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texas decided to deposit migrant asylum seekers, some o them children, on a freezing cold sidewalk north to go. three buses filled with more than 100 migrants arrived in d.c., late saturday night, where they were unceremoniousl dropped off outside the vice presidents official residence. they were sent there by th republican governor sent texas greg abbott, to make a political point of what happening at the souther border the buses were filled with families, with children, man of them w...

temperatures were hovering around 18 degrees. it was this, night we all abou welcoming the stranger, when the republican governor of texas decided to deposit migrant asylum seekers, some o them children, on a freezing cold sidewalk north to go. three buses filled with more than 100 migrants arrived in d c., late saturday night, where they were unceremoniousl dropped off outside the vice presidents official residence. they were sent there by th republican governor sent texas greg abbott...

Something the last few weeks that happened, that wa productive with respect to the border, a few things for example, i introduced bill on controlling small arms trafficking, the small arm that are going to mexico mak it safer for us to say how t work for those countries to do that the bigger thing that happens, is that congress in the omnibu bill, passed $2 million to handle the situation the border including offerin economic relief to cities in texas, like mcallen, and, de rio and san antonio, ...

Haitians were crammed underneath it in deplorable conditions desperate to answer the u.s. for asylum. and these images of black migrants being corralled by u.s. border agents on horse back was a modern day retelling of the treatment of enslaved people in our country. for an administration that pledged to restore the soul of america, theres a lot to answer here for. simply acknowledging the battle with systemic racism wont be enough. actions speak louder than words. joining me now, reverend al sh...

Know here is that following the 2010 earthquake in haiti that caused a mass migration to south america. many migrants beneath the bridge worked there specifically with the 2016 olympics when those jobs dried up, opportunities went away and then they felt like they had an opportunity for a better life and thats how they ended up here over the last week. i asked why de rio? he said it was known that it was a relatively easy crossing and that word of mouth spread incredibly quickly when a few hundr...

At last check about 8,500 migrants remaining under that bridge about a quarter mile from where im standing, the weekend peak about 15,000 people. we know a thousand have been flown back to haiti, and then the rest essentially have been taken to processing centers from here in de rio, texas, to san antonio, to houston, texas, elsewhere to el paso, to laredo. these all have the facilities that can handle the processing that are not overwhelmed like so many resources are here in del rio. thats part...

Here, they were coming down her and talk to them i think they would realize they are not traveling from halfway around the world to go on a camping trip for a few days under this bridge and then go back into mexico, they intend to stay. they know under the biden administration if they can step foot on u.s. soil, they will have a chance to be released into the u.s. either with a future court date or something else, they know that. the word about that has spread, and that is just a basic realit of...