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Mr. Secretary, you and I were federal prosecutors on border states; we've known each other for a long time. When you took office, we were securing the border.

You said that you have operational control. Well, last month your border patrol chief Mr. Ortiz testified before this committee that DHS does not have operational control of the border, and I agree with him.

In my 20 years in Congress, as a former chair of this committee, and as a federal prosecutor tasked with securing the border in Texas, I've never seen this border more out of control. And I believe it's because on day one you rescinded the Migrant Protection Protocols otherwise known [as] Remain in Mexico.

At at that time two years ago, you said it was necessary to terminate this program that was working because, quote, it [had] unjustifiable human costs" associated with it. But I ask you:

Is it justifiable thatmigrant encounters have risen to 5 million people since you took office?

Is it justifiable thatmore than 100,000 Americans have died from fentanyl flowing across the border?

Is it justifiable that98 suspected terrorists attempted to enter the homeland last year alone and who knows how many have made it in? When I was chairman, I wanted that stat every week I got briefed.

Is it justifiable thatat least 12,000 criminals attempted to enter the homeland last year, 1,000 with assault-related charges and 62 with homicide-related charges?

Is it justifiable to human costs thatat least 853 migrants died trying to make the dangerous journey across the border last year the most on record in the history of this country? ...

Is it justifiable thatin my state, first responders found stacks of bodies" that's a quote abandoned by human smugglers in a trailer who suffocated to death?

Are these human costsjustifiablebecause they align with your political agenda?

Because I dont think ANY of these things NONE of this is justifiable.

This is the biggest human trafficking crisis of my lifetime. And you, sir, are complicit with it.

Ive been down [to the border] so many times, but now it's completely out of control. And what are we going to do with five million people who have no legal status in this country? How do you deal with this problem? They're going to live in the shadows. Where are they going to go? The women [and] the girls are going to be sex-trafficked, and the young men are going to go to MS-13. That's going to be their family.

You know it, and I know you know it. Because you know better. You're a smart man. You were a U.S. attorney like me.

Thats why I'm supporting our bill that we're going to mark up to try to get control of this thing once and for all.And as Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, I'm going to [introduce a bill to] compel this administration to renegotiate Remain in Mexico.

You know, in the final analysis, sir, your job is a solemn one. It's probably one of the most important cabinet jobs because your job is to protect the American people from threats. Your job is to secure borders, air, land, and sea.

And in my judgment and it's hard for me to say this, I've known you for quite some time but you have failed in your job.And I think you know this.

And I agree with our border patrol agents. [One] of the most profound things that I saw in your tenure [was] when you went down to the border and the border patrol agents turned their backs on you because, quote, "you have turned your back on them."

I think that speaks volumes about your tenure in office. For God's sake, work with us to get this done. It is out of control. And it's at great human cost, and none of it is justifiable.

One rescission one stroke of the pen rescinding Migrant Protection Protocol/Remain in Mexico was the direct cause and effect. And your agents on the border tell me this.

"What caused this crisis?" I ask. It's because the president rescinded Remain in Mexico. Because [immigrants coming illegally] couldn't get in the United States before that, and now they get in and it's catch and release all over again, and now we have this crisis at the border.

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