Mayorkas shows ‘willful ignorance’ of border crisis, GOP rep says as House tees up historic impeachment vote

Congressional lawmakers weighed in on whether Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has positively or negatively influenced border security ahead of the House’s vote on his impeachment.  “I think that he’s violated the law on purpose,” Rep. Matt Gaetz told Fox News. “I think he deserves impeachment for that.” WATCH MORE FOX NEWS DIGITAL ORIGINALS HERE  … Read more

Karine Jean-Pierre blames GOP for failure to secure border despite Democrats being in charge on day 1

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Tuesday repeatedly blamed Republicans after the collapse of a bipartisan deal that paired border policy changes with billions in wartime aid for Ukraine.  Throughout the press conference, Jean-Pierre accused the GOP of playing games with national security and not having a spine for supporting the deal. She said … Read more

Adams defends pre-paid migrant cards, part of $53M NYC pilot program: ‘Not giving people American Express’

New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday defended a reported $53 million pilot program to hand out pre-paid credit cards to migrant families housed in hotels despite public outcry.  Appearing before a state legislative budget hearing in Albany on Tuesday, the Democrat mayor said he sought to dismiss “misinformation” about the program. “We’re not … Read more

McConnell: Bipartisan border bill ‘will not become law’

Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., told reporters that a border security bill negotiated by a bipartisan group of senators “will not become law” after Speaker Johnson, R-Ky., and other Republicans voiced opposition to it.