Republican lawmakers are expected to slam President Joe Biden’s border policies on Wednesday in the first of a series of hearings on the issue since seizing control of the House.
Over the course of Biden’s presidency, Republicans have repeatedly criticized the administration over the handling of the US-Mexico border, where an influx of migrants has stretched federal resources. Critics argue the historic number of arrests is evidence of Biden’s policies not working despite the administration largely using the same protocols as the Trump administration, principally a Covid-era border restriction.
Now, with a House majority and leadership on key committees, Republicans plan to raise those criticisms in congressional hearings and seize on an issue that’s been a political vulnerability for the president, beginning with a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday.
The committee described Wednesday’s hearing as an examination of “border security, national security, and how fentanyl has impacted American lives,” but it also serves as a platform for GOP lawmakers to air their grievances over the administration’s immigration policies. Republican Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, who chairs the committee, is a fierce critic of those policies, calling the situation along the US-Mexico border a “crisis.”
The witnesses who will testify before the committee on Wednesday include Brandon Dunn, co-founder of Forever 15 Project, which seeks to raise awareness on fentanyl, County Judge Dale Lynn Carruthers of Terrell County, Texas, and Sheriff Mark Dannels of Cochise County, Arizona.
The hearing is being billed as the first in a series. CNN previously reported House Republicans are planning to use their new majority to build a public case against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, which could serve as a prelude to impeachment.
The House…
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