Cruz calls out dirty ho' Harris on border crisis, surely 'admin will allow media to film the empty cages'

Sen. Ted Cruz on Wednesday requested that Vice President Kamala 
Harris and the Biden administration grant media access to U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection facilities at the Texas border.

Harris was tapped by President Biden to lead efforts to resolve 
the issue at the border. Cruz reminded his followers that Harris 
said in a 2019 tweet that as president, she would release 
children from cages and get rid of private detention centers.

"Kamala, tomorrow 17 senators are joining me at the TX border. 
The Biden admin is refusing to allow press to see the CBP 
facilities," Cruz wrote. "Since you’ve promised to 'release 
children from cages,' surely your admin will allow media to film 
the empty cages."

HUNDREDS OF COVID-POSITIVE MIGRANT CHILDREN IN ISOLATION AFTER 
CROSSING US BORDER


"If not, what are you hiding?" he continued.

The Biden administration has come under scrutiny for the surge 
of migrants arriving at the border. Capacity at temporary 
holding facilities has become stretched after the administration 
said it would no longer expel unaccompanied minor children last 
month.

On Tuesday, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released photos 
of the temporary facilities in Texas that are being used to 
process migrant children after the White House and CBP were 
pressed over why the media had not been given access to those 
facilities.

The photos showed crowded quarters, including children sleeping 
shoulder-to-shoulder on mats on the floor with aluminum blankets 
and on benches. Another photo shows dozens of children in a 
transparent pen similar to a cage.

The Biden administration has cited coronavirus protocols as the 
reason why the press was not allowed in.

"That's their stated justification. Never mind that they are 
packing thousands upon thousands of illegal immigrants in packed 
facilities. It is reporters and cameramen that pose the COVID 
threat. And Harris, that's obviously absurd. I can tell you, 
I've taken border trips," Cruz said during an appearance on "The 
Faulkner Focus." "I've been to those facilities many times in 
the Obama administration, in the Trump administration, and 
they've always let media in. It is only the Biden administration 
that is engaged in this blackout..."

"But the fact that every news station is not outraged -- if 
Donald Trump had done this and said, ‘No reporters are allowed 
on the border,’ the media would have rightly lost their minds. 
And y’all would have been right to," he added.

On Wednesday, Biden insisted the surge in migrants at the 
southern border began under the Trump administration.

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White House officials said the Biden administration is 
"committed to transparency" and will continue to work with the 
Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Health and 
Human Services to create avenues for media access to the 
facilities, as well as access for members of Congress.

Fox News' Tyler Olson and Brooke Singman contributed to this 
report

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