The city council chamber—Yuma, Arizona– was packed with local residents and sheriffs from across the state on Thursday to listen to the House Judiciary Committee hearing about the ongoing crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.
This marked the first of such hearings to take place with the new GOP majority.
This from townhall.com.
Yuma County Supervisor District 2 Jonathan Lines, Yuma County Sheriff Leon Wilmot, and Dr. Robert Trenschel, president and CEO of Yuma Regional Medical Center, each testified how the influx of illegal immigrants and drugs coming into their area has strained the resources for this remote town.
Hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants have entered into the Yuma Sector, with many of them requiring some level of medical care.
This has caused the Yuma Regional Medical Center to have $26 million in unpaid bills for services rendered to illegal immigrants.
This excessive demand has also caused care for U.S. citizens to be delayed or be sent all the way to Phoenix because the local hospital was full.
Audience members nodded in agreement when Trenschel sorrowfully acknowledged the delay in care to U.S. citizens since they treat people based on who needs it the most.
AZ: Dr. Trenschel w/Yuma Regional Medical Center explains to @JudiciaryGOP members the struggles the hospital faces—$26M in uncompensated migrant care saying it’s $ that would have benefitted the community.
Our @NewsNation story on the hospital’s status: https://t.co/iJrcQmga41 pic.twitter.com/llRAOhbOwd
— Ali Bradley (@AliBradleyTV) February 23, 2023
Sheriff Wilmot testified the cartels that operate across the border in Mexico and within his jurisdiction have become much stronger due to the increase in cashflow from the thousands of people that are paying them to illegally enter the United States.
Jonathan Lines testified he was given:
[N]ew numbers from sources with U.S. Customs and Border Protection revealing Border Patrol was now seizing 48 percent of fentanyl being smuggled into the country, meaning between the ports of entry, because the recent decrease in illegal crossings allowed them to go back to patrolling the border.
This number is significant since most of the fentanyl being seized was at a port of entry.
#ICYMI: Mr. Jonathan Lines, Yuma County Supervisor District 2, highlights the devastating toll that illegal immigration has on the area and local counties like his. pic.twitter.com/8pW9eoDHey
— House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) February 23, 2023
Perhaps the biggest round of applause from the audience was when Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) said he supported the articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that have already been introduced in this session of the House.
In addition to seeking to solve a severe problem, the purpose of the border hearings is to strengthen the GOP’s case for impeachment against the Secretary.
WATCH: Residents of Yuma, Arizona ERUPT IN CHEERS at @JudiciaryGOP hearing for the impeachment of DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
"The day will come soon when @SecMayorkas has to answer our questions. If he'll lie to Supervisor Lines and the community here, then he will lie to… https://t.co/kiZPTAK911 pic.twitter.com/7EhvwllzcK
— Rep. Matt Gaetz (@RepMattGaetz) February 24, 2023
None of the democrats communists/globalists on the Judiciary Committee attended the official hearing. Their absence was brought up multiple times during the hearing and it did not go unnoticed by the audience, even the liberal ones.
Yuma resident Manuel told Townhall he thought:
[T]he Republicans were being hypocrites for saying they support law enforcement but have not shown their support for the Capitol police officers on January 6, but he still thought [
democratscommunists/globalists] should have come to the city.
Manuel said:
I think there should’ve been a few, yeah, but unfortunately that’s the state of politics right now. And I do fault them for it.
Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb told Townhall, noting he believes the GOP members were very sincere in their mission to hear what has been happening at the border and their resolve to fix the problem:
I would hope [
democratscommunists/globalists] would come here…We need them to come here, we need them to see it firsthand.More than just being angry, I think they really missed an opportunity to come and see firsthand what’s going on here at the border.
Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) promised more hearings will take place to further investigate how poorly the Obiden Regime has handled the issues of the border and immigration so legislative action can take place.
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) has stated impeachment for Mayorkas is not out of the question.
Final thoughts: Yes, We the People are disgusted with all this damn talk–and bullsh*t HEARINGS. But what alternative does the Conservative majority in the U.S. House have?
And then getting anything through the communist/globalist-controlled Senate will be a dead end. At least the Conservatives are getting the issues out in front of We the People.
If only the media was not compromised and useless, public opinion would be much more effectively convinced of the destructive intentions of the Obiden Regime.