GOP Lawmakers Demand Answers From Mayorkas on Illegal Immigrants’ Environmental Impact

GOP Lawmakers Demand Answers From Mayorkas on Illegal Immigrants’ Environmental Impact
Some of the piles of clothing and trash discarded by illegal immigrants after they cross the Rio Grande from Mexico under the international bridge into Eagle Pass, Texas, on Jan. 25, 2022. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times
Nathan Worcester
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As illegal crossings from Mexico to the United States surge, two Republican congressmen have asked Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to provide documents showing how those mass movements are spreading garbage, killing wildlife, and trashing both public and private property.

“President Biden’s border policies not only place our nation’s security at risk and increase the flow of illicit drugs—especially fentanyl—into our country, but also degrade our federal lands along the border,” Rep. Bruce Westerman (R-Ark.) and Rep. Blake Moore (R-Utah) wrote in the June 2 letter.

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Nathan Worcester is an award-winning journalist for The Epoch Times based in Washington, D.C. He frequently covers Capitol Hill, elections, and the ideas that shape our times. He has also written about energy and the environment. Nathan can be reached at [email protected]
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