6th District Congressman Glenn Grothman this week co-presided over a field hearing in Arizona for a “closer look at the humanitarian crisis at the southern border, and its impact on Americans.”
The Republican from Glenbeulah is chairman of the House Oversight Committee’s Subcommittee on National Security, the Border and Foreign Affairs.
Grothman spoke of how the Biden administration’s immigration policies have impacted border communities and those across the country.
“It couldn’t be more appropriate that we are here in the Tuscon sector because the border patrol apprehended over 40,000 illegal immigrants in the month of July alone. That’s the highest it’s been in 15 years,” he told those in attendance.
He added this illegal immigration affects every community in the United States.
“We intend to understand why the crisis at our southern border is only getting worse, even as more and more tax payer dollars are committed to the humanitarian and security response,” Grothman said.
The eastern Wisconsin Representative in Congress also noted during the hearing that none of his colleagues on the other side of the aisle were in attendance “despite an invitation to participate.”
During the hearing on the Sierra Vista campus of Cochise College, committee members heard from a local rancher, a law enforcement official, and an immigration expert.
