District of Columbia, Iowa | June 15, 2021
House Republican presses bill to prevent Harris from traveling overseas before visiting the border
District of Columbia, Iowa | June 15, 2021
Iowa Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson appeared on the House floor Monday to press for legislation that would bar Vice President Harris from taxpayer-funded international travel until she visits the southern border first.
Harris, whom President Biden deputized to lead efforts in Central America to eradicate the “root causes” of the massive waves of illegal immigrants heading from there to the U.S. border, has faced strong Republican criticism for not bothering to experience firsthand the crisis she’s playing a role in ending.
“This crisis is worsening by the day. Yet, the vice president has refused to go to the border herself and talk to the brave law enforcement officers, the men and women who are fighting this on the frontlines. This out-of-sight, out-of-mind approach is a disgrace,” Hinson said on the House floor…
(Excepts from Fox News)
Iowa | April 10, 2021
Iowa Governor Declines Request to House Unaccompanied Minors
Iowa | April 10, 2021
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds said her state can’t receive unaccompanied minors amid the unfolding border crisis, which she says was caused by President Joe Biden, adding that he has a duty to correct the situation.
Reynolds, a Republican, told WHO radio earlier this week that she declined a request from the Biden administration to come up with foster care for children who illegally cross the border.
“We don’t have the facilities. We are not set up to do that,” Reynolds said. “This is not our problem, this is the president’s problem.”
The governor also explained that there are Iowa children that still need to be placed in foster homes at the moment…
(Excerpts from The Epoch Times)