{"id":282655,"date":"2021-03-22T13:45:21","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T17:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=282655"},"modified":"2021-03-22T13:45:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T17:45:30","slug":"texas-dem-shares-photos-of-overrun-migrant-facility-as-border-crisis-mounts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-dem-shares-photos-of-overrun-migrant-facility-as-border-crisis-mounts\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Dem Shares Photos of Overrun Migrant Facility as Border Crisis Mounts"},"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\">24<\/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%2Ftexas-dem-shares-photos-of-overrun-migrant-facility-as-border-crisis-mounts%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=282655&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><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Texas Democrat who has criticized the Biden administration&#8217;s immigration strategy shared several photos of unaccompanied minors being held in overcrowded &#8220;pods&#8221; at a southern border detention facility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/photos-overcrowded-border-patrol-migrant-tents-0525a96b-0dc8-473f-b59c-38b0b3e52760.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">photos<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2014provided to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Axios<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by Rep. Henry Cuellar\u2014offer a rare look into the ongoing border crisis after the Biden administration <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/politics\/biden-border-crisis\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">restricted media access<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to migrant facilities. According to Cuellar, the images show &#8220;terrible conditions for the children.&#8221; The Democrat said that while the migrant pods are meant to hold up to 260 people, one pod housed more than 400 minors.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Democrats<\/h4>\n<ul class=\"list-none p-0 \">\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/texas-dem-shares-photos-of-overrun-migrant-facility-as-border-crisis-mounts\/\"><strong>Texas Dem Shares Photos of Overrun Migrant Facility as Border Crisis Mounts<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/anti-filibuster-coalition-leader-is-part-of-progressive-dark-money-group\/\"><strong>Dark Money Fuels Push to Ditch Filibuster<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<li class>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"text-black block mb-3 pb-3 border-b border-white\" href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/newsom-earned-praise-from-anti-vaccine-extremists\/\"><strong>Newsom Takes Aim at Anti-Vaxxers, A Group He Once Embraced<\/strong><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_1458016\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width:736px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1458016\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2680.jpeg\" alt width=\"736\" height=\"514\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"width:736px;padding: 5px;\">Source: Axios \/ Rep. Henry Cuellar (D., Texas)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cuellar, whose district encompasses portions of the southern border, has chastised the Biden administration over its immigration policies in recent days. The Democrat on Thursday warned that Joe Biden&#8217;s so-called humane approach to illegal immigration benefits Mexican gangs working to traffic people into the United States. Cuellar also predicted the surge of illegal border crossings\u2014which are on track to reach a two-decade high\u2014will only rise in the coming months.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1458019\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width:736px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1458019\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-2681.jpeg\" alt width=\"736\" height=\"514\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\" style=\"width:736px;padding: 5px;\">Source: Axios \/ Rep. Henry Cuellar (D., Texas)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;[Biden&#8217;s] \u2018humane&#8217; approach is actually feeding the narrative that the bad guys are twisting to get people over; no ifs, no buts,&#8221; Cuellar told <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Newsweek<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. &#8220;I know this from talking to people on the ground in Mexico who have dealt with this problem for many years.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The White House did not return a request for comment. Press Secretary Jen Psaki responded to the photos Monday by claiming that &#8220;children presenting at our border who are fleeing violence \u2026 is not a crisis.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biden and other administration officials are now scrambling to discourage migrants from entering the country. But the Democrat in 2019 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomselliott\/status\/1372145222872928260?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1372145222872928260%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthehill.com%2Fopinion%2Fimmigration%2F544225-theres-a-five-alarm-crisis-on-the-border-and-team-biden-imposes-a-media\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">told<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> asylum seekers to &#8220;immediately surge to the border&#8221; should he win the presidency.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The message appears to have resonated with some illegal immigrants. One South American migrant <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveGuest\/status\/1373644858775236613?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1373644858775236613%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fpolitics%2Fmigrant-border-crossing-biden-elected-not-trump\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">told<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ABC News that he &#8220;definitely&#8221; would not cross the border under former president Donald Trump and &#8220;basically&#8221; made the trip because of Biden&#8217;s electoral win. Another migrant <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveGuest\/status\/1373665399661854726?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1373665399661854726%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fpolitics%2Fmigrant-border-crossing-biden-elected-not-trump\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">said<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Biden &#8220;promised that we could cross with minors.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Government officials said Saturday that an unprecedented 15,500 minors are being held in U.S. emergency shelters and southern bord<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">er facilities. More than 9,400 minors crossed the border illegally in February, a record for the month.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n\t\t<!-- \/339474670\/Freebeacon\/InContent --><\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Texas Democrat who has criticized the Biden administration&#8217;s immigration strategy shared several photos of unaccompanied minors being held in overcrowded &#8220;pods&#8221; at a southern border detention facility. 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