Two Republican senators proposed revoking federal aid, including coronavirus emergency funding, to cities and states that do not prosecute people who were arrested for crimes allegedly committed during riots.Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Kelly Loeffler of Georgia put forth the Holding Rioters Accountable of 2020 in an effort to grant Attorney General William Barr the authority to hold up to 10% of Justice Department grants in instances where prosecutors are “abusing prosecutorial discretion and failing to prosecute crimes arising from riots and other violent protests.”“What were once...…Two Republican senators proposed revoking federal aid, including coronavirus emergency funding, to cities and states that do not prosecute people who were arrested for crimes allegedly committed during riots.Sens. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and Kelly Loeffler of Georgia put forth the Holding Rioters Accountable of 2020 in an effort to grant Attorney General William Barr the authority to hold up to 10% of Justice Department grants in instances where prosecutors are “abusing prosecutorial discretion and failing to prosecute crimes arising from riots and other violent protests.”“What were once...WW…

The Biden administration anticipates that it will be releasing 400 migrant families into the country a day by mid-June as the influx of people encountered illegally crossing the border overwhelms its detention capacity, according to a government planning document.The 400 figure is eight times greater than the 50 families that Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement were releasing from its facilities each day early on in 2021. As of mid-March, Border Patrol agents were seeing 500 people arrive as part of a family group per day.“The number of individuals enrolled in the ICE...…The Biden administration anticipates that it will be releasing 400 migrant families into the country a day by mid-June as the influx of people encountered illegally crossing the border overwhelms its detention capacity, according to a government planning document.The 400 figure is eight times greater than the 50 families that Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement were releasing from its facilities each day early on in 2021. As of mid-March, Border Patrol agents were seeing 500 people arrive as part of a family group per day.“The number of individuals enrolled in the ICE...WW…

The Biden administration anticipates that it will be releasing 400 migrant families into the country a day by mid-June as the influx of people encountered illegally crossing the border overwhelms its detention capacity, according to a government planning document.The 400 figure is eight times greater than the 50 families that Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement were releasing from its facilities each day early on in 2021. As of mid-March, Border Patrol agents were seeing 500 people arrive as part of a family group per day.“The number of individuals enrolled in the ICE...…The Biden administration anticipates that it will be releasing 400 migrant families into the country a day by mid-June as the influx of people encountered illegally crossing the border overwhelms its detention capacity, according to a government planning document.The 400 figure is eight times greater than the 50 families that Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement were releasing from its facilities each day early on in 2021. As of mid-March, Border Patrol agents were seeing 500 people arrive as part of a family group per day.“The number of individuals enrolled in the ICE...WW…

An organization with ties to the Biden administration was awarded a $530 million no-bid federal contract to care for unaccompanied migrant children after they have come across the southern border, a person familiar with the contract confirmed to the Washington Examiner.The Biden administration has, for the second time in a month, awarded a massive federal contract to the group without allowing other businesses and nonprofit groups to submit their proposals and bids for the job, Axios late Tuesday. Family Endeavors, a Texas-based nonprofit organization whose senior director for migrant...…An organization with ties to the Biden administration was awarded a $530 million no-bid federal contract to care for unaccompanied migrant children after they have come across the southern border, a person familiar with the contract confirmed to the Washington Examiner.The Biden administration has, for the second time in a month, awarded a massive federal contract to the group without allowing other businesses and nonprofit groups to submit their proposals and bids for the job, Axios late Tuesday. Family Endeavors, a Texas-based nonprofit organization whose senior director for migrant...WW…

The U.S. government is spending $352.64 per hotel bed per day to house the 80,000 migrant families that it anticipates will come across the border between now and September, according to a federal document obtained by the Washington Examiner.That daily rate is going to add up quickly and eventually reach , the amount of the contract that the Biden administration awarded to a nonprofit group last month on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.Exactly 1,239 beds at seven hotels located in Arizona and Texas have been rented out for 199 days, or six and a half months. The federal...…The U.S. government is spending $352.64 per hotel bed per day to house the 80,000 migrant families that it anticipates will come across the border between now and September, according to a federal document obtained by the Washington Examiner.That daily rate is going to add up quickly and eventually reach , the amount of the contract that the Biden administration awarded to a nonprofit group last month on behalf of Immigration and Customs Enforcement.Exactly 1,239 beds at seven hotels located in Arizona and Texas have been rented out for 199 days, or six and a half months. The federal...WW…

The Biden administration did not solicit bids for a multimillion contract to house migrant families in hotels and instead gave the massive contract to an organization whose leadership has ties to the White House, including one official who was on the Biden transition team.In its rush to stand up facilities to hold families who come over the southern border illegally in rising numbers, the Biden administration signed a deal that a member of Congress and people with knowledge of the matter said presented a conflict of interest and wasted existing government facilities.Last month, Immigration...…The Biden administration did not solicit bids for a multimillion contract to house migrant families in hotels and instead gave the massive contract to an organization whose leadership has ties to the White House, including one official who was on the Biden transition team.In its rush to stand up facilities to hold families who come over the southern border illegally in rising numbers, the Biden administration signed a deal that a member of Congress and people with knowledge of the matter said presented a conflict of interest and wasted existing government facilities.Last month, Immigration...WW…

MCALLEN, Texas — The number of migrant children being held in Border Patrol facilities is more than double the record that was set in June 2019 during the Trump administration, the Washington Examiner has learned.As of Sunday, 5,767 unaccompanied minors were being detained inside cells at Border Patrol facilities near the U.S.-Mexico border. In comparison, only 2,600 children were documented in custody at the height of the 2019 border crisis, according to federal data exclusively obtained Monday evening.The figures underscore the magnitude of the situation on the border, which President Joe...…MCALLEN, Texas — The number of migrant children being held in Border Patrol facilities is more than double the record that was set in June 2019 during the Trump administration, the Washington Examiner has learned.As of Sunday, 5,767 unaccompanied minors were being detained inside cells at Border Patrol facilities near the U.S.-Mexico border. In comparison, only 2,600 children were documented in custody at the height of the 2019 border crisis, according to federal data exclusively obtained Monday evening.The figures underscore the magnitude of the situation on the border, which President Joe...WW…

The Republican governor of Montana threatened to take legal action if the Biden administration moves forward with a to fly people in federal custody at the southern border to facilities on the Canadian border.In a letter obtained by the Washington Examiner, Gov. Greg Gianforte and Attorney General Austin Knudsen told Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that they opposed the idea of Customs and Border Protection using Immigration and Customs Enforcement airplanes to transport migrant families and children across the country due to a shortage of holding facilities in states on the...…The Republican governor of Montana threatened to take legal action if the Biden administration moves forward with a to fly people in federal custody at the southern border to facilities on the Canadian border.In a letter obtained by the Washington Examiner, Gov. Greg Gianforte and Attorney General Austin Knudsen told Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that they opposed the idea of Customs and Border Protection using Immigration and Customs Enforcement airplanes to transport migrant families and children across the country due to a shortage of holding facilities in states on the...WW…

DALLAS, Texas — A Guatemalan man in Border Patrol custody in Arizona died Saturday, two days after he was taken into custody for illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a statement from border authorities.Customs and Border Protection announced late Sunday that a 29-year-old man died at a local hospital in Tucson, Arizona, Saturday morning. The death marks the second time since President Joe Biden took office in January that the government has disclosed the death of someone in federal custody at the border."Late on the evening of March 25, the man was apprehended by Casa...…DALLAS, Texas — A Guatemalan man in Border Patrol custody in Arizona died Saturday, two days after he was taken into custody for illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a statement from border authorities.Customs and Border Protection announced late Sunday that a 29-year-old man died at a local hospital in Tucson, Arizona, Saturday morning. The death marks the second time since President Joe Biden took office in January that the government has disclosed the death of someone in federal custody at the border."Late on the evening of March 25, the man was apprehended by Casa...WW…

The body of a Mexican journalist who had reported on the country's cartels and smuggling organizations was found decapitated this week in what is the fifth-known killing of a member of the press this year in Mexico, according to Reporters Without Borders.Julio Valdivia Rodriguez, a local reporter who had worked for seven years for Diario El Mundo, was found Wednesday near the train tracks in Tezonapa, Veracruz, in eastern Mexico. The 41-year-old man's body and head were recovered several feet apart from his motorcycle, which bore his company's logo. His employer said investigators told them...…The body of a Mexican journalist who had reported on the country's cartels and smuggling organizations was found decapitated this week in what is the fifth-known killing of a member of the press this year in Mexico, according to Reporters Without Borders.Julio Valdivia Rodriguez, a local reporter who had worked for seven years for Diario El Mundo, was found Wednesday near the train tracks in Tezonapa, Veracruz, in eastern Mexico. The 41-year-old man's body and head were recovered several feet apart from his motorcycle, which bore his company's logo. His employer said investigators told them...WW…