House Judiciary Committee hearing on border crisis to feature law enforcement, fentanyl victims group

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Rep. Jim Jordan schedules first Judiciary Committee hearing on border crisis

Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., comments on the border crisis after a Rhode Island school official tried to raise money to pay off an illegal student’s cartel debt and explains what the judiciary committee plans to discuss during its February meeting.

FIRST ON FOX: The House Judiciary Committee is set to hold a hearing on Wednesday focused on President Biden’s "border crisis," and will examine border security, national security and how fentanyl has impacted American lives, Fox News Digital has learned.

Fox News has learned that Terrell County, Texas Judge Dale Lynn Carruthers; Sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona Mark Dannels; and co-founder of Forever15 Project Brandon Dunn will testify before the committee Wednesday. Forever15 Project spreads awareness and information on Fetanyl poisoning. 

Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, announced the hearing, which will take place Wednesday at 10 a.m. ET.

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House Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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Republicans have made it clear that they intend to zero in on the Biden administration’s handling of the border crisis, whose policies they blame for a record number of migrant encounters that saw 250,000 encounters in December alone.

Meanwhile, sources told Fox News last week that nearly 300,000 illegal immigrants are known to have slipped past overwhelmed Border Patrol agents since the beginning of fiscal 2023, which began in October, Customs and Border Protection (CBP). 

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents seized over 1.2 million fentanyl pills between two busts on Dec. 29. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection)

In fiscal 2022, there were nearly 600,000 gotaways. There were 389,155 gotaways at the border in fiscal 2021, and fiscal 2023 is on track to easily outpace those numbers. Last week, agents told Fox News there have been more than 1.2 million gotaways during the Biden administration.

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Republicans have pledged to increase scrutiny of the policies of the administration, including holding hearings at the southern border as well as a potential push to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

Republicans have pledged to increase scrutiny of the policies of the administration, including holding hearings at the southern border as well as a potential push to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. (REUTERS/Michael A. McCoy)

The administration has pushed back against the criticism, pointing to what it says are signs that a recent set of border policies — which open asylum avenues to migrants from four nationalities while also expanding Title 42 expulsions — are working. It has also touted its anti-smuggling efforts and cooperation with Western Hemisphere countries.

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An administration official told Fox News Digital this week that Biden’s work "to secure record levels of funding for border security and management are allowing us to catch record levels of fentanyl before it even crosses our border, support the 23,000 agents and officers dedicated to securing our border and hire hundreds of new border agents for the first time in years."