Dan Bishop

It should give all Americans who care about civil liberties, who care about freedom of speech and association, great pause.

You have abandoned it to adopt one that you say is reasonable, correct?

Your policies are causing it, Mr. Secretary. Congress set an objective in law. You haven't pursued it.

You have seen fit to disregard it.

Your policies have led to 345,000 unaccompanied children entering this country.

You have pursued its opposite. Who are you to displace the legal definition of operational control by this Congress?

I think we have a bit of a policy crisis.

No, you don't. Because Congress set forth an objective in law and you have seen fit to disregard it.

It is amazing to me, if you think back to that language, and it has been referred to here today, that was in the 9/11 Commission report that the system was blinking red.

I just was sitting here tallying, and I used a figure of 600,000 gotaways.

Ambassador Sales, I want to revisit--since Representative Titus sort-of ridiculed or trivialized what you said about the terrorism risk, uncontrolled Southern Border.

I am never told why they think that. I am never shown data to indicate the numerosity of those threats versus others or the likelihood of their carrying something out.

I said, thank you, Director Abizaid. Does the NCTC assess a significant threat from the historic level of uncontrolled crossing at the Southern Border?

I was glad to hear you raise the question whether an uncontrolled Southern Border poses a security risk to the United States.

I want to revisit--since Representative Titus sort-of ridiculed or trivialized what you said about the terrorism risk, uncontrolled Southern Border.

That is what I get. You get these assessments, but we have seen intel failures all across time.

While the historic crisis at our Southwest Border warrants primary focus, the disastrous consequences of the Biden-Mayorkas open border policy have spread to our once-secure Northern Border as well.

I am honored to be Chairman of the subcommittee and to be joined by our Vice Chairman Mike Ezell.

Customs and Border Protection morale is suffering--agents work long hours in extreme conditions.

The Northern Border is experiencing a huge increase in illegal migrant encounters.

The Biden administration's failed policies embolden criminal organizations to exploit the Northern Border.

The subject matter of this hearing is testament to the fact that the damage from poor decisions tends to compound in unexpected ways.

There has been over an 800 percent increase since the last fiscal year.

This subcommittee is excited to get to work.

We will hold President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas accountable for this metastasizing crisis.