border patrol agents from miles of the rio grand from a public park that the federal government uses to launch their boats to patrol the rio grand to a staging area that the federal government uses during migrant surges and also they use that area to manage transportation assets so they can move migrants from that area for prors ing. from talking to a law enforcement source on the ground, this person tells me this puts border patrol in a bind. and the texas military department doubling down on their efforts to block border patrol sending a stumt to cnn saying, quote, the current posture is to prepare for future illegal immigrant searches, giving strict access to organizations that perpetuate illegal crossings in a city park a at the reese owe grand and
migrants to northern cities, but the white house issuing a statement, saying in part, governor abbott continues his extreme political stunt that not only seek to dehumanize people, but that also make it harder and more dangerous for border patrol to do their jobs. let me keep you up to speed as to how all of this started. it was wednesday evening when texas authorities started putting up razor wire fencing and gates around a public park. shocking local officials. well, the situation escalated when the state of texas took the extraordinary step of blocking border patrol from that public park, not only from the public park, which border patrol uses the boat launch at public park to launch their boats, to get access to the rio grande, but also to staging area that they used during migrant surges, and also to miles of the river and the texas military department, which is the state authorities that are there, doubling down, saying they are not getting border patrol access.
agents to be out here in the field patrolling. instead of being bogged down with processing and administrative work that often comes with these migrant surges. casey stegall, live bresson eagle pass, texas. thank you. more on a border product crisis much more and how washington is trying to help with spring and new york congressman claudia tenney. good to have you on the show tonight. nice to see you again. i want to talk about all of the things you guys are going to have to get to as soon as you get back to washington this week. it is a lot to write first and foremost you ve you got to funde government somehow. and then you have got this a big package that is looming large. a worldwide defense package . not only for ukraine, taiwan, israel. but also trying to address the border. so far we have not seen a deal come out in the senate. we know speaker johnson has made it very clear its hr two to be
going to happen. dana: that s true. jesse: what did he say? bret: good evening. i m bret baier, breaking tonight. blame game over the southern border intensifies as the migrant surges. the biden administration is pointing financingsers at republicans saying the g.o.p. is are rejecting throtion add more agents. this comes as democrats call on the white house to do more. as homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas faces a republican-led impeachment effort over dereliction of duty we will speak with secretary mayorkas live in moments. bill melugin is in eagle pass, texas again with the latest on the ground and we begin with white house correspondent jacqui heinrich live from the north lawn. good evening, jacqui. jacqui: good evening to you, bret. right now the white house and the house are not talking. even as a bipartisan group in the senate tries to work out a border policy reform deal they hope could also pass the lower chamber and unlock funding. and right now it doesn t