Republicans want briefing from Mayorkas after DHS chief claims 'no' border crisis

EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans on the Border Security Caucus are requesting a briefing by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about the escalating crisis at the southern border, and warning that Biden administration policies are fueling it -- days after Mayorkas denied that there was a crisis at all.

Reps. Andy Biggs and Brian Babin, who are the heads of the Congressional Border Security Caucus, wrote to Mayorkas requesting a briefing on the administration’s plans to address what they see as a crisis.

"Since January 20, 2021, the Biden administration has issued multiple Executive Orders and DHS has announced numerous policy changes that have rolled back policies, such as the Migrant Protection Protocols [MPP], that were implemented by the previous administration," they wrote in a letter, obtained exclusively by Fox News.

The rollback of MPP, which kept migrants in Mexico, as well as other policies such as narrowing enforcement priorities for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and ending asylum cooperative agreements with Northern Triangle countries, have been blamed for a surge in migrants at the border.

"These changes announced to the world that the Biden administration is not serious about border security and have led to an increase in aliens, particularly unaccompanied alien children (UAC), crossing the border," the lawmakers wrote.

The administration has been quickly building and opening migrant facilities both to keep unaccompanied children and processing centers for families, amid a surge in arrivals in recent weeks. Meanwhile, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have been releasing ... (Read more)

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