Posted on 09/17/2021 7:21:17 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com
Drones that captured images and videos of thousands of illegal immigrants under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas, were grounded late Thursday by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
Fox News national correspondent Bill Melugin told Tucker Carlson on Thursday night that he found the timing and location of the FAA’s two-week flight restriction in the area “a little bit curious.”
“I just want to point out, Fox News has been at the border for the better part of seven months now,” Melugin said. “We’ve been using the drone the entire time. It’s never been an issue. All of a sudden, the last 24 hours, we start showing these images at this bridge and a TFR goes up. We can no longer fly.”
The FAA told the outlet the “temporary flight restriction” (TFR) over the Del Rio Port of Entry and the International Bridge was put in place for “special security reasons.”
“The Border Patrol requested the temporary flight restriction due to drones interfering with law enforcement flights on the border,” the FAA said in a statement. “As with any temporary flight restriction, media is able to call the FAA to make requests to operate in the area.”
NEW: We’ve learned that the FAA just implemented a two week TFR (Temporary Flight Restrictions) over the international bridge in Del Rio, TX, meaning we can no longer fly our FOX drone over it to show images of the thousands of migrants. FAA says “special security reason”. pic.twitter.com/aJrjAPO2Pz — Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) September 17, 2021
Congressman Andy Biggs (R-AZ) made the following statement condemning the FAA’s action to restrict drone access over the worsening illegal alien encampment at the Del Rio bridge:
“We know what they’re doing and they are not getting away with it,” said Biggs. “Restricting and blocking the media’s drones over the Del Rio bridge proves that the Administration is fully aware of the crisis they have created. This refusal to be transparent is yet another way the Biden Administration is trying to twist the true narrative of what is happening at the border. With or without media access, we will not stop working to expose the truth about this humanitarian and national security crisis.”
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), at the scene, slammed the “ridiculous” restriction, adding he’s “never seen anything like” the 10,500-plus group of illegals packed under the bridge.
10,503 illegal aliens are under this bridge tonight because Joe Biden made a political decision to cancel deportation flights to Haiti.
The Border Patrol is overcapacity. It’s indefensible, it’s inhuman, and it was entirely caused by Biden & Harris. #BidenBorderCrisis pic.twitter.com/LmWV52nmJc — Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) September 17, 2021
“The drone footage started this morning, and people across the country were horrified, and I guess the political operatives at the Biden White House saw that and decided the last thing they want is Fox News actually reporting on what’s happening down here,” he said.
On Thursday, Cruz told the Todd Starnes Show there were thousands of Haitians feeling the disaster-torn country, adding that many of them were COVID-positive.
They don’t want American citizens to see the invasion in real time.
Congressman Andy Biggs (R-AZ) made the following statement condemning the FAA’s action to restrict drone access over the worsening illegal alien encampment at the Del Rio bridge:
“We know what they’re doing and they are not getting away with it,” said Biggs. “Restricting and blocking the media’s drones over the Del Rio bridge proves that the Administration is fully aware of the crisis they have created. This refusal to be transparent is yet another way the Biden Administration is trying to twist the true narrative of what is happening at the border. With or without media access, we will not stop working to expose the truth about this humanitarian and national security crisis.”
how does the FAA control the airspace on the mexico side of the border?
Nobody else has drones?
They don’t.
If a tree falls in the forrest and nobody is there to see it.....
“Banning” and “stopping” are two different things.
Drones are cheap enough to be throwaway, and they send video back in real time so there’s no way to trace and track who they belong to. Disposable and untraceable flying cameras.
Screw you FAA, you’ve done everything wrong about drones since day 1.
Imagine if this were done under Trump. CNN would have had an aneurysm.
Just like the old USSR!
That would be worth watching, then..................
Fox should do it anyway. They can afford the fine. Force the government to shoot them down.
Can’t fly over the border? Okay ... keep it well within our border but aim the camera south.
Send in photo teams on the ground. Go full on Project Veritas or Alex Jones on them. Go to the Mexican side.
Anonymous sources????
They should also file in Federal Court for relief on the grounds that there is no rational basis for this rule.
They don’t want you to see the Haitians that are coming in. Haiti is France’s problem send them to France.
Maybe the Border Patrol can request the Taliban fly drones over our border. After all, Biden gave them dozens...
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