Homeland Republicans to turn up the heat on Mayorkas after Border Patrol chief’s ‘earth-shattering’ testimony
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House Homeland Security Committee Republicans, after a day of bombshell testimony from Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz, are looking at next steps in their investigations.
But the takeaway from lawmakers was Ortiz’s statement that the U.S. does not have operational control of the border -- a statement that contradicted what Mayorkas told lawmakers last year -- and that multiple sectors were overwhelmed by the historic migrant flows being encountered. Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.
"In five of those nine southwest border sectors, we have seen an increase in flow and that has caused a considerable strain on our resources and really has forced the Border Patrol to move so agents and even migrants to some of the other areas," he said in response to a question about the border being secure. He can be reached at adam.shaw2@fox.com or on Twitter.