{"id":320949,"date":"2021-03-26T19:00:55","date_gmt":"2021-03-26T23:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=320949"},"modified":"2021-03-26T19:01:15","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T23:01:15","slug":"gop-senators-hold-press-briefing-on-biden-border-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-hold-press-briefing-on-biden-border-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP senators hold press briefing on Biden border crisis"},"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%2Fgop-senators-hold-press-briefing-on-biden-border-crisis%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=320949&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_2392646\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2392646\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), headed to the chamber for votes, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 25, 2021. They and other Senate Republicans are part of a delegation visiting the Texas-Mexico border in response to the immigration crisis there. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 3:50 PM PT \u2013 Friday, March 26, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The Senate Republican Delegation toured the Rio Grande River along the southern border to witness the Biden border crisis first hand.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, the group of 18 GOP senators went on ride-alongs with Customs and Border Protection, as Joe Biden continues to be vague on when he will visit the border to see the migrant surge for himself.<\/p>\n<p>Texas Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz led the delegation on private tours of the Donna, Texas migrant facility. The two criticized the White House for continuing to deny access to the press.<\/p>\n<p>They saw unaccompanied minors cramped together, some infected with COVID-19.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Day two from the border\u2014this is a pod that\u2019s designed to hold 80 people that\u2019s currently holding 709. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rKLH5urdyh\">pic.twitter.com\/rKLH5urdyh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sen. James Lankford (@SenatorLankford) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenatorLankford\/status\/1375459880723755014?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The lawmakers also said the humanitarian crisis was a direct result of Biden\u2019s decision to end Trump-era border policies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Border Patrol and Health and Human Services and the non-governmental organizations that are struggling to deal with this flood of humanity tell us they cannot get ahead of this flood of humanity without policy changes in Washington, D.C.,\u201d Cornyn stated. \u201cThe smugglers, the drug runners, they understand our laws and they know how to exploit them to their benefit. So in the end, catch and release, making sure people with legitimate claims get to present them to an immigration judge, I think should be a priority. And then perhaps we can begin to look at other parts of our broken immigration system.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Basic message: Border Patrol, Customs and Border Protection, Health and Human Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement working 24\/7 to address crisis. What they need is better policy from Washington. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xxa7YoEBs5\">https:\/\/t.co\/xxa7YoEBs5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator John Cornyn (@JohnCornyn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnCornyn\/status\/1375463320896081926?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe Biden administration is taking people who are testing positive for COVID-19 and locking them in cages side by side,\u201d Cruz explained. \u201cThis is inhumane. It is wrong, and it is the direct consequence of policy decisions by the Biden administration to stop building the wall, to return to catch and release and to end the stay in Mexico policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The border crisis is a man-made crisis that is a direct consequence of President Biden\u2019s decisions to stop building the wall, to return to catch and release, and to end the stay in Mexico policy.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SecureTheBorder?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SecureTheBorder<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BidenBorderCrisis?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BidenBorderCrisis<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HnwOyZ0HgV\">pic.twitter.com\/HnwOyZ0HgV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTedCruz\/status\/1375548964276146184?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This came amid reports that more than 16,000 unaccompanied minors were in federal custody as of Thursday, with about 5,000 in substandard facilities.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/at-least-6-dead-as-tornadoes-devastate-ala-ga\/\">At Least 6 Dead As Tornadoes Devastate Ala., Ga.<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), headed to the chamber for votes, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 25, 2021. 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