Border crisis deepens as officials dispute operational control and Democrats boycott hearings.

US Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz contradicted Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' claim that the department has "operational control" of the southern border, stating that the US does not have such control. Ortiz made the statement during a hearing on the situation along the US-Mexico border, which Republicans described as Mayorkas' "border crisis." The hearing took place in south Texas, and Democrats on the House Homeland Security committee did not attend.