Fresh off a poor first-debate performance, President Joe Biden and his campaign sought to paint GOP rival Donald Trump as a liar for his claims during the June debate. However, the president made several untrue claims of his own since the June 27 appearance.
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Policing Pronouns: Border Agents’ Union Lambasts Latest Biden Political Correctness Order
The Biden Homeland Security Department’s new pronoun rules for illegal immigrants is getting lambasted by the union for border patrol agents as an unnecessary distraction during the nation’s border and fentanyl crises.
A Customs and Border Protection (CBP) memo obtained by the Heritage Foundation’s Oversight Project and made public last week imposed new requirements on an already stretched thin team of border patrol agents.
Read the full storyOfficials Discover Two Drug Tunnels at the Border
Mexican authorities discovered two drug tunnels along the border with the U.S. in recent days, according to Border Report.
The location of the tunnels was in Tijuana, which is just across the border from San Diego, California, according to Border Report. One of the tunnels was still under construction, but 45 feet from the U.S. border.
Read the full storyHuge Number of Border Agent Candidates Fail DHS Polygraphs, Union Suggests it’s Intentional
More than half of the job candidates seeking to become U.S. border patrol agents are failing the Homeland Security Department’s polygraph, though many passed such tests in other jobs, a pattern that is alarming some in Congress and leading a prominent union to suggest something sinister is happening.
Brandon Judd, president of National Border Patrol Council union, told Just the News that half to two-thirds of applicants continue to fail the lie detector test, and it is crippling the Customers and Border Protection (CBP) agency’s ability to keep staffed with the ongoing border crisis.
Read the full storyBorder Patrol Union President Brandon Judd: The Biden Administration Is Using Their Four Years to Try to Get as Many People Into This Country as They Possibly Can
Monday morning on The Tennessee Star Report, host Leahy welcomed National Border Patrol Control President Brandon Judd to the newsmaker line to talk about the increasing danger on the southern border as Title 42 nears its end.
Read the full storyBorder Patrol Union Signals Concern Over Proposed Biden Immigration Policy
The Biden administration’s proposed “Safe Third Country” agreement attempting to crack down on an expected surge in illegal immigration at the southern border has a major loophole that still allows migrants to be released into the country en masse, according to a document the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) sent to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Daily Caller News Foundation exclusively obtained.
The policy, which was proposed in anticipation of the end of the Title 42 public health expulsion order on May 11, would make migrants seeking asylum that already passed through a safe country on the way to the U.S. ineligible for asylum. The Border Patrol union raised its concerns to DHS, asserting that the rule would still allow for “catch and release” because of loopholes, such as making a claim of credible fear to trigger the need for years-long adjudication, according to the NBPC response.
Read the full storyDHS Chief Mayorkas Insists Border is Closed as Biden Tours El Paso
Ahead of President Biden’s first trip to the southern border on Sunday in El Paso, Texas, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas again said the U.S. southern border is closed.
His comments came despite thousands of illegal border crossers pouring into the city, filling the airport, sidewalks, homeless shelters. Over the past few days, many were bused out of town and otherwise cleared out ahead of the president’s visit.
Read the full storyBorder Patrol Union Chief Open to Amnesty for ‘Dreamers’ as Senators Prep Immigration Bill
The Border Patrol union president said he will support an immigration bill that includes amnesty for “Dreamers” if it also addresses border security in a Friday statement to the Daily Caller News Foundation.
Reports have been circulating that ahead of the release of a bipartisan immigration bill’s text, National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd agreed to it as a “mass amnesty” plan. Sens. Thom Tillis, a Republican from North Carolina, and Kyrsten Sinema, an independent from Arizona, are discussing a proposal that would grant citizenship for illegal immigrants enrolled in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, according to Fox News, citing sources familiar.
Read the full storyBiden Says He Has More Important Things to Do than Visit the U.S.-Mexico Border
President Joe Biden visited Arizona on Tuesday but did not visit the U.S.-Mexico border. He visited the state to tour a Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. facility in the process of being constructed in Phoenix, Arizona.
When a reporter asked Biden why he would come to Arizona and not visit the border, the president said visiting the border is not a priority.
Read the full storyNational Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd Comments on Chris Magnus Firing and Republican Messaging Failures
Friday morning on The Tennessee Star Report, host Leahy welcomed National Border Patrol Council President, Brandon Judd to the newsmaker line to weigh in on the firing of Chris Magnus, activists in government, and the failure of Republican messaging.
Read the full storyBorder Patrol Union Tells ACLU ‘Go to Hell,’ Urges Votes for Pro-Border Defense Candidates
After another clash with foreign nationals illegally entering the U.S., the union representing Border Patrol agents is urging Americans to vote on Nov. 8 for candidates who will defend them, the rule of law, and the southern border.
On Monday, mostly single male Venezuelans, Mexicans and Hondurans crossed the Rio Grande River and attempted to illegally enter the U.S. near El Paso, Texas, and allegedly assaulted Border Patrol agents demanding to be let into the country.
Read the full storyBorder Patrol Union Issues Endorsement of Herschel Walker
The union that represents U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Friday endorsed a Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Georgia.
“We are proud to endorse Herschel Walker … for U.S. Senate from the state of Georgia. We need him to help secure our border and safeguard the citizens of GA and the rest of the country from the record setting deadly influx of drugs, crime and illegal immigration,” said the National Border Patrol Council (NBPC).
Read the full storyHerschel Walker Goes After Warnock Before Law Enforcement Press Conference with Newt Gingrich
Georgia Senate Nominee for the Republican Party, Herschel Walker, released several statements on Thursday where he criticized his opponent, incumbent Georgia Senator Raphael Warnock (D), on law enforcement support, crime rates, and his history of support for Joe Biden in the days that lead up to Friday’s press conference with U.S. Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich.
“Raphael Warnock has consistently worked to support criminals instead of keeping our communities safe,” spokeswoman Mallory Blount said. “Crime is rising across the country and Georgia is no exception Atlanta has one of the highest crime rates in the country and Georgians are sick and tired of it. Warnock has done more for Joe Biden than law-abiding Georgians and it is time Georgia had a Senator who takes public safety seriously.”
Read the full storyNational Border Patrol Council Endorses Arizona Gubernatorial Candidate Karrin Taylor Robson
The National Border Patrol Council, which represents the roughly 18,000 Border Patrol agents and support personnel, endorsed Karrin Taylor Robson to become Arizona’s Governor.
The group, which lobbies heavily for border security, opted to support Robson in the GOP primary, instead of contender Kari Lake.
Read the full storyTucson Border Patrol Arrest Convicted Attempted Murderer for Illegal Reentry
The Tucson Station of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced Sunday that it had apprehended a previously convicted attempted murderer attempting to illegally reenter the United States.
“Records revealed that Reynaldo Lira-Luqez was convicted of multiple felonies in [Miami Dade County, Florida] to include Attempted Second-Degree Murder,” John R. Modlin, Chief Patrol Agent of Tucson Sector CBP said on Twitter.
Read the full storyNational Border Patrol Council VP Art Del Cueto on Growing up on Border and the Morale of Border Patrol Agents
Tuesday morning on the Tennessee Star Report, host Michael Patrick Leahy welcomed National Border Patrol Council Vice President Art Del Cueto to the newsmakers line to discuss agent spirit and growing up on the border.
Read the full storyNational Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd Puts the Border Crisis in Context and Suggests How to Fix It
Monday morning on the Tennessee Star Report, host Michael Patrick Leahy welcomed National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd to discuss the migrant surge at the southern border and what can be done to stop it.
Read the full storyNational Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd Discusses Border Patrol Morale and How a Democrat Presidency Would Create an Immigration Explosion
On Monday’s Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 am to 8:00 am – Leahy welcomed special guest Brandon Judd, President of the National Border Patrol to the show to talk about how he got into a career with border patrol and what he imagined immigration would be like with a Democrat President. Towards the middle of the second segment, Judd explained how many suburbanites make their political decisions based on Trump’s personality instead of his policies. Judd commented on how he thought that was an odd position to take while drugs pour into their communities and affect their children through open border policies. “It just doesn’t make sense. They say they don’t like President Trump’s personality. I say policy over personality any day,” said Judd. Leahy: We are joined now by a very special guest, Brandon Judd, President of the National Border Patrol Council which represents 18,000 border patrol agents. Brandon, welcome to the Tennessee Star Report. Judd: Hey thanks for having me. I appreciate it. Leahy: Well Brandon we were up in Washington and talked with your Vice President, Hector Garza. A very excellent guest while we…
Read the full storyHector Garza, Vice President of the National Border Patrol Talks with Leahy About Growing Up on the Souther Border and What it’s Like to Be a Border Patrol Agent in America
On Thursday’s Tennessee Star Report with Michael Patrick Leahy – broadcast on Nashville’s Talk Radio 98.3 and 1510 WLAC weekdays from 5:00 am to 8:00 am – host Leahy welcomed Vice President of the National Border Patrol Council, Hector Garza to the show on radio row to talk about what kinds of problems border patrol agents face.
Read the full storyCommentary: The Aiding and Abetting of Migrant Caravans
by Hector Garza The crisis at the southern border is no accident. It’s the intentional result of deliberate efforts by liberal activists to encourage illegal immigration on a massive scale. Right now, the “mother of all caravans” is reportedly forming in Central America, with the Mexican government predicting that more than 20,000 people will eventually join the human convoy as it traverses thousands of miles in the rising springtime temperatures of Mexico on its way to the U.S. border. The anticipated mass of illegal immigrants in that caravan will only exacerbate an already-dire situation for our Border Patrol agents, whose resources have already been stretched to the “breaking point” by a surge of border-crossers. More than 100,000 illegal immigrants were apprehended in March alone, and at the current pace, at least 1.2 million people will have crossed the border illegally by the end of 2019. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said that DHS is treating the situation as a “Cat 5 hurricane disaster.” Even Barack Obama’s right-hand man on immigration recently labeled the situation as a crisis. “By anyone’s definition, by any measure, right now we have a crisis at our southern border,” former Department of Homeland Security Secretary…
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