Rep. Kevin McCarthy is worried that he doesn’t have the votes to be elected Speaker of the House, so he tried to convince Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) to switch parties, but Cuellar said no.
Democratic House Rep. Henry Cuellar represents a southern Texas district that includes more than 290 miles of the U.S. border with Mexico. As a result he is very familiar with border issues, including the influx of undocumented immigrants, what to do with them, and how they are treated. In his district he has national guard…
On Wednesday, President Obama met with Republican Texas Governor Rick Perry, along with other political and religious leaders in Texas, to discuss the ongoing crisis concerning migrant children from Central America being detained at the border. Perry then ran to Fox News.