THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Top House GOP investigator says Biden must send active-duty troops to border
Comer says U.S. 'isn't putting up a fight' against cartels
U.S. Rep. James Comer, R-Ky., looks out over the scene at Morelos Dam along the Colorado River where undocumented immigrants cross into the U.S., Tuesday, April 12, 2022. (Randy Hoeft/The Yuma Sun via AP) **FILE** more >
By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times - Tuesday, April 19, 2022
Rep. James Comer, House Republicans’ lead investigator, says it’s time to send active-duty military troops to the U.S. border with Mexico to shut down drug routes and curtail the reach of smuggling cartels, who control the boundary with startling effectiveness.
The Kentucky lawmaker led a delegation from the House Oversight and Reform Committee to the border in California and Arizona last week, and said the level of chaos was noticeably higher than a similar trip to the border in Texas and New Mexico last year.
He said cartels dictate border operations, sending groups of migrants over to tie up Border Patrol agents, then sneaking drugs across. And the cartels have eyes on everything happening on the U.S. side.
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