House Homeland Republicans to launch probe into Mayorkas’ ‘dereliction of duty’ in handling border crisis

The House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing on an alleged 'dereliction of duty' by DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the crisis at the southern border.

The committee has undertaken a vigorous oversight timetable toward the Biden administration’s handling of the migrant crisis -- which spiraled to historic levels under its watch. The committee held a bombshell field hearing in March, in which Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz described a situation in which agents were overwhelmed in multiple sectors where there was no operational control of the border. Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.

Since then, the committee played a central role in forming a border and immigration package, which passed the House in May, but has not yet been picked up in the Senate. He can be reached at adam.shaw2@fox.com or on Twitter.

With the House passage, an investigation of Mayorkas’ conduct is on the table, committee chairman Rep. Mark Green told Fox News Digital.