Biden administration requires pre-written questions from reporters.

Jacqui Heinrich Fights for Answers on Migrant Teen’s Death

White House Correspondent Shut Out from Asking Questions

Jacqui Heinrich, one of Fox’s White House correspondents, is known for her fearless approach to questioning White House officials. However, today she was shut out from asking a question about the death of a migrant teenager who died in DHS custody. What’s shocking is that reporters were required to submit their questions in advance.

A virtual briefing was held for the press, and after questions were submitted, officials read them out loud and answered them. Top priority was given to reports of the death of a teenager in custody at the border who died. Unfortunately, Jacqui Heinrich’s question was not answered.

After seeing the tweet Jacqui posted about being forced to submit a question in advance of a White House press briefing, I assume her question would have been about Biden’s thoughts today as opposed to in 2019 when he tweeted that the death of a migrant minor was unacceptable. That last tweet came after Jacqui posted about the screening of questions earlier this morning. Good for her.

Why Hasn’t Biden Addressed the Border Crisis?

How did the Biden administration handle the first White House press briefing after Title 42 expired? Karine Jean-Pierre, White House Press Secretary, trotted out Mitch Landrieu, Biden’s senior advisor responsible for coordinating the implementation of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. That’s right. KJP and Joe Biden tried to distract reporters on the first day of Title 42 not being enforced with the guy in charge of distributing checks for all the slush funds created in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.

So, after that “Squirrel!” moment happened, KJP faced two or three questions about the border. Why hasn’t the president spoken about Title 42? Why hasn’t he been out there addressing the migrants directly? KJP had no answers. That includes when she was asked by Jacqui why the DHS or HHS websites have not been updated with the numbers of unaccompanied minors in custody. KJP had no answer. There is no mention of any death of minors, either, including the recent one. KJP was eager to blame Republicans for being over-dramatic about the Biden border crisis. Really? What is more dramatic than a country losing its sovereignty? A country without borders is not a country.

So why hasn’t Joe Biden spoken to the American people about Title 42 and its expiration? He should have had an Oval Office address about it in primetime on all the networks. The demise of our southern border is a big effin’ deal, but Biden continues to try to ignore it. He isn’t brave enough to face reporters with a press conference about the border, and he’s apparently not able to do an Oval Office address either. So much for President Most Transparent Evah.

The Unthinkable Humanitarian and National Security Crisis

Today, HHS released a statement about the migrant teen’s death. The location of the death has not been provided, and no information on the minor has been released due to safety concerns. “The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is deeply saddened by this tragic loss, and our heart goes out to the family, with whom we are in touch,” it said.

The message continued, “As is standard practice for any situation involving the death of an unaccompanied child or a serious health outcome, HHS’ Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) Division of Health for Unaccompanied Children (DHUC) is reviewing all clinical details of this case, including all inpatient health care records. A medical examiner investigation is underway.”

KJP said during Friday’s press briefing that she was saddened by the death. She also said that she hasn’t spoken to Biden about it and doesn’t know if he has been briefed on it.

Other than Biden saying the border will be “chaotic” for a while, he’s said nothing to address what is happening on the southern border this week. It’s a further dereliction of duty by the president. Losing operational control of our border is an impeachable offense. I’m not one to cry impeach whenever I don’t like what a president is doing, but in this case, it should be looked at. The Biden border crisis is an unthinkable humanitarian and national security crisis. Border communities are suffering. Border states are left holding the bag to provide services for migrants crossing the border illegally. The end of Title 42 makes it even worse.

This is Biden’s America.

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