Border Crisis Continues with Photos Released

Office of Congressman Henry Cuellar via AP

Office of Congressman Henry Cuellar via AP

 

We ran the numbers: There are 1704 news articles covering this topic. 20% (336) are left leaning, 30% (510) are center, and 50% (858) are right leaning.

On Tuesday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection released photos and videos of South Texas immigrant processing centers. While left-leaning articles highlight that the Biden administration has tried for weeks to keep the public from seeing images like those released Monday, right-leaning articles highlight that more than a dozen House Republicans wrote to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas requesting answers over reports that the Biden administration is releasing illegal immigrants into the country without court dates.

A left-leaning article by Associated Press highlights that the Biden administration has tried for weeks to keep the public from seeing images like those released Monday of immigrant children at the border. Biden faces growing criticism for secrecy at the border.

NPR published a centrist article reporting that these images appear in response to photos released by Representative Henry Cuellar and published by Axios on Monday that shows migrants crammed into “pods” that are divided only by plastic sheathing. Cueller said that he released the photos because the Biden administration refused media access to the facility.

A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that more than a dozen House Republicans wrote to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas requesting answers over reports that the Biden administration is releasing illegal immigrants into the country without court dates. On Sunday, Fox News confirmed that Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector have begun o process and release migrants without issuing a Notice to Appear.


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