Naomi Biden, granddaughter of Joe Biden, weds Peter Neal in White House ceremony

Naomi Biden, 28, married her fiancé Peter Neal on Saturday, Nov. 19, at a private 11 a.m. ceremony outside the White House, on the South Lawn. 

Naomi Biden is President Joe Biden's eldest grandchild. She is the daughter of Hunter Biden and his ex-wife Kathleen Buhle. 

This is believed to be the first White House wedding to take place on the South Lawn. 

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Naomi Biden and Peter Neal exchanged "I do's" during a chilly late-morning ceremony — temperatures were in the low 40s — in front of guests seated in white folding chairs, the Associated Press noted. 

The South Portico of the White House, facing the lawn and the Washington Monument in the distance, was decorated with wreaths and garland bearing white flowers. There was no tent.

Naomi Biden and Neal decided to keep journalists out, although the ceremony was outdoors on the grounds of what the president and first lady call the "people’s house."

Three weddings have occurred in the Rose Garden and the other 15 documented weddings at the White House took place indoors, according to the Library of Congress.

The wedding was paid for by the Biden family, said Elizabeth Alexander, communications director for Dr. Jill Biden, in an email reported by The New York Times.

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"Consistent with other private events hosted by the first family and following the traditions of previous White House wedding festivities in prior administrations, the Biden family will be paying for the wedding activities that occur at the White House," she said. 

"The wedding of Naomi Biden and Peter is a private one," Karine Jean-Pierre, the president’s chief spokesperson, said on Friday. 

"It’s a family event and Naomi and Peter have asked that their wedding be closed to the media and we are respecting their wishes."

Naomi Biden shared the news of her engagement earlier this year on her Twitter account. She also shared other updates along the way. 

In April, Naomi Biden thanked her "Nana and Pop" in a tweet announcing that her wedding would be held at the White House. 

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"Peter and I are endlessly grateful to my Nana and Pop for the opportunity to celebrate our wedding at the White House. We can't wait to make our commitment to one another official and for what lies ahead," she wrote.

The pair, who both work as lawyers in Washington, live on the third floor of the White House, reported The New York Times. 

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Ahead of their wedding ceremony, Neal shared a sweet photo of the two holding hands under an arch at the Washington, D.C., Marriage Bureau on his Instagram account on Nov. 17, 2022. 

"Gotta nail the money shot to secure the license to wed," wrote Neal in the post.

Neal, 25, of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, recently graduated from the University of Pennsylvania law school. He works at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington. 

His parents are Drs. Mary C. and William "Bill" C. Neal of Jackson Hole.

The White House Correspondents Association, which advocates for press access to the White House and the president, said it was "deeply disappointed" that the White House declined its request for press coverage of Naomi Biden’s wedding, the AP reported.

Naomi Biden is named after her late aunt, who died in a car accident at age one. That same accident also killed President Biden's first wife, Neilia, the White House website notes. 

The Associated Press contributed reporting to this article. 

Massive group of migrants hits Texas border as end of Title 42 looms

A massive group of hundreds of illegal immigrants hit just one part of the southern border early Saturday, as agents face tens of thousands of illegal crossings each month — and as the end of Title 42 authorities to expel migrants is just weeks away.

Fox News drone cameras showed the group of several hundred migrants who crossed and turned themselves in to Border Patrol agents in Eagle Pass, Texas on Saturday morning.

A Customs and Border Protection (CBP) source told Fox News that there have been over 72,000 illegal crossings in the Del Rio Sector, where Eagle Pass is located, since the beginning of October when Fiscal Year 2022 began. There have been over 1,400 illegal crossings in the last 24 hours alone.

The southern border has been hit by a massive surge in illegal crossings since early 2021. There were more than 1.7 million migrant encounters in FY 2021 and that number jumped to over 2.3 million last fiscal year. 

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This week, Customs and Border Protection announced that there had been more than 230,000 encounters in October, up from more than 164,000 last October. The Biden administration has said that the border is "secure" and "closed" and has emphasized a response based on opening legal asylum pathways, targeting smugglers and combating "root causes" like poverty, violence and climate change.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told lawmakers this week that the crisis was not just limited to the U.S. border.

"The entire hemisphere is suffering a migration crisis. We are seeing an unprecedented movement of people from country to country. It is not restricted to the southern border," Mayorkas said at a Senate hearing.

Republicans, meanwhile, have blamed the Biden administration for its border policies, including ending Trump-era border security systems and narrowing interior enforcement — which they say have encouraged migrants to make the journey north. Some border states have taken matters into their own hands. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott this week declared an "invasion" at the border, a move he said gives Texas law enforcement the ability to return illegal immigrants.

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The new groups of migrants come days after a federal judge ruled that the use of Title 42 to expel migrants is unlawful and has ordered the government to wind down the use of the public health order — first implemented in March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Biden administration sought, and was granted, a five-week delay to implement its plan for a post-Title 42 border situation. The Trump-era order has been used to expel a majority of migrants at the border and the Biden administration last month expanded its use to include Venezuelan nationals.

Border Patrol sources have told Fox News that they fear the ending of the expulsions will lead to a fresh wave of migrants trying to get into the U.S. on the belief that they are now less likely to be removed. 

But DHS has said its plan includes the greater use of other removal authorities such as expedited removal and has warned potential migrants that they will not be let in.

"People should not listen to the lies by smugglers who will take advantage of vulnerable migrants, putting lives at risk. The border is closed, and we will continue to fully enforce our immigration laws at the border," DHS said in a statement.