House Oversight Chairman James Comer announces hearing on southern border
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House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) revealed on Thursday that his panel will hold a hearing on the Biden administration’s border policies.
The hearing, slated to take place the week of Feb. 6, is expected to include testimony from Chief Patrol Agents Gregory Bovino, Jason Owens, and Gloria Chavez, as well as acting Chief Patrol Agent Patricia McGurk-Daniel.
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Republicans have greatly opposed President Joe Biden’s approach to border policy, alleging that the administration’s failure to secure the border has led to the surge of illegal immigrants entering the country.
“President Biden’s radical open borders agenda has ignited the worst border crisis in American history. The Biden Administration’s deliberate actions are fueling human smuggling, stimulating drug cartel operations, enabling deadly drugs such as fentanyl to flow into American communities, and encouraging illegal immigrants to flout U.S. immigration laws,” Comer said in a statement.
“Republicans will hold the Biden Administration accountable for this ongoing humanitarian, national security, and public health crisis that has turned every town into a border town,” he added.
In addition to announcing the hearing, Comer wrote to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, declaring that the committee will continue its investigation and request documents and communications pertaining to the crisis.
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“The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is continuing to investigate the Biden Administration’s creation of and failure to resolve the worst border crisis in American history. The United States’ immigration system should be ‘safe, orderly, and humane.’ It is not,” he said in the letter.
“The American people deserve answers about the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) role in undermining Customs and Border Protection agents’ efforts to secure the southern border. The Committee requests documents and information to understand DHS’s policies, the costs of the emergency measures needed to respond to the worsening crisis, and the national security risks created by these policies,” the congressman said.