Anna Wiernicki Biography

Anna Wiernicki is WDHN‘s Washington Correspondent based in the nation’s capital. She covers our state Congressional delegation

and the Federal government stories that affect us here at home. Wiernicki holds American citizenship.

Anna Wiernicki Education

After three years in the Lone Star State, Anna is happy to be back in Washington. She graduated from The George Washington University in May 2014 with a degree in political science and a minor in journalism and mass communications.

Anna Wiernicki Career

She previously worked in Austin, Texas, for two years as a statewide political reporter.  Anna was also a reporter for KAMC News in Lubbock. Anna Wiernicki is our Washington Correspondent based in the nation’s capital. She covers our state Congressional delegation and the Federal government stories that affect us here at home. Anna previously worked in Austin, Texas, for two years as the statewide political reporter. Anna was also a reporter for KAMC News in Lubbock.

After three years in the Lone Star State, Anna is happy to be back in Washington. She graduated from The George Washington University in May 2014 with a degree in political science and a minor in journalism and mass communications. Outside the newsroom, Anna enjoys catching up on politics, traveling, and visiting her family in her hometown of The Woodlands, Texas.

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Outside the newsroom, Anna enjoys catching up on politics, traveling, and visiting her family in her hometown of The Woodlands, Texas.

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Republicans, Democrats split on how to handle migrant housing

WASHINGTON, D.C. (NEXSTAR) — The Department of Health and Human Services says the facilities holding undocumented migrants are overcrowded and underfunded.

Officials with the department say that to accommodate the influx of migrants they plan to open three emergency shelters.

One shelter will be in south Texas and another at Oklahoma’s Fort Sill Military Base. The third site has not been confirmed.

El Paso Democratic Congresswoman Veronica Escobar says current conditions inside El Paso Del Norte’s migrant processing center are disturbing. “Detainees wearing soiled clothing for days or weeks,” said Escobar. “Migrants standing on toilets to make room and gain breathing space.”

A recent report by the Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general found the conditions in El Paso to be “unsanitary” and “dangerous”.

Texas Republican Congressman Will Hurd says the situation is only going to get worse.

Hurd says instead of scrambling to accommodate the overflow of migrants, Congress should be working on speeding up the immigration process. Hurd said: “What we should be doing is not treating everybody as if they are an asylum seeker so that we can deport them even quicker so that you don’t have this backlog of folks sitting around.”

HHS says it plans to open the overflow facilities as early as this month.

Anna Wiernicki

Anna Wiernicki is our Washington Correspondent based in the nation’s capital. She covers our state Congressional delegation and the Federal government stories that affect us here at home.

She joined the Nexstar Broadcasting team in June 2014 as a reporter for KAMC News in Lubbock.

She graduated from The George Washington University in May 2014 with a degree in political science and a minor in journalism and mass communications.

She grew up in the Woodlands, Texas and spent two years at The American School in London.

Anna has interned at CNN, ABC’s Good Morning America, Fox 26 KRIV in Houston, Fox 5 WTTG in Washington D.C., and the office of Congressman Kevin Brady (R-Tx.) Outside the newsroom, Anna enjoys catching up on politics, spending time with her family and friends, running and playing sports.