{"id":574303,"date":"2021-06-25T18:36:09","date_gmt":"2021-06-25T22:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=574303"},"modified":"2021-06-25T18:36:12","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T22:36:12","slug":"democratic-congresswoman-calls-el-paso-new-ellis-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-congresswoman-calls-el-paso-new-ellis-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Congresswoman Calls El Paso \u2018New Ellis Island\u2019"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fdemocratic-congresswoman-calls-el-paso-new-ellis-island%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=574303&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-517213446.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX) on Friday referred to El Paso, Texas, as \u201cthe new Ellis Island\u201d when she accompanied Vice President Kamala Harris on her visit to the border city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWelcome to El Paso, welcome to my community, to the new Ellis Island, to the capital of the border,\u201d said Escobar, who represents Texas\u2019 16th Congressional District, which includes El Paso.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am standing before you with a heart full of gratitude,\u201d Escobar gushed to Harris. \u201cMadame Vice President, thank you for being here.\u201d She went on to thank Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) for being there, as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe finally have an administration willing to tackle the big challenges, challenges that our country has dealt with for decades \u2014 willing to tackle challenges in a meaningful, thoughtful, strategic, compassionate way,\u201d Escobar continued. \u201cAnd that means starting with root causes and understanding what\u2019s driving people from their home, what\u2019s making them arrive at our nation\u2019s front door.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd El Paso\u2019s front door is one that has always been one of dignity and humanity and compassion. And so I look forward to today and everything that we will all learn and explore together,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.6442953020134\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This Texas Congresswoman is very excited about El Paso being &#8220;the new Ellis Island&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/DTkKhBFDh5\">pic.twitter.com\/DTkKhBFDh5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Benny (@bennyjohnson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bennyjohnson\/status\/1408434875351375873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 25, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>At the turn of the 20th century, strict precautions were in place at Ellis Island to ensure no immigrant was permitted to enter the country if they were physically or mentally unwell, or if they were likely to become a burden on society. As The Brooklyn Daily Eagle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newspapers.com\/clip\/20781025\/precautions-taken-at-ellis-island-to\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> about Ellis Island in 1896:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"17\">\n<p><em>The greatest vigilance is exercised to protect our country from the importation of the insane, those suffering from contagious diseases and all those who, from injuries, physical defects or other causes, are liable to become public charges.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>[\u2026]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A thorough record is kept of each immigrant and his destination, for the country assumes responsibility for him for one year after he has landed. He must show that he is not liable to become a public charge. \u2026 Those immigrants liable to become public charges are at once returned to the port whence they came at the expense of the Southern Steamship company.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Harris visited the U.S.-Mexico border Friday after months-long criticism for having not gone, even after President Joe Biden put her in charge of the border crisis response in March.\u00a0Speaking to reporters after arriving in El Paso, Harris <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/joe-biden-immigration-2c5747617f9c60b2b3be4ce99895a0b8\"><span class=\"s1\">said<\/span><\/a>, \u201cI\u2019m glad to be here. It was always the plan to come here, and I think we\u2019re gonna have a good, productive day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Former President Donald Trump is slated to make an appearance on the border next week, accompanied by Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have accepted the invitation of Texas Governor Greg Abbott to join him on an official visit to our Nation\u2019s decimated Southern Border on Wednesday, June 30, 2021,\u201d Trump said in a <a href=\"http:\/\/-to-u-s-mexico-border-as-kamala-avoids-going-bidens-border-crisis-worsens\/\"><span class=\"s1\">statement<\/span><\/a>. \u201cThe Biden Administration inherited from me the strongest, safest, and most secure border in U.S. history and in mere weeks they turned it into the single worst border crisis in U.S. history. It\u2019s an unmitigated disaster zone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/kamala-harris-visits-u-s-mexico-border-says-it-was-always-the-plan-to-go\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kamala Harris Visits U.S.-Mexico Border, Says It \u2018Was Always The Plan\u2019 To Go<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX) on Friday referred to El Paso, Texas, as \u201cthe new Ellis Island\u201d when she accompanied Vice President Kamala Harris on her visit to the border city.\u201cWelcome &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2281392,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-517213446.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Democratic Congresswoman Calls El Paso \u2018New Ellis Island\u2019","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-574303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/GettyImages-517213446.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Democratic Congresswoman Calls El Paso \u2018New Ellis Island\u2019","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=574303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/574303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2281392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=574303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=574303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=574303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}