Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz said Wednesday at a House hearing that he disagreed with President Biden's decision to end border wall construction in early 2021.
said Wednesday that he disagreed with the Biden administration’s move to end border wall construction in early 2021, while arguing that infrastructure would help agents do their job.in McAllen, Texas, and was asked by Rep. Josh Brecheen, R-Okla., about whether he supported wall construction, which had expanded dramatically under the Trump administration but was abruptly halted when President Biden entered office.
Ortiz said that Customs and Border Protection had"tore down perfectly good infrastructure system in some areas that we should have just left alone" in places like Del Rio, Texas.Brecheen followed up by asking Ortiz specifically about the wall that had been appropriated by the Trump administration but was then canceled by the Biden administration.
"Under the prior administration, we had 200-plus miles of wall appropriated and…President Biden by executive order shut that down," he said."Do you disagree with his decision to shut down construction?"WHITE HOUSE ACCUSES HOUSE REPUBLICANS OF PLAYING ‘PARTISAN GAMES’ WITH TEXAS BORDER FIELD HEARING Ortiz was also asked if he supports the"Remain-in-Mexico" policy — a Trump-era policy shut down by the Biden administration which kept migrants in Mexico for their hearings — and he responded that he"supports any policy that's going to allow us to repatriate individuals back to their home countries."
The remarks came in a hearing during which Ortiz told lawmakers that the Department of Homeland Security did not have
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