Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., took aim at Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas over special agents being reassigned to "make sandwiches" for illegal immigrants at the border.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said this week that there were more than 600,000 "gotaways" at the southern border last fiscal year.
When pressed on whether the country was safer under a Biden presidency, FBI Director Christopher Wray took an extended pause, sitting silently before indirectly answering the question.
FBI Director Christopher A. Wray and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday testified in front of a Senate Homeland Security Committee on the rise in domestic terrorism and antisemitic violence in the U.S.
The Senate failed to pass a GOP bill Tuesday that would have defunded a Biden administration official overseeing federal fuel efficiency regulations, but who failed confirmation.
San Diego County Republicans are calling for greater restrictions at the southern border amid ongoing concerns about the terror threat in the wake of the Hamas attack on Israel.