Members of the House Freedom Caucus, led by Chairman Scott Perry, were having the ad-hoc hearing at FreedomWorks, a conservative grassroots advocacy group, because Democrats have been preventing them from holding hearings about the ongoing crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.
"We've repeatedly requested that congressional committees hold hearings to investigate the state of the border crisis and the policies that created that crisis but we are sitting here off campus because Democrat chairs have no interest in this! Neither does the Biden administration nor will they even give us access to rooms and facilities to hold these types of hearings," Rep. Andy Biggs said in his opening remarks.
The over two-hour hearing covered several issues that have been exacerbated at the southern border and within the United States.
"Those are the ones where I'm really not sure what the authority is to release these individuals to outside the border in the first place," Edlow said, adding that he is assuming the Department of Homeland Security is placing the adult men away from the border because they are illegally crossing in areas where the Migrant Protection Protocols are not in place.
President of the National Border Patrol Council Brandon Judd testified that Border Patrol agents have been bogged down with processing family units and children who willingly give themselves up.
Russell Johnson, a New Mexico cattle rancher and former Border Patrol agent, testified the border wall system that was built under former President Donald Trump was a welcomed addition to his ranch, but because the wall construction was stopped by President Biden there is now a gap along his ranch, which has led to more illegal traffic being funneled through his property.
Todd Bensman, a fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, explained on a recent trip to Mexico's southern border he discovered the United Nations have been provided money cards to the migrants so they have resources to continue their journey to the U.S.-Mexico border.
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Wednesday, February 2, 2022
House Dems Blocked GOP from Holding Border Crisis Hearings on Capitol Hill. So They Went Down the Road.
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