Border chief says border is not under control, undercuts Mayorkas’ assertions

Border Patrol Chief Says DHS Does Not Have Operational Control of the Border, Contradicting Mayorkas

The top U.S. Customs and Border Patrol official told Congress on March 15 that the Department of Homeland ...

Border Patrol Chief Defies Joe Biden: Testifies Border Patrol DOES NOT Have Control of Border, It is a "Crisis," and They Should Finish Trump Wall

The Biden regime continues to lie about the open US border with Mexico. DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has repeated the claim that the “border is secure” despite the fact that 5 million illegal aliens flooded across the border the first two years of the Biden administration. On Wednesday US Border Patrol Chief Raúl Ortiz defied DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and President Biden by saying the border is in “crisis” and the US does not have co…

Border Patrol Chief Says Agency Does Not have Control of Southern Border

The United States does not have total operational control of its border with Mexico, according to testimony from  Border Patrol chief Raúl Ortiz. Ortiz was asked by House Homeland Security Chair Mark Green of Tennessee if the agency’s current operation met the definition of operational control crafted in 2006. The definition, which Green displayed on a poster,  includes being able to prevent “all unlawful entries” into the country. “Based upon t…

Border Patrol chief says agency does not have complete operational control of border

U.S. Border Patrol chief Raúl Ortiz said Wednesday the agency does not have complete operational control of the southern border, a comment that was quickly seized upon by lawmakers at a Texas-based committee hearing attended only by Republicans. The question was posed by House Homeland Security Chair Mark Green (R-Tenn.) holding up a definition of…

Border chief disputes DHS has 'operational control' of the entire US southern border

(CNN) -- US Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz on Wednesday said the US does not have "operational control" of the southern border, contradicting a stance previously taken by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Mayorkas has previously maintained in testimony before lawmakers that the department has operational control of the border, though he's been more ambiguous in interviews, citing the statutory definition and saying he…

House Border Hearing Held on Southern Border, Minority Members Boycott

U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz: "I support any policy that’s going to allow us to repatriate individuals back to their home country”