{"id":4786,"date":"2023-08-08T00:03:13","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T00:03:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=4786"},"modified":"2023-08-08T05:59:07","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T05:59:07","slug":"u-s-reps-grothman-and-biggs-to-hold-joint-committee-field-hearing-on-humanitarian-crisis-at-southern-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=4786","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Reps. Grothman and Biggs to Hold Joint Committee Field Hearing on Humanitarian Crisis at Southern Border"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared at https:\/\/wisconsindailystar.com\/news\/u-s-reps-grothman-and-biggs-to-hold-joint-committee-field-hearing-on-humanitarian-crisis-at-southern-border\/mkittle\/2023\/08\/08\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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U.S. Representative Glenn Grothman (R-WI-06) will hear from real Americans impacted by President Joe Biden\u2019s border policies at a congressional field hearing on Tuesday in Arizona.<\/p>\n

Grothman, chairman of the House Oversight Committee\u2019s Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs, is teaming up with U.S. Representative Andy Biggs (R-AZ-05), chairman of the Judiciary Committee\u2019s Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance, in holding the joint-committee hearing in Sierra Vista, AZ.<\/p>\n

The joint subcommittee field hearing,<\/a> titled \u201cBiden\u2019s Border Crisis and its Effect on American Communities,<\/a>\u201d begins at 4 p.m. Tuesday. It will include testimony from a local rancher, a law enforcement official, and an immigration expert, among others.<\/p>\n

Grothman said the goal is to shine light on the influence of Mexican drug Cartels, educate Americans on specifics of the crisis, and explore ways Congress can assist local border communities and law enforcement.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Biden\u2019s policies have ignited a crisis at the southern border and harmed the lives of residents both local and across the country,\u201d the lawmakers said in a press release. \u201cWe have seen firsthand on past committee trips to the border how illegal border crossing surges, incentivized by the radical policies coming out of this Administration, have wreaked havoc on local communities and negatively affected the lives of residents and law enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n

At least 164,753 foreign nationals were apprehended or reported evading capture after illegally entering the southwest border in July, according to preliminary Border Patrol data obtained by The Center Square<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The swell of illegal immigrants includes 137,593 apprehensions and 27,160 gotaways. \u201cGotaways\u201d is the official U.S. Customs and Border Protection term that refers to the number of people who are known and reported to illegally enter the U.S. between ports of entry who intentionally try to evade capture and don\u2019t return to Mexico. In July, the most gotaways were reported in El Paso and Tucson sectors, as they have been nearly every month this year.<\/p>\n

Tucson Sector agents posted 34,000 apprehensions in July, according to the sector\u2019s Chief Patrol Agent John Modlin of the U.S. Border Patrol. He noted 11,000 apprehensions, 15 human smuggling events, and 10 narcotics seizures last week alone.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeveral Tucson Sector stations encountered several large groups of migrants over the weekend. The largest group, 533, was encountered west of Lukeville, AZ, Sunday. The group consisted of single adults, unaccompanied children, and family units from seventeen different countries,\u201d Modlin wrote<\/a> in a recent tweet.<\/p>\n

The threat is spreading well beyond the border.<\/p>\n

As Grothman noted, the crisis at the Southern border has a direct effect on Wisconsin families as deadly drugs, primarily fentanyl, have infiltrated local communities. From 2021 to 2022, fentanyl was found in over 90 percent of opioid overdose deaths and 73 percent of all drug overdose deaths<\/a> in Wisconsin, the congressman noted in a press release.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur joint field hearing will be a unique opportunity to see firsthand the devastating impacts of the Biden Administration\u2019s failed policies at the border and explore ways that Congress can assist,\u201d Grothman and Biggs said in the statement.
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M.D. Kittle is the National Political Editor for The Star News Network.
<\/strong>Photo \u201cHumanitarian Crisis\u201d by Tucson\u00a0Sector Chief John Modlin<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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