Donald Trump issued a lengthy statement on Friday condemning the Biden administration over its handling of the border crisis, as a spiraling tsunami of people cross into the United States.
March 06, 2021
11:44 AM ET
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Former Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director Tom Homan said Saturday that border detention centers have been turned into “welcoming centers” through President Joe Biden’s open border polices accepting illegal immigrants.
“They are changing these detention centers to what they call ‘reception centers, ” Homan said on “Fox & Friends” Saturday.
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“They are actually welcoming centers because they get them in there quickly, they don’t test them, they release them and when they release them, they release them on an NTA, Notice to Appear … which means as they get to their destination they qualify for work authorization,” Homan continued. “So not only are they pushing back against our public health crisis by having COVID being released, they are competing for the same scarce jobs that many Americans are competing for right now with the unemployment crisis.”
Gov. Greg Abbott claims COVID-19-positive migrants are entering Texas border cities. However, White House and city of Brownsville officials say there are protocols to ensure COVID-19 testing is done before the migrants are released.