OKLAHOMA CITY (Jan. 8, 2024) – Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond will testify Wednesday to the U.S. House Homeland Security Committee as part of that panel’s impeachment proceedings against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
The action comes in the wake of what Republicans assert is Mayorkas’ failure to secure the nation’s southwest border.
Drummond was invited to testify due to his focus of “ridding Oklahoma of the foreign nationals who have invaded the marijuana industry,” his office said.
“He is expected to tell committee members how the recent influx of illegal immigrants into the U.S. has allowed criminal enterprises, primarily populated by Mexican and Chinese nationals, to jeopardize public safety through drug trafficking and other crimes.”
“It is my honor and solemn duty to share with Congress how the porous border has grievously compromised the safety of Oklahomans,” Drummond said in a statement. “Criminal illegal immigrants truly pose a threat to communities all across our state. They are not content with only growing black-market marijuana. They are producing and distributing fentanyl, and they are engaging in sex trafficking and labor trafficking.
“I believe it is time for some accountability in Washington D.C.”
The Office of the Attorney General’s Organized Crime Task Force, which Drummond established last May, has investigated and is prosecuting more than 50 multi-jurisdictional criminal cases, many of which allegedly involve Mexican or Chinese drug syndicates.
Drummond is one of three state attorneys general invited to speak about how the border crisis has adversely impacted public safety.
The committee hearing, entitled “Havoc in the Heartland: How Secretary Mayorkas’ Failed Leadership Has Impacted the States,” begins at 9 a.m. CST and will be held in room 310 of the Cannon House Office Building.
The hearing will be livestreamed on YouTube and the Committee’s website.
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