Top House committee ramps up pressure to obtain ‘important’ docs on Harris’ role in border crisis
FIRST ON FOX: A top House committee is doubling down on its efforts to get documents from the Biden administration about Vice President Kamala Harris’ role in what lawmakers call “the worst border crisis in American history.”
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, R-Ky., wrote to acting Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Troy Miller following up on a request last month for documents and communications between Harris’ office and CBP.
“It is important the Committee and the American people understand Vice President Harris’s role as the border czar in the ongoing border crisis,” Comer said in the letter obtained by Fox News Digital.
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Rep. James Comer speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol Visitors Center on April 30, 2024. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
“The mass illegal entry and release of illegal aliens into the United States under the Biden-Harris Administration has contributed to murders, sexual assaults, and serious bodily injuries committed against numerous Americans at the hands of illegal aliens. These crimes should have never happened.”
The letter notes a number of crimes more recently committed allegedly by illegal immigrants, including one by an MS-13 gang member and