America is less secure today because of President Biden’s open-border agenda

The Energy and Commerce Committee held a hearing to expose the far-reaching consequences of President Biden’s Border Crisis. As Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Members highlighted in the hearing, the Biden administration’s open-border agenda has created a public health, national security, economic, and humanitarian crisis. 

Don’t miss these top hearing moments:

O&I Subcommittee Chair Morgan Griffith (R-VA) outlined how the Office of Refugee Resettlement does not properly vet sponsors or keep track of unaccompanied minors:

Griffith: “What happens when an unaccompanied minor crosses the border how border patrol hands the child off to HHS or the Office of Refugee Resettlement?” 

Ammon Blair, Former Border Patrol Agent: “Unfortunately, it’s an everyday occurrence, and it happens all the time all across the border. Typically, the child automatically has either an address of where they’re going to or a name. That name may be associated to them as someone in their family... but it could also someone that’s a trafficker... we really don’t know.” 

Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND) exposed how cartels are easily avoiding law enforcement at the border and smuggling fentanyl that is poisoning Americans across the country:

Armstrong: “So, the fentanyl that somebody is overdosing on in Grand Forks, North Dakota, is made by who?”

Ammon Blair, Former Border Patrol Agent: “The Mexican Cartels."

Armstrong: “And it’s made where?”

Blair: “In Mexico.”

Armstrong: “And it’s getting across the border... Our lack of operational security at the southern border is helping effectuate that whether you’re in New York, Grand Forks, Minnesota, Chicago.”

Rep. John Joyce (R-PA) discussed the human trafficking crisis occurring at our southern border:

Ammon Blair, Former Border Patrol Agent: “Mexican cartels have complete operational control of the southern border... Anyone who comes north of the border, they are somewhat indentured servants to the Mexican cartels, and they have to pay what is known as a PESO, and they have to work off that debt.” 

Joyce: “How many years does it take to work off that debt for individuals?” 

Blair: “It all depends on the jobs they do.” 

Joyce: “What kind of jobs do they do?” 

Blair: “They mule.” 

Joyce: “When you say mule... what do they do?” 

Blair: “The Mexican cartels unfortunately force illegal aliens to mule up narcotics... whether that will be marijuana, cocaine, fentanyl, between the ports of entry while all of our resources are tied to dealing with the mass amounts of illegal aliens.”

Rep. John Curtis (R-UT) shared how President Biden’s border crisis has made every town a border town:

“This Washington Post article [outlines] the explosion of fentanyl from Mexico in southern Utah... the article is a narrative of how a Mexican cartel got a foothold in southern Utah bringing fentanyl, cocaine, [and] meth like a pizza delivery.” 

“Since [this] started this, fentanyl overdose deaths have increased 300% in just a three-year period.”

Rep. Rick Allen (R-GA) discussed the impact of the Border Crisis on local health systems: 

Allen: “When migrants cross our borders illegally, often times they come without any vaccinations, can be carrying an illness, or are uninsured... Councilwoman, can you speak to your observations in your community the effects of a massive influx of uninsured, undocumented migrants can have on our health care system? 

Councilwoman Inna Vernikov, New York City: “Just to bring up some examples... New York City Health and Hospitals, which is the public hospital system in New York City, provided medical services to 85,000 undocumented migrants since May 2023.”

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