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GOP Senators Introduce Measure Targeting Child Trafficking on the Southern Border

GOP senators, including Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Thom Tillis (R-NC), and Mike Rounds (R-SD), have introduced the “End Child Trafficking Now Act,” which requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to deport illegal immigrant adults who “refuse a DNA test and mandates a maximum 10-year prison sentence for all alien adults who fabricate family ties or guardianship over a minor.”

US Senator Marsha Blackburn, Republican of Tennessee, speaks about sanctions against Turke

Large Migrant Groups Continue Pouring Across ‘Closed Border’

Border Patrol agents continue to apprehend increasing volumes of large migrant groups illegally crossing the border in the Rio Grande Valley Sector. Despite White House assurances that the southwester border is “closed,” apprehensions in March have already exceeded the entire month of February.

McAllen Border Patrol Station agents apprehend another large group of migrants crossing th

2K Migrants Apprehended in Single Border Sector in One Day, 34K in March

Border Patrol agents in the Texas Rio Grande Valley Sector apprehended more than 2,000 migrants who illegally crossed the border in a single day last week. A Border Patrol commander in the nation’s busiest human smuggling sector says his agents apprehended more than 34,000 migrants so far this month.

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Dem Rep. Ruiz: Biden Hasn’t Done ‘Enough’ to Address Border Crisis

Wednesday on CNN’s “New Day,” Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-CA) sounded off on President Joe Biden’s efforts to address the crisis at the United States’ southern border with Mexico. The White House has told immigrants “don’t come now, come later,” which seems to have gone largely ignored as a surge of immigrants continue to reach the border daily.

Raul Ruiz during 3/6/2020 Democratic Weekly Address