Border Patrol Chief Challenges Biden's Border Policies and Congressional Hearings.

U.S. Border Patrol Chief Raúl Ortiz said the agency does not have complete operational control of the southern border, a comment that was quickly seized upon by Republican lawmakers at a Texas-based committee hearing. The debate over the meaning of operational control rests on The Secure Fence Act of 2006, which set a yardstick experts say was never realistic. The Department of Homeland Security pushed back on the tone of the hearing, noting a more nuanced answer from Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas at a hearing before the Senate in May of last year.