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Rep. Kathleen Rice: White House taking lead on border policy when Homeland Security should be

By Anna Giaritelli

Published April 30, 2019 4:48pm ET

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Rep. Kathleen Rice: White House taking lead on border policy when Homeland Security should be — Rep. Kathleen Rice, D-N.Y., talks to reporters about her opposition to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., becoming the speaker of the House when the Democrats take the majority in the 116th Congress, in the basement of the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018. | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

The Department of Homeland Security has failed to lead in battling the migration surge on the U.S.-Mexico border, relying instead on the White House for ineffective executive actions, according to a senior House Democrat.

Rep. Kathleen Rice, chairwoman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Border Security, Facilitation, and Operations, on Tuesday said department officials’ calls for more money and resources have all been answered by Congress.

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