Local Alachua County immigration activists said President-elect Joe Biden’s victory provided a sigh of relief.
The feeling was prompted by Biden’s push to decrease the operations of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in combination with his promised 100-day deportation moratorium.
Locally, Clovis Watson Jr. is the unopposed Sheriff-elect. He pledges to police in a community-oriented manner, according to an opinion piece that the Gainesville Sun published. But, unlike many newly elected sheriffs across the country, Watson Jr. has not announced an intention to limit his agency’s cooperation with ICE.
In Georgia, Keybo Taylor is the sheriff-elect of Gwinnett County, where he pledged to end a program that allows officers to screen inmates for their immigration status. In nearby Cobb County, Sheriff-Elect Craig Owens promised to end his office’s agreement with ICE as well.
judges for the immigration concern and the 2008 law to make it easier to return those kids to their countries. nancy pelosi said she might support that gop plan. that changed on wednesday, the same day as the hispanic congression congressional caucus met at the white house. the chc said they would not support any changes made to the law. nancy pelosi told the new york times, quote, i think the bill introduced is the exactly the wrong way to go. it s the only immigration bill we re going to have, one that hurts children. 1 in 50,000 children have crossed into the country in recent months. 17% of americans say the border crisis is the country s single biggest problem, up from just 5% a month ago. what will congress do? will congress do anything at all to address that crisis? some americans believe it s the nation s biggest crisis. here now to discuss it is
view the cases with more of an immigration concern rather than a national security threat. shannon: very interesting. thank you so much. foxnews.com was the first to the story on the missing afghan military soldiers and our team is staying on top of the development. go to foxnews.com to find out what is happening in the search for the pilots that went awol in the u.s. web site is revamped and easier than ever to navigate, so check it out. foxnews.com. still ahead, there seems to be confusion about who is in charge of the oil spill clean-up. is b.p. ceo tony hayward in or out? we fill you in. if you haven t heard, you won t believe how he is spending his weekend. we give you a hint. not in louisiana. imagine what someone would pay for sheet of paper with john lennon s lyrics scribbled on it. we will tell you coming up next. thanks to aarp, we can have more nights out. and i can get more laps in. our card lets us head to the beach more often. and lets us barbecue more often.
that here are your headlines. tell you what is happening in the news at this hour. one senator demanding answers from the air force about how 17 afghan nationals could go awol from air force base. john cornyn of texas has sent a letter calling it a serious national concern. military experts say cornyn could be right. the simple fact that you lost control of them and they were able to move freely with military documents, which would have enabled them to penetrate military facilities to include the pentagon has to be of great concern to anyone who overseas the security process, especially the department of homeland security. alisyn: military insists this is more of an immigration concern than national security problem. seven of the 17 are still missing. one gitmo prisoner may be heading back home to the terrorist hot bed country of yemen. the obama administration is toying with sending mohammed back there. the case is on the front burner after a judge ruled that his detention has bee
allowing them access to military bases. one texas congressman wants the federal government to do everything possible to track these men down. they are from a country that unfortunately has individuals that are not always loyal or committed to the united states of america and what we re trying to accomplish. reporter: in fact, some of the men have already been found. so it s unclear why the ncis sent out a bulletin for all 17 just this week. air force spokesman says six men are still missing, but a law enforcement source tells fox, ten are unaccounted for. and that discrepancy itself may be cause for concern. simply the fact that there is so much conflict of information means that the internal mechanisms with the government are not talking to each other, which obviously that s where we ve failed a number of times in the past back to 9-11. reporter: they view these as an immigration concern rather than a national security threat. harris? harris: thank you. gregg: how in the w