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‘We do’: DHS chief claims US has operational control over border with Mexico

By Kaelan Deese
Published April 28, 2022 6:21pm ET
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‘We do’: DHS chief claims US has operational control over border with Mexico
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the House Judiciary Committee, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 28, 2022, in Washington.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified Thursday that President Joe Biden’s administration has operational control of the southern border.

“We do,” responded Mayorkas to GOP Rep. Chip Roy of Texas, who asked, “Will you testify under oath that we have operational control of the border?”

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