{"id":272381,"date":"2021-03-21T10:30:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-21T14:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=272381"},"modified":"2021-03-21T10:31:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-21T14:31:12","slug":"reporters-gop-lawmakers-criticize-dhs-media-ban-at-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reporters-gop-lawmakers-criticize-dhs-media-ban-at-border\/","title":{"rendered":"Reporters, GOP lawmakers criticize DHS media ban at border"},"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\">18<\/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%2Freporters-gop-lawmakers-criticize-dhs-media-ban-at-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=272381&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--><div id=\"attachment_2389694\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2389694\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 MARCH 03: Sen. Ted Cruz is shown on March 3, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Greg Nash-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 7:20 AM PT \u2013 Sunday, March 21, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The Biden administration said it would circle back with reporters on when they\u2019ll recommit to their promise of transparency. This came after reporters were barred from accompanying DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and a delegation of bipartisan senators to America\u2019s southern border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, first, let me say that the White House and we all in the administration support finding a way to grant access to the media to the HHS ORR facilities or the shelters where these children are staying for a temporary period of time before they\u2019re placed with family members or with sponsored homes,\u201d White House press secretary Jen Psaki stated.<\/p>\n<p>The visit aimed to provide officials with a better grasp of the Biden border crisis, especially regarding the flood of children who are crossing the border alone.<\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas and Democrat lawmakers are blaming COVID-19 and privacy protocols for the lack of media access.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t necessarily think that it\u2019s appropriate for journalists to be inside centers that are not permanent places for children,\u201d Rep Linda Sanchez (D-Calif.) stated. \u201cChildren are not placed there permanently, they are processed out of those facilities as quickly as possible and as quickly as these facilities will allow.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The move has brought lawmakers and reporters together to demand media outlets be let in to migrant facilities and inform public of what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R) called the move outrageous and unacceptable. He added the DHS even blocked a request for the reporters to document his planned trip to the border next week with 15 other senators.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">No press. No cameras.<\/p>\n<p>What is Biden hiding?<\/p>\n<p>Next week, I\u2019m bringing 15 senators to the border. DHS said NO to our request to bring media.<\/p>\n<p>Outrageous &amp; unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p>I will continue to fight for press access so every American can see this crisis for themselves! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BorderCrisis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BorderCrisis<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mKL58kQsPu\">https:\/\/t.co\/mKL58kQsPu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1372971728993988613?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Getty Images special correspondent John Moore said an outright media ban is unprecedented in modern history. He emphasized the last three administrations have given journalists access to agencies and facilities at the southern border.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I respectfully ask US Customs and Border Protection to stop blocking media access to their border operations. I have photographed CBP under Bush, Obama and Trump but now \u2013 zero access is granted to media. These long lens images taken from the Mexican side. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CBP?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CBP<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/gettyimagesnews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#gettyimagesnews<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cWa90TlfeS\">pic.twitter.com\/cWa90TlfeS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Moore (@jbmoorephoto) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jbmoorephoto\/status\/1372924066894651392?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Moore added coronavirus protocols are not a valid excuse for the restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>NBC\u2019s Jacob Soboroff sounded off in a similar tune, saying the Trump administration let in reporters despite negative press against his immigration policies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPart of the problem is, we as journalists are not able to explain what\u2019s going on, I think to the larger American public because the Biden administration at this point is not letting us inside, you know, which I think is critical for them to do. The Trump administration did it at the height of the separations to show us the cruelty of those policies,\u201d Soboroff said. \u201cThe Biden administration should let us in so we can show what it is about the system that they want to change, instead of keeping it closed behind those doors at the processing center.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Current data shows around 9,500 migrant children are being held in HHS facilities, and more than 5,000 are being held in CBP custody. Hundreds of children held by the CBP have been in custody for 10 days or more, violating the legal standard of 72 hours.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2389693\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2389693\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-2389693\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2456.jpeg\" alt=\"A migrant&#039;s temperature is taken at the entrance of a respite center as a child looks on after they were taken into custody and released from U.S. Customs and Border Protection while trying to sneak into the U.S., Friday, March 19, 2021, in McAllen, Texas. A surge of migrants on the Southwest border has the Biden administration on the defensive. The head of Homeland Security acknowledged the severity of the problem Tuesday but insisted it&#039;s under control and said he won&#039;t revive a Trump-era practice of immediately expelling teens and children. (AP Photo\/Julio Cortez)\" width=\"655\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2456.jpeg 655w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2457.jpeg 315w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2458.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2459.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 655px) 100vw, 655px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2389693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A migrant\u2019s temperature was taken at the entrance of a respite center as a child looked on after they were taken into custody and released from U.S. Customs and Border Protection while trying to sneak into the U.S., Friday, March 19, 2021, in McAllen, Texas. AP Photo\/Julio Cortez)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Mayorkas said many of these facilities are cramped and made for adults and are \u201cno place for a child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Psaki said the Biden administration is open to letting reporters see the facilities for themselves. However, she has not given reporters a timeline of when this will happen.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/washington-d-c-judge-leftist-media-bias-rather-shocking\/\">Washington D.C. Judge: Leftist Media Bias \u2018Rather Shocking\u2019<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 MARCH 03: Sen. Ted Cruz is shown on March 3, 2021 in Washington, D.C. 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