Democrats Boycott Congressional Trip to Texas Border

All 15 Democratic members of the House Homeland Security Committee are boycotting a Wednesday field hearing in South Texas intended to address the border crisis.

Mark Green, a Republican from Tenn., chaired the committee and held a hearing in Rio Grande Valley to hear top U.S Border Patrol officers and other witnesses. Washington Examiner reported. Even though they had chosen their own witness to be on the panel, all minority party members chose to skip the hearing. Republicans claimed that they planned to. “politicize” The event.

“After careful consideration, committee Democrats have decided not to participate in the Republicans’ field hearing this week,” Rep. Bennie Thompson (D., Miss.) In a statement to the Examiner. “Instead of a fact-finding mission to develop better border security and immigration policies, Republicans are traveling to the border to attack the administration and try to score political points with their extreme rhetoric.”

Although the majority of Americans see the border crisis as “a serious problem”, An invasionDemocrats insist that the crisis does not merit attention in person. President Joe Biden Vice President Kamala HarrisBoth the president and the chief of border security operations, travelled to Arizona in December/January, respectively, but did not visit the southern border. Last month, Democrats from the House Judiciary Committee Bossip a field hearing in Arizona meant to address the fentanyl epidemic and humanitarian crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Since Biden became president, more than 5 million migrants have crossed the border to the south. Officials often attribute the country’s fentanyl crisis to the border. From October 1, 2022 to January 31, 2023 Customs and Border Protection, 12,500 pounds of fentanyl were seized at the southern border. Figures.

“The only message [the Democrats’] absence sends is that they are uninterested in coming to the table to have a conversation about the devastation that this border crisis is having on Americans and their communities across the country,” Green said. “We will continue to encourage our Democrat colleagues to get out of the D.C. echo chamber and meet Americans where they are to discuss the biggest issues facing them.”