House Homeland Security Committee Holding First Field Hearing on Border Crisis in Texas

FIRST ON FOX The House Homeland Security Committee The Republicans will host their first field hearing next month on the crisis at Texas’ southern border. They want to emphasize the link between the two. “chaos and disorder” At the border and the Biden administration’s policies.

“For the last two years, Americans have not been heard by the Democrat leadership in Washington as their communities have been decimated by the impacts of President Biden’s reckless border security policies and Secretary Mayorkas’ refusal to carry out the laws on the books,” Fox News Digital issued a statement from Chairman Mark Green. “But not anymore. The Homeland Security Committee is getting out of D.C. and going into the communities hit hardest by Biden’s border crisis.”

This hearing will be held on March 15th in McAllen Texas. It follows Republican promises to zero in now on the ongoing crisis at the border. Speaker Kevin McCarthyTo draw more attention to the historic surge, Had promised to hold hearings at the border.

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Aerial view of immigrants lined up near the U.S.-Mexico fence, after they spent the night outside in El Paso (Texas) on December 22, 2022.  (John Moore/Getty Images)

In FY2021, there were more than 1.7 million migrants encounters, and more that 2.3 million in FY2022. These numbers are expected to rise in FY2023.  Biden administration claims they face a hemisphere-wide crises and has also blamed Congress on failing to pass an immigration bill that would have addressed the problem. “broken” immigration system. This legislation is not supported by the GOP due to its inclusion of a path to citizenship for millions illegal immigrants.

Recently, the administration pointed to a decrease in numbers between historic highs of 251,000 encounters and 156,000 encounters in January. It said that it was a sign of things to come. Recently-announced border security measures These include a parole program that allows 30,000 immigrants to enter legally each month.

Republicans disagree with that narrative and accuse the administration of reversing Trump-era policies at the border, ending wall construction at the border, and weakening internal enforcement. GOP leadership has said it will hold the administration accountable and pass legislation to solve the crisis. It has also suggested that Alejandro Mayorkas, Homeland Security Secretary, could be impeached. It has also rejected claims from the administration that the border is secure. “secure.”

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“This field hearing will provide us with a fact-finding opportunity to ultimately make the case that the chaos and disorder at the Southwest border is a direct result of this administration’s policies and that the operational control Secretary Mayorkas asserted was present before never existed, and certainly does not now,” Green stated.

This hearing is held after the committee holds a “border boot camp” This week in El Paso (Texas) – a full committee hearing was held on border security. This is part a larger effort to ensure that lawmakers are fully informed about the issues and policies necessary to deal with them. It will ultimately lead to stronger legislation. Republicans stressed that legislators should go to the border communities and witness the consequences to aid in the development of legislation.

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The field hearing is one of many high-profile visits by lawmakers to the border. Last week McCarthy visited Yuma in Arizona While Democratic House Leader Hakeem Jeffries was touring the border in Laredo (Texas),

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The House Judiciary Committee will host an in-person hearing in Yuma, Arizona this week. Democrats in the committee The move was dismissed as an act of defiance. “stunt,” They claimed they weren’t consulted and that they would be going to the border on their own in March.