Fair Take | February 2023
February 23rd, House Judiciary Committeeimmigration and naturalization within its jurisdiction, Second edition of the hearings on the Biden border crisis in the 118th Congress.different from committee first trialWashington, DC, on February 1, the event was held at City Hall in Yuma, Arizona. 100,000 It is located on the border of the United States and Mexico. And unlike the first Border Crisis Hearings, he didn’t have a single Democrat in Congress. member of the commission. To underscore this point, Rep. Paul Gossar (R-Arizona) – not on the committee but was a special guest as his precinct includes Yuma – Read aloud the complete list of his 19 Democratic congressmen who were absent. crowd.
The 15 Republicans in attendance heard testimony from three witnesses: Yuma County Superintendent Jonathan Lines, Yuma County Sheriff Leon Wilmot, and Dr. Robert Trenchel, CEO of Yuma Regional Medical Center. The latter highlighted the staggering costs of providing health care to the 600,000 illegal immigrants who have flooded the region since Biden took office: “We are giving these individuals more than $26 million. provided free care,” he explains Trenschel. “Having hospitals like ours pay for immigrant health care is an unsustainable model. But neither awakened NGOs nor the federal government, the biggest proponent of the open-border policy, offered compensation to Trenschel’s hospital.
At several points, eyewitnesses provided testimony that caused Commission Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) to express audible shock. Sheriff Wilmot says county concerns under Trump, where he was 40 a day, surged to “200 a day, then 400 a day, and after Biden took office he’s over 1,000” He had one example when he emphasized The sheriff also provided county-specific numbers of known escapees, which are 28,000 in fiscal 2022 and already 5,000 in fiscal 2023. Since Biden took office, there have been over 1.2 million known defections nationwide.
Congressman Dan Bishop (Republican-North Carolina) Gunfight Between the Sinaloa Cartel in Culiacan and the Mexican Army about 450 miles south of the border. “If we don’t get this problem under control, it will happen in the United States,” warned Bishop. “This is a federal responsibility and we must have the will to act.”
In fact, the cartel members are already active inside usa. Congressman Ben Klein, Republican Virginia, reported a horrific incident that occurred the day before when members traveled south from downtown Yuma to the San Helewis border crossing, which is 40 minutes away. . “There were cars slowing down in our convoy [and] They barged into our line of vans and I thought nothing of it…they infiltrated our caravan to see what we were doing and what It was only today that I realized I was a member of a cartel trying to understand what was going on,” Klein explained. During questioning by freshman Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-California), Sheriff Wilmot further explained how the cartels collect information. [and] Adjust the load that passes through, whether human or narcotic. “
Other House committees are also investigating the border crisis (the Oversight Committee heard from Border Patrol agents on February 7, and the Energy and Commerce Committee investigated the public health aspects of the crisis on February 15). , the Homeland Security Commission It will be held At its first hearing on Feb. 28), the Judiciary Committee will exercise its greatest power over legal reform to cut off the illegal immigration magnet. Of course, Democrats hold a majority in the Senate, so it’s unlikely that reforms passed by Republicans will actually become law, and in his closing remarks, Speaker Jordan foresaw the Republican strategy to avoid this. Did. offal To do that with an appropriation bill… say, “Look… we’re not going to fund certain things unless we start enforcing the law.” We need it, not our law enforcement agencies, not our border guards. But something else. To improve the situation, you have to. ” Unfortunately, in Congress passed it The battle may have to wait until the end of the fiscal year in September, as the full-year blanket funding bill is due in December. Voters in Yuma and many other communities are watching whether Republicans keep their promises.
Click to watch the House Judiciary Committee hearing entitled “The Biden Border Crisis – Part II.” here.
