Border Security
McConnell encourages Dems to do something about border security wall
OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 10:30 AM PT – Sat. Dec 22, 2018
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell urges his colleagues across the aisle to address the president’s request for border security funding as lawmakers seek to end the shutdown.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, walks back to his office as they work to pass a bill that would pay for President Donald Trump’s border wall and avert a partial government shutdown, on Capitol Hill, Friday, Dec. 21, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Dept. of Homeland Security to make asylum seekers wait in Mexico as cases are processed
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 1:33 PM PT — Thursday, Dec. 20, 2018
The Trump administration is taking historic action to confront the wave of migrants at the border.
On Thursday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen announced that Central American migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. will be sent to Mexico while their cases are being processed.
President Trump: Democrats are hypocrites, they have always supported border security
OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 10:00 AM PT — Friday, Dec. 14, 2018
President Trump is continuing to push Democrats to support national security by funding the construction of a border wall.
The president tweeted a video Thursday, calling out Democrats for moving farther left in recent
President Trump tells Pelosi and Schumer He Wants Border Wall
OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 9:59 AM PT — Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018
There was fire and fury in the Oval Office as President Trump clashed with Democrat leadership over border security.
At the White House Tuesday, President Trump argued with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Minority Nancy Pelosi over getting votes for the border wall funding.
President Trump thanks ICE, BP and military for securing border touts newly built border walls,
OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 6:35 AM PT — Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018
President Trump is touting the newly built segments of the border wall for helping stop the recent migrant caravans.
In a tweet Tuesday, the president said despite the large caravans forming and heading to the U.S., migrants
DHS: President Trump’s request of $5B is enough to fund 215 miles of border wall
OAN Newsroom
UPDATED 8:08 AM PT — Fri. Nov. 30, 2018
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is unveiling a plan to extend portions of the border wall. In a statement Thursday, the DHS said it would build roughly 215 miles of border wall next year if Congress approves the president’s request for five billion dollars in funding.
DHS officials stressed the wall will help crack down on the influx of drugs and illegal immigrants into the U.S. and protect border patrol personnel.
Senate Majority Leader McConnell details agenda for rest of year
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., center, speaks to media after a meeting in his office at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. With McConnell are from left, Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., Sen. Todd Young, R-Ind., Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, right. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)