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GOP lawmakers introduce bill to prevent Biden admin from surprising states with influxes of migrants

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Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Bill Hagerty (R-TN) alongside Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN) introduced a bill Thursday to make migrant resettlement more transparent. The bill would require the Department Human Health Services and the Department of Homeland Security to clear all migrant resettlements with governors and mayors before the migrants arrive.

This call for more transparency comes after reports of migrant resettlements in Tennessee, without the knowledge of any of the aforementioned lawmakers. “In Tennessee, the Biden Administration was caught,” Sen. Blackburn said in a statement. As a result, they saw the bill as a precautionary safety measure.

Should the bill pass, both HHS and DHS would have to report to local authorities on the number of migrants and the location of the resettlements. Then, they would also have to report on the educational and workforce resources given to the migrants.

“Federal transparency with state and local officials is always important in our republic, but it’s particularly critical during the ongoing crisis on the border,” Rep. Fleischmann said. After all, according to Sen. Hagerty, this could become an epidemic that affects many American citizens.

“President Biden’s border crisis has turned every town into a border town,” Hagerty said.

You can follow Jenny Goldsberry on Twitter @jennyjournalism.

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Is the Mexican President blackmailing the U.S.? $20 billion or ‘flow of migrants will continue’

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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador doubled down on his attempt to blackmail the United States into paying billions of dollars, or else the “flow of migrants will continue.” A report at Fox News reveals that Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador earlier “demanded a series of actions by the United States in order for him to try to cut off some of the millions of illegal aliens coming from Mexico into the United States across its southern border.”

Then just days ago, he said in an appearance on 60 Minutes that if the U.S. fails to meet his demands, “The flow of migrants will continue.” The report said Obrador, in recent weeks, has demanded that the U.S. give $20 billion a year to Latin American nations, lift sanctions on Venezuela, end the Cuban embargo and give legal status in America to the millions of Mexicans who already have entered illegally.

“Mexico has reportedly taken some state-level action to curb mass migration at President Biden’s request, making crossings drop, however, the number of migrants began to rise again in February, with Border Patrol expecting another surge in the spring,” the report said.

WND reports that the Interviewer Sharyn Alfonsi asked, “Everybody thinks you have the power in this moment to slow down migration. Do you plan to?”

He responded that the “root causes” must be addressed.

“Your critics have said what you’re doing, what you’re asking for to help secure the border, is diplomatic blackmail. What do you say?” Alfonsi asked. He later seemed to contradict himself, confirming that even if those things don’t happen, he will continue to try to help secure the border because the relationship between the nations is important.

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