American\u200b household\u200c near the U.S.-Mexico border\u200d in Southern \u200dCalifornia, the crowds in Eagle \u200bPass have\u200c never been this large. \u200dHe \u200cstated, &#8220;This is the most \u2063people\u200d I&#8217;ve ever seen\u2062 in\u200d Eagle Pass, and other\u2063 reporters and colleagues working \u2064in different \u2064parts\u200d of the border, such as\u2063 Arizona\u2063 and Jacumba\u200b near San Diego, have told me the same thing.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The \u200dNBC News correspondent added, &#8220;We have these\u200d conversations, and the \u2063conversation is always, &#8216;Wow, \u200dI&#8217;ve never seen this \u2063number \u2062of migrants arriving.&#8217;\u2063 We know \u200bfrom the reports coming from the government that these numbers are spiking. We \u2064have the number of apprehensions, the numbers of\u200d encounters, everything is increasing,\u200d and\u200b the resources \u2064are spread thin. We don&#8217;t know what this will mean moving\u200c forward, but\u2063 we do know that the numbers are much larger.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Venegas revealed that Rep.\u2064 Tony Gonzales\u200c (R-TX) informed him that the federal government&#8217;s processing centers and area\u2062 hospitals are overwhelmed by \u2063the influx of \u200cillegal immigrants. He reported, &#8220;When the U.S. congressman visited this area,\u200d Tony\u200c Gonzales said that the hospitals\u2062 are also overwhelmed. So if someone calls 911 and needs to go to the\u2064 hospital, that\u2062 hospital might be overwhelmed because they&#8217;re helping a lot of these migrants. We have a humanitarian crisis happening \u2062as well.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Both Republicans \u2064and Democrats Call for\u200c Action on Border Crisis<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The surge \u200bin illegal border crossings \u200bhas prompted \u2064leaders from\u200d both the Republican\u2062 and Democratic \u2063parties \u200dto urge the\u2063 Biden administration to take immediate action. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA)\u200b <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/speaker-johnson-presses-biden-to-use-executive-actions-for-border-crisis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">pressed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  \u200c President Joe Biden to\u200c use \u200cexecutive orders\u200d to secure the\u200c border, while Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/top-democrat-senator-demands-border-must-be-shut-down-we-are-sold-out-we-are-over-capacity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">demanded<\/a> that the border &#8220;must be shut down,&#8221;\u2064 emphasizing the need \u200dto \u200caddress the\u200d dangerous\u200d immigration situation,\u200c as reported\u2064 by CNN.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1703186412954000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2wa_Ye43X_JsIDS19y_dtB\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) recently <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/abbott-signs-bill-making-it-a-crime-to-illegally-enter-texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">signed a bill<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  granting\u200c state authorities the power \u200bto arrest illegal immigrants in an \u200beffort to combat the crisis. However, this action\u200d has faced\u2062 criticism\u200b from leftist groups and the White \u200bHouse,\u2064 with the American \u200dCivil Liberties Union <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/aclu-sues-over-texas-law-allowing-state-officials-to-arrest-illegal-immigrants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">filing a lawsuit<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  \u2064claiming the law is discriminatory and will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-bidens-menthol-ban-endangers-black-bodies\/\" title=\"How Biden\u2019s Menthol Ban Endangers Black Bodies\">disproportionately affect minority communities<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What are \u200dthe main \u200dcriticisms of the Biden administration&#8217;s immigration policies, according to the Republicans?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Om both the Republican and Democratic parties to call\u2063 for immediate action to address the ongoing border crisis. Republicans have been vocal in their criticism of the Biden administration&#8217;s immigration policies, arguing that they have led to \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/record-number-of-illegal-immigrants-expected-to-die-en-route-to-u-s-in-2021\/\" title=\"Record Number Of Illegal Immigrants Expected To Die En Route To U.S. In 2021\">lax border enforcement<\/a> and incentivized illegal immigration. They have called for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/more-illegals-caught-at-us-canadian-border-in-2023-than-entire-previous-decade-chief-patrol-agent\/\" title=\"Increased number of illegal immigrants apprehended at US-Canadian border in 2023 surpasses previous decade, says Chief Patrol Agent.\">increased border security measures<\/a>, such\u200c as the construction of a border wall\u200b and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/arizona-farmers-say-illegal-alien-traffic-through-fields-contaminates-crops-and-threatens-food-security\/\" title=\"Arizona Farmers Say Illegal Alien Traffic Through Fields Contaminates Crops and Threatens Food Security\">stricter immigration laws<\/a>. Many Republicans have also criticized the administration for not acknowledging the severity of the crisis and for failing to provide \u200dadequate resources to border patrol agents and immigration officials.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats, on the other hand, have acknowledged the challenge posed \u2062by the surge\u200d in illegal border crossings but \u200bhave focused more on addressing \u2062the root causes of migration, such as poverty, violence,\u200c and political instability in Central American countries. They argue that a comprehensive approach is needed, one \u2063that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/live-130-pm-et-gop-senators-hold-press-conference-on-strengthening-the-border\/\" title=\"LIVE NOW: GOP Senators Address Border Strengthening\">includes providing aid<\/a> and support to these countries to address the underlying issues that force people to flee.<\/p>\n<p>Despite their differing approaches, both parties \u200dagree that the situation\u200c at the border is a pressing issue that requires immediate attention.\u2064 They have called on the Biden administration to take decisive action to address\u200b the crisis and to allocate the necessary resources to\u2064 properly handle the influx\u200d of migrants. Some lawmakers have proposed legislation to address the situation, \u2062including providing funding for border security and immigration facilities, \u200cas well as increasing the number of immigration judges and asylum officers to help expedite \u200dthe processing of asylum claims.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the political \u2064response, there has also been a growing call for increased media coverage and public awareness \u200dof the border crisis. Journalists like Guad Venegas have played a crucial role in bringing attention to the situation\u200c and highlighting the \u2064challenges faced by border patrol\u200b agents and local communities. Their reporting has shed light on the overwhelming number\u2062 of migrants attempting to \u200ccross the border and the strain it has put on resources and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>As the crisis at the border\u2064 continues to escalate, it is clear that a comprehensive and coordinated response is needed. The Biden administration must address the root causes of migration, increase border security measures, and provide the \u200cnecessary resources to effectively manage the influx \u200cof migrants. Both Republicans and Democrats must put aside their political differences and work together to find solutions that \u2063prioritize the safety and well-being of both the\u200c migrants and the American people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NBC News correspondent Guad Venegas witnessed a staggering influx of migrants illegally entering the U.S. at the Eagle Pass, Texas, border crossing. 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