As a record number of people are pouring through the southwest border in what is believed to be the greatest number of illegal border crossings in U.S. history this month, the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security released the latest transcripts of interviews it conducted with Border Patrol chiefs as part of its year-long investigation into U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, building its case to impeach him.
The interviews "Confirm the historic crisis at the Southwest border has affected the operations of Border Patrol agents in the field and limited their ability to conduct their homeland security mission, leading to more gotaways and the increased risk these individuals represent, as well as more drugs being smuggled by the criminal cartels across the border," committee chairman U.S. Rep. Mark Green, MD, R-Tenn., said.
The first report covered how "Illegal aliens are spreading the word the border is open." The second covered the issue of agents being reassigned to process and release "Illegal aliens into the country rather than patrolling the border between ports of entry." The third addressed challenges facing California agents.
Its 378 miles of shared border with Mexico are divided into two U.S. Customs and Border Protection sectors: Tucson and Yuma.
Former Del Rio Sector Chief Border Patrol Agent Jason Owens, who is now the Chief of Border Patrol, said, "If my men and women are stuck in a humanitarian effort of processing these folks, they cannot be in two places at once. They cannot be out on patrol. And, where I need them out on patrol is to not only account for those gotaways but to reduce them, where possible. Everything revolves around having those men and women on the ground doing the job."The major concern for us, is the border security mission.
" Tucson Sector reported the third-highest number of illegal entries along the southwest border, behind El Paso and Del Rio sectors in Texas.
"Again, it's mostly a human smuggling-type corridor. Those are clearly defined with the cartels, but fentanyl is up. Cocaine is up. Heroin is up." In response to their answers, Green asked, "How many others have slipped by as Border Patrol agents have increasingly been pulled off the line to process illegal aliens crossing the border? How many violent criminals and gang members are now at large in our communities? Border security is national security, and right now, the border is not secure. When upwards of two million people have entered our country, whom we know nothing about, we are at deadly risk. Secretary Mayorkas must be held accountable for this national security malpractice."
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