{"id":2217778,"date":"2024-04-10T18:08:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-10T22:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-says-gaps-in-southern-border-should-have-been-closed-over-three-years-ago\/"},"modified":"2024-04-10T18:09:27","modified_gmt":"2024-04-10T22:09:27","slug":"rfk-jr-says-gaps-in-southern-border-should-have-been-closed-over-three-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rfk-jr-says-gaps-in-southern-border-should-have-been-closed-over-three-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"RFK Jr believes southern border gaps should have been sealed three years ago"},"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\">26<\/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%2Frfk-jr-says-gaps-in-southern-border-should-have-been-closed-over-three-years-ago%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=2217778&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>Robert\u2064 Kennedy Jr., a 2024 presidential candidate, emphasized the\u200d urgent need to \u2064secure the southern border by closing the 27\u200b gaps \u2062exploited for illegal entry \u2062into the United States. He \u2063recounted witnessing \u2064300 \u2063individuals crossing these openings \u2062in just two hours\u200d during a\u200b personal \u2064visit. Kennedy\u2064 criticized the delay in sealing these gaps despite\u2063 the materials being readily available. \u2062Presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. stresses\u200b the importance of \u200bsealing the 27 gaps at\u200b the southern border to prevent illegal entry\u200c into the U.S. Witnessing 300 people crossing \u2063these gaps in just two hours \u200dduring\u200d a visit,\u200c Kennedy criticizes the delay in securing them despite\u200d the materials\u2063 being\u200c on hand.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-election\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>2024<\/a> presidential candidate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rfk-jr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Robert Kennedy Jr.<\/a> reiterated his call to secure the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>southern border<\/a>, asking the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/biden-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Biden administration<\/a> to use its power to seal up the 27 gaps being used to sneak into the United States.<\/p>\n<p>The independent candidate explained how he became a supporter of securing the border after making a visit himself, during which he saw 300 people cross the border over the course of two hours. He explained that people are illegally crossing into the border through one of 27 gaps, which he argued \u201cshould have been closed three and a half years ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe material is sitting on the ground next to the gaps,\u201d Kennedy explained on Fox News\u2019s <em>The Story With Martha MacCallum<\/em>. \u201cBut President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas ordered the fence stopped. The construction of the fence, the materials has already been purchased, and that\u2019s where everybody\u2019s coming through, so all they need to do is to seal those gaps in the fence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy added that the remote areas along the southern border needed to have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/additional-security-measures-implemented-after-capitol-hill-protest\/\" title=\"Additional security measures implemented after Capitol Hill protest\">security measures implemented<\/a> as well, such as security cameras and sensors. He added that these precautions were already in place but that President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> and Homeland Security Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alejandro-mayorkas\">Alejandro Mayorkas<\/a> had removed them.<\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas stated on Wednesday that the southern border is in a state of \u201ccrisis,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/2961108\/mayorkas-admits-congress-border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>marking the first time while under oath before Congress that he has stated this<\/a>. Over the past three years, he had refrained from providing a \u201cyes\u201d or \u201cno\u201d answer to lawmakers\u2019 questions about whether the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosi-extends-proxy-voting-policy-that-republicans-sued-her-over-last-year\/\" title=\"Pelosi Extends Proxy Voting Policy That Republicans Sued Her Over Last Year\">record-high number<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-biden-administration-is-cooking-the-books-on-illegal-immigrant-arrests\/\" title=\"The Biden Administration Is Cooking The Books On Illegal Immigrant Arrests\">illegal immigrant arrests<\/a> at the southern border constituted a \u201ccrisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kennedy took a second visit to the border earlier this year, during which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2853557\/rfk-jr-rips-biden-border-pettiness-calls-crisis-existential-threat\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>he criticized Biden\u2019s \u201cpettiness\u201d<\/a> in reversing former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> immigration agenda. <\/p>\n<p>In late February, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/2885760\/majority-construction-border-wall-first-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>a majority of recipients expressed support<\/a> for the construction of a border wall along Mexico, the first time this had happened since polling on the subject began. The data found that 53% of recipients expressed support for the wall compared to 2015, when 48% expressed support.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presidential hopeful Robert Kennedy Jr. urges Biden to seal 27 Southern border gaps. As an independent candidate for 2024, Kennedy stresses the need to act promptly. 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