Lankford Stops Biden from Releasing Migrants in Western Oklahoma

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August 9, 2021

By News Director Jared Atha

It was announced on Saturday that Senator James Lankford (R-OK) successfully blocked President Biden’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office from opening a “surge overflow temporary facility” at the Great Plains Correctional Institution in Hinton, that would have been used to process migrants who crossed the border illegally and release them into Western Oklahoma.

The announcement from Lankford’s office came some twenty-four hours after the senator spoke on the Senate floor and contacted Department of Homeland Security leadership directly with his strong objection.

Lankford went on to say similar practices of moving migrants to facilities in Arizona have taken place.

DHS announced they would not transfer people illegally crossing into the United States to Hinton for release.

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released the preliminary border crossing numbers for July, which included a 20-year-high total encounters of over 210,000. Additionally, the June update revealed that 95,079 unaccompanied children were found at the border this fiscal year.

Lankford recently released his report that found $2 billion in wasted taxpayer money to pay construction workers for the now-halted border wall contracts to babysit the steel on the ground while the Administration “studies” the wall, which was originally set as a 60-day study but is now past 200 days.

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