Republican Rep. Chip Roy Flouts Mask Rules On Airline Flight To Texas
Republican Rep. Chip Roy flew from Washington back to his home district in Austin to attend a border security event held Wednesday with former President Donald Trump.
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Republican Rep. Chip Roy flew from Washington back to his home district in Austin to attend a border security event held Wednesday with former President Donald Trump.
"Today, we are finally getting back the things that we lost. But as far as we've come, we're not done yet," the first lady said in brief remarks after she toured a pop-up vaccination clinic at Emmett J. Conrad High School.
First Lady Jill Biden traveling to Texas Wednesday, June 29.
Visiting El Paso, Vice President Kamala Harris called the situation at the border "tough" and said more work is needed, anchored in a thorough understanding of why migrants leave their homes.
Going straight to the Texas Supreme Court, Democrats called the veto an unconstitutional power grab.
The state is surging resources into border communities to make arrests and to help set up and maintain extra jail space for smugglers, human traffickers, criminal trespassers and those making illegal entry into Texas.
Vice President Harris left Joint Base Andrews this morning, headed to Texas for her visit to a migrant processing center at the U.S. southern border.
Some members of North Texas law enforcement are surprised and disappointed in the veto, saying the bill was "non-political."
Vice President Kamala Harris will make her first visit to the southern border Friday, when she visits El Paso.
President Joe Biden threw his support behind an infrastructure proposal negotiated by a bipartisan group of senators.
Within a week since details on the project were announced, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said contributions toward the state's own southern border wall reached nearly $400,000.
The governor of Nebraska is defending his decision to send state patrol troopers to the U.S.-Mexico border at the request of fellow Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas.
The news of Vice President Kamala Harris' trip to the border is drawing criticism from top officials of the state who say she should have made the trip a long time ago.
Vice President Kamala Harris will visit El Paso, Texas, on Friday with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
"Agenda items will be announced prior to the convening of the special session," the brief statement read.
