A Muslim American mayor from Prospect Park, New Jersey, was recently denied access to a White House celebration marking the end of Ramadan, prompting outcry from groups that claim to represent Muslim American interests. Although Mohamed Khairullah
Customs and Border Protection Agents are on the frontlines of our efforts to combat dangerous and illegal drugs from entering our country through our borders and other ports of entry.
many members in congress seem intent on demonizing migrant families. proper trying them as criminals. this is reasonable doubt not biden s border crisis this has been a crisis for half a century. here to react is texas congressman nathaniel a member of the house judiciary committee. congressman, thanks for being with us this morning. the last time i cheblegd the u.s. welcomed feel as long as done safely and legally. i want your reaction to the democrats calling this racist and a distraction by the g.o.p. happy groundhog day and very informative because what we saw effectively was that the democrats saw their shadow and signaled to the united states, to the american people that they re going to see continued open policies without regard to rule of law. clearly, we had folks on the panel that were giving firsthand testimony about what was going on. more than half of our border protection agents are hispanic
all right, sir. what do you mean by that? well, you know, dana, this has been a big political battle, hasn t it? it is a public health issue. title 42 traces back to the public health services act of 1944. even if it was rarely used it gives the director of the cdc the right to suspend entry of individuals into the u.s. to protect public health. what robert redfield did that in early 2020 not just because of covid, by the way, but because of the flu, he got a lot of flak even within the cdc. at that time the detention centers were already overwhelmed with ten times as many people in them as was supposed to be. people were getting sick and people were spreading infection and spreading it to custom and border protection agents. that s the purpose to protect citizens of the united states as well as the people that are trying to protect them, the cbp agents. we re still in a public health emergency according to the biden