The Biden administration barred Customs and Border Protection officials from sharing information about the magnitude of illegal border crossings at the southern border without approval from the Department of Homeland Security, Washington Free Beacon reports.
The Biden administration’s directive specifically bans CBP officials from sharing data with media outlets as tens of thousands of migrants amass at the southern border.
Such an order is unprecedented as agencies post statistics frequently.
Breitbart reported:
The source, not authorized to speak to the media, says the message is intended to curb routine disclosures of migrant apprehensions near the southern border. These are generally provided by Border Patrol chief patrol agents via social media and comments to journalists. The unprecedented directive was circulated on Monday and took immediate effect.
The order was sent under the title “DHS OPA guidance on social media coordination for the lifting of Title 42.” The order was later clarified to impose a ban on the direct communication with outlets or platforms regarding the release of migrant apprehension statistics without DHS approval. DHS OPA is the acronym for the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Public Affairs.
Title 42 was set to expire on Dec. 21, but Chief Justice John Roberts on Monday ordered that it temporarily stay in place. The Supreme Court will decide the rule’s fate in the coming days. A repeal of Title 42 could lead to a spike in illegal immigration.
The possible end to Title 42 comes as the Biden administration oversaw a record 2.4 million encounters in the latest fiscal year. Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday blamed Republicans for the border crisis.
Here comes Communist crackdown. May all those pushing these socialist agendas become victim to G-d’s wrath.
Good. Yes we can growl more. The administration is not helping.
Yup. Uncle Joe promised the American people that his administration will be thee most transparent in our Nations history. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Joe is a funny man.
Of course Harris is right it is the republicans fault. The last 4 years the White House, the senate and Congress was run by the democrats, but they didn’t do a thing about the border. The border czar named by Biden, the cackling VP of the USA, who doesn’t even got to the border is the one at fault along with her liberal cronies. They just want them to become legalized so that they get more votes. Just ask Schumer. He says population is shrinking. Well stop killing babies and then you won’t have to take illegal immigrants.