Ted Cruz blasts DHS Sec. Mayorkas for shutting out media on US border visit

Published Apr 08 2021 at 9:01 PM GMT

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Sen Ted Cruz slammed Homeland Security Secretary Alejando Mayorkas on Thursday for not inviting reporters to accompany him on a tour of two border towns, saying the media blackout is an attempt to hide the Biden administration’s failure to handle the mass of unaccompanied child migrants crossing into the US.