Rep. Jordan Subpoenas HHS Secretary for Case Files of Criminal Illegal Immigrant Children

The House Judiciary Committee says the department has stonewalled attempts to review the case files of criminal illegal immigrant children.

Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee in Washington on Nov. 8, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) has subpoenaed Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, demanding the case files of unaccompanied illegal immigrant minors who have been charged with crimes in the United States.

Mr. Jordan notified the secretary of the subpoena via letter on Feb. 20, stating that HHS’s failure to provide full access to the requested materials was “unacceptable.”