Biden border chief in hot seat over whether US-Mexico border is secure

Republican legislators took advantage of an opportunity to question the head Border Patrol Before his first appearance, House Committee and repeatedly pressed the chief to take a hard line against his superiors for understating border’s state.

Raul Ortiz, Chief Border Patrol Officer, walked the line between undermining and apolitical behavior Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro MayorkasHe has said that the border is secure and admitted that the current situation faced by his 19,600 agents across the country over the past two year was the worst in the organization’s history of 99 years.

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Chairman Mark Green (Republican-TN) opened the South Texas field hearing with a video showing Rep. Chip Roy (Republican-TX), asking Mayorkas at a previous hearing if there was a border. “secure.” Mayorkas stated that it was.

“You heard the secretary. He said we have operational control. That’s the definition of operational control,” Green said this and pointed out a poster board in his direction that contained the legal definition. “operational control.”

“Based on the definition of the mission you have up, sir, up there, no,” Ortiz conceded.

“We don’t have operational control?” Green asked for a second time.

“No, sir,” Ortiz said. “About 10 years ago, we used operational control as a measuring stick of our effectiveness along the Southwest border. My new strategy is geared towards mission advantage.”

Later, Rep. Michael Guest (R. MS) asked Ortiz if the 2,000-mile boundary was safe or not. Ortiz provided a detailed response and said that certain portions of the border land were more secure than others.

“I have nine Southwest border sectors from San Diego to here, South Texas — Rio Grande Valley. Out of the nine Southwest border sectors, I feel like the men and women are doing a phenomenal job in four of them with respect to the amount of flow and the processing that we are encountering on a daily basis,” Ortiz spoke without disclosing specific locations. “Five of those Southwest border sectors are experiencing a higher level of flow than we have seen previously. And that creates some unique challenges for us.”

According to the chief, Border Patrol’s illegal immigrant apprehensions have declined from almost 8,000 per day in December, which was its highest ever point, to around 4,800 people arrested daily. This decline was due to the Biden administration’s January decision not to allow illegal immigrants from Cuba, Haiti and Nicaragua to be allowed into the United States at the border. Hundreds of thousands from these four countries were previously under the Biden administration.

According to data supplied to the Border Patrol, February arrests at Border Patrol were the same as January’s 128,000. Washington Examiner A Department of Homeland Security official who is authorized to speak to media.

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Border Patrol still makes 128,000 arrests per month, which is a dramatic increase from the 20,000 to 50.000 made monthly over the past decade. However, it is down significantly from the peak months 2021-2022.

CNN’s Chris Wallace Ask Mayorkas explained to Mayorkas late February that he had found the border in a secure condition. Mayorkas stated that the legal definition was based upon whether one person can evade Border Patrol with success.