Daily News Article - March 22, 2021
FROM ARTICLE #1 - Texas sheriff in charge of US-Mexico border says it’s ‘basically open,’ blames Biden
1. Answer the following about Hidalgo county, Texas Sheriff J.E. Guerra, who is a Democrat:
a) How does Sheriff Guerra view security at the border?
b) What does he want President Biden to do about the crisis on the border?
c) What does he think the administration needs to do to prevent the situation from getting worse?
d) We see/read a lot in the news about the plight of families coming across. How are organized crime and cartels exploiting innocent migrants attempting to enter the U.S. illegally?
e) What danger does the open border pose to Americans?
FROM ARTICLE #2 - DHS boss admits ‘instances’ where migrants released into US with no COVID test
2. What admission did Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas make during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Wednesday?
3. What double standard did Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde point out to Secretary Mayorkas about the Biden administration’s failure to test illegal immigrants for Coronavires?
4. How confident are you that the Biden administration is administering covid tests to all people entering the U.S. illegally and that those testing positive are quarantined for 2 weeks? Explain your answer.
5. Should anyone entering be made to quarantine for 10 days - the same time period that students, employees, professional athletes - anyone who was exposed to covid - is required to quarantine? Explain your answer.
FROM ARTICLE #3 - Texas governor says Biden ‘not being transparent’ about minors’ health at border
6. What is the Biden administration blocking Texas state officials from doing, according to Republican Gov. Greg Abbott?
7. What information do officials need to know that the Biden administration refuses to provide? (describe 2)
8. Insisting that the border was not facing a crisis, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said earlier this month that the problems the agency faced should be blamed on the previous [Trump] administration. Why do you think the Biden administration says there is no crisis at the border?
9. CBS News reported Sunday, “ A growing chorus of lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have called on the Biden administration to allow reporters and journalists into facilities housing unaccompanied migrant children who have sought asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Senator Rob Portman, ranking member on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and one of four senators who accompanied Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the border on Friday, told CBS, "This should be transparent," Portman said. "It's amazing to me how little my constituents know about what's going on down along the border. It is a situation spiraling out of control."
Why do you think the Biden administration refuses to be transparent and will not permit journalists to report from these areas?
FROM ARTICLE #4 - El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele Tells Tucker Carlson Why Mass Migration to US Is ‘Bad For Both of Us’
10. Watch the video interview with President. What is your reaction to President Bukele’s assertions?