United States Representative Jim Jordan, an Ohio Republican, has written Joe Biden’s Department of Homeland Security a demand letter for an impending hearing on illegal immigration.
Jordan wants Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden’s Department of Homeland Security Secretary, to be ready to respond to five specific demands during the hearing.
- Jordan wants all Customs and Border Protection data on southern border encounters and got-aways since Jan. 20, 2021.
- Jordan wants Mayorkas to disclose all data related to interior immigration enforcement since Jan. 20, 2021.
- Jordan wants all data on the “Remain in Mexico” program — a program that allows certain migrants to awaiting court proceedings in Mexico.
- Jordan wants the Biden administration’s plan for ending Title 42, the Trump-era public health policy used to expeditiously expel migrants that is now set to be terminated on May 23rd.
- Jordan wants all data on most other immigration programs, including Special Immigrant Visas for Afghan allies, Temporary Protected Status, and immigration benefits.
Secretary Mayorkas likes to dodge answers to tough questions.
So we’re literally giving him the topics that we’ll ask about at next week’s Judiciary Committee hearing.
No excuses! pic.twitter.com/gkuujvdVVa
— House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) April 19, 2022
Jordan is enraged because the Department of Homeland Security has avoided hearings and has failed to provide Republicans with the information they believe they require to conduct proper oversight of the department and its policies regarding illegal immigration.
Jordan wrote to Mayorkas in a letter, he wrote:
“The Biden administration’s radical immigration policies have caused a humanitarian and security crisis along our southwest border. As the Secretary of Homeland Security, you are responsible for carrying out President Biden’s far-left immigration policies. Republicans on the Judiciary committee have been seeking your testimony since April 15, 2021, and we are heartened that you have finally agreed to testify in person before the Committee on Thursday, April 28, 2022.” [emphasis added]
According to Daily Caller:
Jordan asked for all Customs and Border Protection data on southern border encounters and gotaways since Jan. 20, 2021, according to the letter. Second, he requested that Mayorkas disclose all data related to interior immigration enforcement since Jan. 20, 2021. Jordan then asked for data on what is known as the Remain in Mexico program, in which certain migrants await court proceedings in Mexico.
Jordan’s fourth demand was for the Biden administration’s plan for the end of Title 42, which is the Trump-era public health policy used to quickly expel migrants that is set to expire May 23. Finally, Jordan asked for data on other immigration programs, including Special Immigrant Visas for Afghan allies, Temporary Protected Status and immigration benefits.
However, a request for comment, The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond.
Sources: Dailycaller, Restoredrepublic, Npr