We also *know* that record numbers of illegal aliens are being released into the United States by CBP, and that thousands of them are testing positive for COVID after release.
Instead of covering these numbers, Keilar chose to demonize conservatives, claiming these concerns are ”the centuries-old trope of demonizing foreign people as diseased.“
This is a vicious smear against Americans concerned about the #BidenBorderCrisis.
Keilar also falsely conflates concern for opening our schools back up with the COVID threat posed by mass illegal migration.
We've known for months that children are far less at risk from the virus.
Those crossing our border illegally, most of whom are over 15, do spread it.
Fox's @BillFOXLA (give him a follow!) reported last week on thousands of illegal aliens being detained under a bridge because CBP had nowhere else to put them.
These conditions are a public health nightmare that facilitate the spread of COVID. bit.ly/3CzM2fV
Illegal aliens are being released into our communities, testing positive, and then traveling to other parts of the country. NBC reported this earlier this year, and it's still happening.
Keilar subsequently tweeted, in response to a critique from @bennyjohnson, that almost all illegal aliens are being tested and/or quarantined when they test positive.
This is not true.
In fact, officials in the Rio Grande Valley expressed frustrations just *last week* that they didn't have the ability to enforce a quarantine of illegal aliens who test positive for COVID after being released by @CBP. bit.ly/3s5uuDB
No one’s claiming COVID-positive illegal aliens are the only reason COVID rates are going up. But it’s wrong for Keilar to mock legitimate public health concerns.
Why not use her platform to actually investigate instead of downplay? #BidenBorderCrisis
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In July, according to multiple news reports, Customs and Border Protection recorded more than 210,000 apprehensions—an increase of more than 30,000 from June and the second-highest monthly total ever, based on available data. herit.ag/37wSfux
Additionally, the number of unaccompanied minors picked up by Border Patrol agents in July is expected to exceed 19,000, which would break the administration’s previous record from March of 18,877. This crisis was already historic.
Now it’s time to hit the panic button.
”This administration must be held accountable for its failed border strategy, and Congress must reject amnesty as part of the infrastructure debate currently raging in the House and Senate.“ @ChadFWolf
🧵 @JaneMayerNYer chose to go on MSNBC today and attack not only Heritage’s work to ensure our elections are secure, but to repeat several inaccuracies and outright lies about those efforts.
@JaneMayerNYer You should be skeptical of reporters who don’t get basic facts right.
In this attack, Mayer falsely claims Heritage involvement in state election audits in Arizona and Georgia. She also falsely claims Heritage involvement in election litigation efforts. Neither is true.
Citing Heritage’s Election Fraud Database, Mayer also carefully refrained from mentioning all the cases in Arizona, the 1,300+ proven cases in the database, or our warning that the database is just a sampling of cases, not a comprehensive list. heritage.org/voterfraud
@ChadFWolf The $1.2 trillion bipartisan “infrastructure” deal merely paves the road for Democrats to pass the largest amnesty for illegal aliens in American history. herit.ag/2TNhLIK
Even absent this planned societal transformation, the bill is bad policy, as it is not focused on actual “hard” infrastructure.
We released a new video today, highlighting the effort by radical leftists in Congress and the White House to use the current infrastructure debate to ram through a massive amnesty for millions of illegal aliens. herit.ag/3fkI14Q
The White House has called on Congress to include amnesty in a reconciliation package, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has said the Senate will not move such a reconciliation package without the bipartisan infrastructure package currently under debate.
The Biden border crisis seems to reach new heights every day.
CBP has recorded more than 173,000 apprehensions for four months in a row, with no signs of a slowdown.
🧵 Freedom of Information Act requests aren’t just for media elites. It’s pretty incredible that an NBC reporter thinks parents shouldn’t use them to get transparency.
Especially to get information about schools pushing poisonous concepts like critical race theory on kids.
NBC’s Brandy Zadrozny attacked Heritage earlier this week on MSNBC for standing up against efforts by school boards to force critical race theory on our kids, and accused parents of making “onerous FOIA requests.”
As if parents don’t deserve to use the same tools she does to get transparency.
The @OversightBoard's decision to uphold the suspension is the wrong one—and one that all Americans, regardless of political affiliation, should be concerned about. 🧵
However, it was entirely appropriate to admonish Facebook's vague, standardless penalty.
Big Tech companies should not be allowed to play by a set of rules that give them undue influence over American society while avoiding any accountability for how they use that influence.
It is time for Congress to act and reform Section 230 in a way that respects the rights of those engaged in private enterprise but also ensures companies take responsibility for the choices they make—especially when it comes to censoring individuals and opinions they don’t like.