House Judiciary Committee timeA hearing will be held in person at the southern border in Yuma, Arizona, on Thursday to examine how the recent surge in immigration is straining the resources of small towns.
The hearings on the “Biden Border Crisis” are the latest in a series intended to point to the responsibility of the Biden administration’s border policies and highlight the arrests of record numbers of immigrants at the border over the past two years. Democrats did not attend and said they would make their own trip to the border area, citing scheduling conflicts. Many of them had already promised visits by other parliamentary delegations.”
“It is disappointing that none of the Democrats made the trip despite weeks of notice. Rep. Jim Jordan (Republican-Ohio), Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee. said:
Yuma County Supervisor Jonathan Lines, Sheriff Leon Wilmot, and Yuma Regional Medical Center President and Chief Executive Officer Dr. I testified that I was affected.
“Since President Biden took office, there has been a record surge in illegal immigration from 106 countries, 17 of which are designated as countries of special interest because of their negative ties with the United States,” Lines said. said at the outset. statement.
Born and raised in Yuma, Lines talked about before with Washington Jury In an area of 100,000 people, the surge is depleting local and federal law enforcement resources, he said.
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“This is not just a problem in Yuma, Arizona, Illegal immigration, human trafficking, and drugs, especially fentanyl and methamphetamine, have compounded statewide, impacting every community across the country, even making it a border area.” He said.
Trenshell, who has led Yuma Regional Medical Center for eight years, spoke about how the influx of immigrants is putting a strain on the hospital, which is hundreds of miles away from other hospitals in Phoenix and San Diego. According to him, the center has provided more than $26 million in care to immigrants in his one year, which is enough for him to pay the salaries and benefits of 212 nurses.
“There are 100,000 people living in the city of Yuma, and more than 300,000 crossed the border here, which is three times the population of Yuma crossing the border,” he said.
A third witness, Wilmot, testified that local border agents’ arrests of immigrants had increased from 40 to more than 1,000 per day over the past two years.
“Our southern border, contrary to all public comfort statements from Washington, D.C., is in the worst condition I’ve ever seen in my career,” he testified. For national security and humanitarian reasons, the southern border can only be described as the country’s biggest crime scene.”
The hearing was largely political, with Republicans accusing the administration of not doing enough to secure the border. The in-person hearings come after the Biden administration announced new rules that could punish immigrants who cross borders illegally without first seeking protection in the countries they passed through on their way to the United States. Democrats have criticized the move, which is the latest in a string of new initiatives by the Biden administration to discourage immigrants and asylum seekers from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border. The asylum plan is the most restrictive policy proposed by the Biden administration to date, and migrants surge at the federal government’s “Southwest border” after Title 42 pandemic border policies are expected to be lifted in late spring. Conjecture that it is possible,” he quotes.
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“Not a single Democrat could convince me to come to this briefing to get evidence from these experts. [Senate Majority Leader] Chuck Schumer [D-NY] How to pass a bill without fighting? Rep. Matt Gates (R-Florida) said: “We must demand that it be included in the mandatory bill and we must use all our might, otherwise this is a very disrespectful act.”
During the hearings, Gates and other Republicans on the panel tried to argue that they had impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mallorcas for his handling of the border, which has been used against cabinet members since 1876. Of the line, he asked the Yuma County supervisor if Mallorcas had ever lied to him.
“At that meeting, he made a commitment to specifically address nine of the 11 Yuma gaps,” Lines said, recalling meeting with Mayorcas about border wall gaps in the Yuma sector. I was. “So far he hasn’t spoken to anyone.”
Former President Donald Trump’s unfinished border wall is on full display in southern Arizona. Tens of thousands of steel slats that were once part of the wall are rusting to the ground near the border. Most of the pillars are reinforced with concrete and rebar and are worth $2.5 million, but since President Joe Biden canceled the project when he took office in January 2021, what can be done with the pillars? is unknown.
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Lawmakers have tried to find a middle ground on immigration reform, but their efforts largely failed in the last session, and the split in Congress has made the outlook even more bleak. Lacking legislative momentum, House Republicans continue to send attention-grabbing messages to the Southern border issue.
The Yuma hearing is the third Republican-led border visit of the year. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce led a trip to the border last week. In addition, the House Committee on Homeland Security will conduct a trip called “Border Boot Camp” for incoming Republican lawmakers.
