Lawmakers Debate Utility of Border War in Combating Illegal Immigration Crisis

House Republicans led a hearing to discuss the effect of President Joe Biden’s changes to border barrier policies and their impact on illegal immigration going forward.
Republican lawmakers pointed to the sharp increase in illegal immigration detentions and “gotaways” that have flooded the border since the barrier project was halted by Mr. Biden.
The joint subcommittee hearing by the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement, led by Chairman Clay Higgins (R-La.), and the Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Accountability, led by Chairman Dan Bishop (R-N.C.), featured expert testimony from witnesses from current and former government officials, a representative from the Army Corps of Engineers, and several non-government figures whose lives have been impacted by the border crisis….}