Yamiche Alcindor

Yamiche Alcindor @Yamiche

VP Harris will be now leading the administration's efforts at the southern border and with Mexico and the Northern Triangle countries. WH says she'll be focused on stemming the flow of irregular migrants to the US and establishing of a strategic partnership with these countries. — PolitiTweet.org

Yamiche Alcindor @Yamiche

Important Q: Why let TV cameras into an HHS facility rather than a CPB facility where overcrowding is the problem? @PressSec: We will and we are working with border patrol and DHS to figure out how to do that. Note: Media has been asking for weeks for access to CPB facilities. — PolitiTweet.org

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Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers Cecilia Rouse: Black women earn 63 cents and Hispanic women earn 55 cents for every dollar that a white man earns. This means a Black woman has to work around 19 months & Hispanic woman 22 months to earn what a white man makes in a year. — PolitiTweet.org

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Happening now: Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jen Psaki, Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers Cecilia Rouse, and Member of the Council of Economic Advisers Heather Boushey — PolitiTweet.org

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.@LindseyGrahamSC: "The only way this ends is if when the people who show up to claim asylum never get to stay in the United States for a period of time to break this surge on the border." Note: Graham's idea goes against U.S. law & right to claim asylum. https://t.co/j6tLMUioXz — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ddale8: “States are not engaging in trying to suppress voters, whatsoever," Sen. Mitch McConnell says as Republican state legislators a… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NickMiroff: The WH is allowing TV camera into Carrizo Springs site. That's an HHS facility. The problem is the severe overcrowding i… — PolitiTweet.org

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Excited to join @GeoffRBennett now. — PolitiTweet.org

Yamiche Alcindor @Yamiche

News cameras will finally be allowed into a border facility today. A delegation of members of Congress & WH officials will travel to visit the Office of Refugee Resettlement Carrizo Springs Influx Care Facility. HHS will be allowing one network pooled camera into the facility. — PolitiTweet.org

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New videos obtained by The New York Times show publicly for the first time how the U.S. Capitol Police officer who died after facing off with rioters on Jan. 6 was attacked with chemical spray. https://t.co/9Gr6vcto5G — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CBSThisMorning: .@VP @KamalaHarris says she "absolutely" plans to visit the border with President Biden. “I've been down to the border… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CBSThisMorning: #EXCLUSIVE: @VP @KamalaHarris discusses the Atlanta shootings, the rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans and the… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @GeoffRBennett: Alleged Capitol rioters ramped up donations to Trump after his election defeat https://t.co/WCpeovpt6D — PolitiTweet.org

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.@PressSec as Sen Duckworth says she will not stand in the way of Biden’s nominees: “The White House will add a senior level Asian American Pacific Islander liaison, who will ensure the community’s voice is further represented and heard.” Statements attached. https://t.co/U0sh7LrGOR — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @nancycordes: NEW: @SenDuckworth drops ultimatum on confirmations after securing "the Biden Administration’s assurances that it will do… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NewsHour: A suspect has been charged in the deaths of 10 people at a Colorado supermarket — the country's second mass shooting in less… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AndrewSolender: NEW: Sen. Mazio Hirono says she’s joining Sen. Tammy Duckworth in voting against “non-diversity” Biden nominees until t… — PolitiTweet.org

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Sen Duckworth's stance is already having an effect: President Biden's nomination of Colin Kahl to be the Pentagon's top policy adviser ran into a new roadblock on Tuesday when Sen Duckworth said she would not back him until more Asian-Americans were selected for top positions. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @ddale8: Madison Cawthorn claimed there are “zero dollars” going to homeless veterans. The government is spending more than $2 billion… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @samstein: one of the saddest pieces of journalism in recent memory was about the fears that the columbine shooting survivors had now, a… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kylegriffin1: The Senate has just confirmed Shalanda Young to be deputy director of the Office of Management and Budget, 63-37. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @mkraju: Tammy Duckworth just told me she’s voting NO on Biden nominees until President makes commitment/ appoints AAPI picks to key exe… — PolitiTweet.org

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Just tracked these depressing lines: Yesterday’s mass shooting is the latest of many in CO. In 1999, there was a massacre at Columbine High. In 2012, a dozen people died in a movie theater in Aurora. And in 2019, one student died in a shooting at a school in Highlands Ranch. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JDiamond1: .@VP just weighed in on the Boulder, Colorado shooting: "It's absolutely baffling, it's 10 people going about their day livi… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @kasie: We're all emotionally exhausted after the last year. We've lost so many and so much. But I refuse to let exhaustion help normali… — PolitiTweet.org

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection has released  still imagery and video of the Donna Processing Center in Donna, Texas and the Central Processing Center in El Paso, Texas. Link to more: https://t.co/EhqRe3MkF4 https://t.co/yKLHAb3aUN — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @JesseRodriguez: Boulder, CO officials confirm 10 people killed in grocery store shooting, including one police officer — PolitiTweet.org

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Thanks @AymanM and @AymanMSNBC for having me on today to talk about the challenges at the border, the spike in unaccompanied minors and how President Biden and the White House are dealing with the issues. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @NewsHour: As America becomes more diverse, and more divided, while facing unimaginable challenges, how do we move forward together? T… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @jeanguerre: A U.S. right-wing media network is using a convicted drug trafficker as a talking head on border security, @thedailybeast h… — PolitiTweet.org