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Biden cracks whip – Orders DHS to help illegal workers

Joe Biden’s DHS issues a baffling new directive as the southern border continues to generate bad news for his administration.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during the daily press briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House in Washington, DC. on September 24, 2021. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

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Secy. Mayorkas orders I.C.E. to stop raiding workplaces for illegal immigrants

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas ordered the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to immediately stop conducting workplace raids targeting illegal immigrants. In a memo released on Tuesday, Mayorkas called on the immigration agency to focus on the “exploitive” employers, who have allegedly taken advantage of illegal immigrants.

A view of the border wall between Mexico and the United States, in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico. (HERIKA MARTINEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

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DHS cancels border wall contracts with CBP Laredo, Rio Grande Valley sectors

Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security has continued to reverse the Trump administration’s efforts to secure the southern border through the construction of a border wall. On Friday, the DHS released a statement to announce it was canceling all remaining barrier contracts with the CBP’s Laredo and Rio Grande sectors.

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - OCTOBER 08: (L-R) U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Mexican Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard shake hands during a conference as part of the High Level Security Dialogue at SRE Building on October 08, 2021 in Mexico City, Mexico. Antony Blinken and Marcelo Ebrard also meet to dialogue on the relation between both countries. President of Mexico Lopez Obrador joined Blinken and Ebrard in a private event. (Photo by Hector Vivas/Getty Images)

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U.S. to negotiate new security deal with Mexico

Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with the Mexican government to discuss the development of a new bilateral security framework for security, public health and safe communities to address multiple issues the previous initiative failed to do.

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2021, file photo a National Guardsman stands guard at a fence that runs along the Rio Grande near the International bridge in Del Rio, Texas. President Joe Biden embraced major progressive policy goals on immigration after he won the Democratic nomination, and he has begun enacting some. But his administration has been forced to confront unusually high numbers of migrants trying to enter the country along the U.S.-Mexico border and the federal response has inflamed both critics and allies. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

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Biden admin. fails to take action with the border

Republican senators said they have tried to give the Joe Biden solutions for the border crisis, but all they have heard back is “crickets.” The GOP lawmakers slammed the current administration for their lack of action at the southern border.

AUSTIN, TX - JUNE 08: Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks during a press conference where he signed Senate Bills 2 and 3 at the Capitol on June 8, 2021 in Austin, Texas. Governor Abbott signed the bills into law to reform the Electric Reliability Council of Texas and weatherize and improve the reliability of the state's power grid. The bill signing comes months after a disastrous February winter storm that caused widespread power outages and left dozens of Texans dead. (Photo by Montinique Monroe/Getty Images)

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GOP governors hold press conference on border crisis

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R), alongside nine other state governors, have decided to take matters into their own hands when it comes to the southern border crisis. The group traveled to Texas to present possible solutions.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki speaks during a press briefing at the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Secy. Psaki: Biden received split recommendations about Afghan withdrawal

Press Secretary Jen Psaki claimed military advisors were split over the number of troops to withdraw from Afghanistan. During a press conference after top military leadership testified to a Senate panel Tuesday, she was grilled by the Press Corps over contradicting the testimony.