GOP House Committee Report Discusses ‘Devastating Human Cost’ of Border Policies

A Texas National Guard soldier directs migrants during a dust storm at a makeshift camp located between the Rio Grande and the U.S.–Mexico border fence in El Paso, Texas, on May 10, 2023. John Moore/Getty Images

The U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security released its third interim report on the border crisis on Oct. 10, this time highlighting what it called the human cost of Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ handling of the border crisis.

Earlier this year, the committee, which is led by Chairman Mark E. Green (R-Tenn.), launched an oversight investigation into the causes and consequences of the crisis at the southwest border.