Mayorkas ordered to testify on migrant 'gotaways' on Southwest border

McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) -- The Republican president of the House Homeland Security Committee connected Friday subpoenaed Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to look earlier the committee to item migrant accusation relating to borderline crossers that helium says was requested implicit a twelvemonth ago.

U.S. Rep. Mark Green, a Republican from Tennessee who chairs the committee, wrote successful a missive to Mayorkas connected Friday that "for much than a year, the Committee made aggregate attempts to get the requested documents and accusation without compulsory process."

But helium says the information has not afloat been sent to the committee, which is the main committee overseeing the Department of Homeland Security.

The subpoena orders Mayorkas to look astatine noon connected July 19 earlier the House Committee connected Homeland Security astatine the Capitol.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has been ordered to attest connected July 18 earlier the House Homeland Security Committee. (Sandra Sanchez/Border Report File Photo)

Green says helium and 2 different Republicans who seat the House Oversight and the House Judiciary committees connected May 19, 2023, sent a missive to Mayorkas "requesting circumstantial documents and accusation relating to gotaways and amerciable aliens connected the violent screening database encountered astatine the Southwest borderline since January 2021," helium wrote successful the missive sent Friday.

But helium says that respective roadblocks and information excuses were made by DHS and person prevented afloat disclosure of the requested information.

The subpoena requests that Mayorkas supply successful implicit and unredacted form:

• A transcript of the "alien file" of immoderate migrant encountered by Border Patrol connected the Southwest borderline successful betwixt ineligible ports of introduction who person records wrong the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB) and/or the Terrorist Screening Dataset (TSDS) astatine the clip of their brushwood since Jan. 20, 2021.
• All I-213 Record of Deportable/Inadmissible Alien forms, pertaining to each migrant encountered by Border Patrol agents connected the Southwest borderline betwixt ports of entry, with records wrong the TSDB oregon TSDS astatine the clip of their encounter.
• Documents and connection connected detention presumption contained wrong the Enforcement Integrated Database oregon ENFORCE Alien Removal Module for migrants encountered with records wrong the TSDB oregon TSDS.
• Information and documents connected the contiguous custody of migrants encountered who person records wrong TSDB oregon TSDS.
• Information and documents connected removal proceedings for migrants encountered with records wrong the TSDB oregon TSDS.

"You are required to nutrient each responsive documents, materials, oregon different items successful unredacted signifier that are successful your possession, custody, oregon power oregon different disposable to you, careless of whether the documents are possessed straight by you oregon your past oregon contiguous agents, employers, employees, representatives, subsidiaries, affiliates, divisions, partnerships, and departments acting connected your behalf," according to subpoena instructions sent to Mayorkas.

Border Report has reached retired to DHS and asked if it has afloat complied with sending the requested information, and if not, if it volition bash truthful present and whether Mayorkas look astatine the July 18 hearing.

This communicative volition beryllium updated if accusation is received.

Sandra Sanchez tin beryllium reached astatine SSanchez@BorderReport.com.