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McAllen, Texas – Congressman Josh Brecheen participated in a House Homeland Security Committee field hearing in McAllen, Texas today entitled, “Failure By Design: Examining Secretary Mayorkas’ Border Crisis.”

You can watch Congressman Brecheen’s questions in the first part of the hearing hereand the second part of the hearing here. 

Congressman Brecheen had the opportunity to ask U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raul L. Ortiz whether he disagreed with President Biden’s decision to shut down the construction of the wall in which he replied, “Yes, sir.”

From his bio: “Chief Ortiz oversees domestic border security operations outside the Ports of Entry along our nation's borders, which includes more than 5,000 miles with Canada, nearly 2,000 miles with Mexico, hundreds of coastal miles, and our territories in the Caribbean.  He proudly leads more than 20,000 Border Patrol Agents and Professional Staff across the country as they perform the homeland security mission.”

Congressman Brecheen also heard from Sheriff Brad Coe (Kinney County, Texas), Chris Cabrera (National Border Patrol Council Vice President), and Colonel Steven C. McCraw (Texas Department of Public Safety Director) who said that physical barriers are an “absolute necessity.”

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