Tag: Immigration

Four current and two former Customs and Border Protection officials said to NBC News that they have been told to deny requests for media "ride-alongs" with agents.

"We are trying to work through what was a dismantled and unprepared system because of the role of the last administration."

"Until we control the border, that is impossible."

"The operations will be more frequent, more continuous and we will be taking part."

"Don't leave your town or city or community."

"Not at the moment."

"We need to wake up.”

"I visited the AZ border yesterday."

"Oh it's a crisis."

"We are going to reform our immigration system."

The first immigration bill expected in the House this week would offer an eventual path to citizenship to "Dreamers."

Yet the Biden administration is downplaying the severity of the surge at the border, despite the clear issues.

"This is a human heartbreak."

"Remember in 2019 when the media and Democrats called similar conditions a moral catastrophe?"

"What the administration has inherited is a broken system at the border."

It is unclear exactly how FEMA will help, though the agency has expertise in housing and caring for those left homeless.

He does not want to miss that moment.

"But we do not prioritize our values and how we can make a difference in the lives of the American people to be attuned to the bankruptcy of ideas that ...

"It's not going to be cleaned up in a month."

The number has risen rapidly in recent weeks.