#Elon Musk says he will visit US-Mexico border in Texas

#Elon Musk says he will visit US-Mexico border in Texas

Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk said he will visit the U.S.-Mexico border in Texas this week to confront the “serious issue” of border security.  Musk replied to a video originally shared by Fox News purportedly showing migrants riding on the top of a freight train toward the U.S. “I spoke with Rep. Tony Gonzales [R-Texas] tonight…

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#GOP lawmaker dings McCarthy for ‘demonizing’ illegal immigrants

#GOP lawmaker dings McCarthy for ‘demonizing’ illegal immigrants

Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) dinged congressional leadership in both parties on Sunday for their posturing on immigration, including Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) who Gonzales said was “demonizing” illegal immigrants. “You’ve got McCarthy on one side that is demonizing those that come over illegally,” Gonzales said on CBS’s “Face The Nation.” “You’ve got Chuck Schumer on…

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#How the GOP overcame infighting and passed its border bill

#How the GOP overcame infighting and passed its border bill

House Republicans fulfilled a major campaign promise this week with the passage of a border security crackdown measure — given the designation of H.R. 2 to symbolize its significance — that boosts border technology and funding, restarts border wall construction, adds new restrictions on asylum seekers and more. But they did so only after months…

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#GOP border bill would gut pathways to asylum 

#GOP border bill would gut pathways to asylum 

A Republican border and immigration bill set to come to the House floor Thursday would represent one of the biggest clawbacks of asylum rights in decades if enacted, experts warn.  The GOP is aiming to pass the bill May 11 — the same day President Biden is set to lift Title 42. It’s a move that will…

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