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Sen. Ted Cruz wrote to President Biden Monday to demand he lift a ban on media access at overwhelmed immigration intake facilities along the southern border, where thousands of illegal immigrants have been pouring into the United States in recent weeks.
© Provided by Washington Examiner Cruz, a Texas Republican, wants reporters to accompany a delegation of GOP senators to the Rio Grande Valley on Friday, but Homeland Security officials have mostly blocked media access along the southern border, where crowded conditions have been reported as the massive influx of immigrants overwhelm U.S. immigration officials.
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Department officials have so far refused Cruz’s request to allow the media to accompany senators this week. Cruz plans to travel to the Rio Grande Valley on Friday with Sen. John Cornyn, a fellow Texas Republican, and other GOP senators to observe the conditions.
“Denying the press the ability to observe, film, and report on the conditions at the border is not openness or transparency, it is hiding the truth from the American people,” Cruz wrote to Biden on Monday. “The press and the American people deserve more than denials and excuses from a podium. They deserve to see and understand the crisis for themselves with the help of reporters who are free and independent from your administration.”
White House press secretary Jen Psaki said access is restricted for safety reasons related to the COVID-19 pandemic, but news outlets are growing increasingly frustrated with limited access that is far more restricted than in past administrations.
Media were blocked from accompanying a bipartisan delegation that traveled to the Mexico border last week. Senators reported overcrowded conditions at holding facilities for children.
Sen. Chris Murphy, a Connecticut Democrat, reported on Twitter viewing “100s of Kids packed into big open rooms,” as well as terrified children separated from their relatives.
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Murphy offered a conditional agreement with the GOP that the media should not be entirely blocked from viewing the facilities.
“I think the press should have some access, yes,” Murphy said. “But not unfettered. Enough for accurate reporting on conditions (which are challenging but improving), but not so much to disrupt the already tumultuous lives of these children.”
Tags: News, Congress, Immigration, Media, US Senator Ted Cruz, Chris Murphy, Biden Administration
Original Author: Susan Ferrechio
Original Location: Cruz asks Biden to stop blocking media access to overwhelmed border facilities
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