House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan subpoenas HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra
WASHINGTON — House Judiciary Committee chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, subpoenaed Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on Tuesday, calling for Becerra to provide case files for unaccompanied child migrants who have been charged with crimes in the U.S. after being released by HHS.
WASHINGTON — House Judiciary Committee chair Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, subpoenaed Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on Tuesday, calling for Becerra to provide case files for unaccompanied child migrants who have been charged with crimes in the U.S. after being released by HHS.
In the letter informing Becerra of the subpoena, Jordan details previous requests his committee has issued for case files, arguing that the administration's response has been "woefully inadequate."
The committee asked for the files as part of oversight into "mismanagement of the placement of unaccompanied alien children," which Jordan says resulted in some children "committing heinous criminal acts against Americans."
Jordan cited his own previous letters to Becerra multiple times. A November letter from Jordan cited media reports about allegations of murders and assaults, where the committee requested case files for the alleged perpetrators.
In his February letter, Jordan said that HHS has previously "noted its concern for the privacy interests of criminal aliens and asserted that the Committee lacked a legitimate oversight purpose to obtain the case files."
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