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Rep. Fallon to Newsmax: Biden's Border Actions 'Like a Clown Show'

By    |   Thursday, 02 February 2023 02:18 PM EST

The Biden administration's descriptions of the border, particularly when some members say that it is secure, is "like a clown show," Rep. Pat Fallon told Newsmax on Thursday.

"They are terribly incompetent, and it looks as if this is deliberate because they're not telling the truth," the Texas Republican said on Newsmax's "National Report," while discussing the ever-growing immigration crisis. "How in the world can you describe this border as being secure when we had never had a month in our history of over 200,000 illegal border crossings, and yet the last 10 months in a row there have been over 200,000?"

"The worst month in the nation's history when it comes to immigration was April 2022, but then that was eclipsed in May and then again in December, when there were 251,000 illegal border crossings, not to mention people who were known to have gotten away," said Fallon.

"It went from a crisis to a catastrophe, and now we're nearing a collapse," he added.

His comments come a day after members of the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday kicked off what they said will be a series of hearings to scrutinize the Department of Homeland Security, as calls grow among Republicans to impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

The testimony at the hearing was to outline the "human story" about what is happening at the border, according to Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, who chairs the Judiciary Committee.

After the hearing, Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., filed an impeachment resolution against Mayorkas, according to The Arizona Republic.

About 15 fellow House members joined him in the proclamation, including Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.; Lauren Boebert, R-Colo.; and Eli Crane, R-Ariz., the resolution's co-sponsors.

Biggs had also filed articles of impeachment against Mayorkas in August, 2021, arguing that the secretary's handling of the border situation between the United States and Mexico amounted to "dereliction of duty."

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Sandy Fitzgerald

Sandy Fitzgerald has more than three decades in journalism and serves as a general assignment writer for Newsmax covering news, media, and politics. 

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