Rep. Biggs Releases Shocking Report on Sad State of Border Enforcement
But DHS response leaves a lot of key unanswered questions
By Andrew R. Arthur on February 4, 2022
On May 19, 2021, Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) sent a request to DHS seeking information about CBP releases at the Southwest border. More than eight months later, on January 31, he got his response, which he tweeted out two days later. DHS’s answers are shocking, reflecting the sad state of current enforcement at the Southwest border. Still, however, the response leaves a lot of key unanswered questions.
DHS Talks Down to Border State Congressman on Committee of Jurisdiction. Here is Biggs’ tweet of the response letter:
I am sure that it was not DHS’s intent to be condescending, but as you can see, the department fluffs up that letter with a lot of Immigration 101.
That would be fine in a missive to a junior state legislator from, say, Nebraska, but Biggs is a three-term congressional representative who has spent more than five years on the House Judiciary Committee (which has jurisdiction over immigration) and sits on the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
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