by Josh Christenson at New York Post
The former Border Patrol official responsible for securing nearly 1,000 miles of America’s frontier has charged that the Biden-Harris administration intentionally covered up the ongoing migrant crisis.
Ex-San Diego Sector Chief Agent Aaron Heitke told members of the House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday that the White House repeatedly tried to “quiet the border-wide crisis” by shielding information from the press and concealing crossings by dangerous migrants with terror ties.
“I had to release illegal aliens by the hundreds each day into communities who could not support them,” testified Heitke, who retired in summer 2023 and appeared voluntarily before the panel.
“To quiet the problem, two flights a week were provided from San Diego to Texas,” he explained. “These flights simply brought aliens that would have been released in San Diego over to Texas.”
“Each flight costs approximately $150,000. This was the administration’s way of trying to quiet the border-wide crisis,” Heitke emphasized.
Elsewhere in his testimony,…
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