The Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday that the number of attempted crossings at the U.S. southern border is expected to reach its highest level in two decades.
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DRIVING THE DAY
President JOE BIDEN just signed the first BFD of his administration a massive Covid relief bill to boost the fortunes of everyday Americans. But you barely heard a peep about it from his own administration on the Sunday shows. Yes, Biden is hitting the road this week to sell the package. But on his way out the door, he skipped a major audience on Sunday a day many people will actually sit back and watch somethi
The Biden administration is turning to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for help managing and caring for record numbers of unaccompanied immigrant.
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The Biden Administration has directed FEMA to help shelter and transfer migrant children who are crossing unaccompanied into the United States at the border with Mexico.
FEMA is the Federal EMERGENCY Management Agency. They provide governmental assistance in times of EMERGENCIES at times when the normal assistance available for various government agencies is insufficient to deal with the EMERGENCY.
Usually, that is a situation caused by an act of “Mother Nature.” But in the case of the Biden Administration, the EMERGENCY is caused entirely by the government and it was entirely predictable.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas said FEMA would help children found at the border to avoid being treated as detainees of Customs and Border Protection and