- Hours before President Joe Biden was to attempt on Tuesday to convince Americans he has a handle on the crisis at the southern border, one of his top enforcement officers told Congress the situation was so out of control that it evades definition.
- “We went from what I would describe as ‘unprecedented’ to a point where I don’t have the correct adjective to describe what’s going on,” Chief John Modlin testified to the House Oversight and Accountability committee.
- One of four border patrol agents brought to testify before the committee, Modlin outlined the record levels of illegal crossing and smuggling incidents that have significantly escalated in recent years.