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U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security: Joint subcommittee hearing on Human Cost of Biden and Mayorkas’ Border Crisis

July 27, 2023 by Todd Bensman

Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at 2:00 PM ET, the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement, led by Chairman Clay Higgins (R-LA), and the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence, led by Chairman August Pfluger (R-TX), held a joint hearing to examine the tragic human cost of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and President Biden’s historic humanitarian border crisis.

WHAT: A joint hearing by the Subcommittee on Border Security and Enforcement and Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence entitled “The Real Cost of an Open Border: How Americans are Paying the Price.”
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​DATE: Wednesday, July 26, 2023
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​TIME: 2:00 PM ET
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​LOCATION: 310 Cannon House Office Building
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​WITNESSES:

Todd Bensman​
Senior National Security Fellow, Center for Immigration Studies

Javier “JR” Ramirez III​
Private Citizen

Elisa Tambunga​
Private Citizen

David J. Bier​
Associate Director, Immigration Studies CATO Institute

​Bensman’s Opening Statement

​What Keeps You Up at Night? Bensman: “Stranger Danger”

​Mass Asylum Fraud is Underway, Bensman Tells Panel

​Watch or scroll the full hearing (3 hours):​

​Read Bensman’s Full Submitted Written Testimony

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Filed Under: Terrorism and Homeland Security

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