Rep. Gaetz Letter To DHS On Border Czar
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Breitbart NewsMATT GAETZ WASHINGTON OFFICE:
2021 RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
1ST DISTRICT, FLORIDA
WASHINGTON, DC 20515
ARMED SERVICES Congress of the United States (202) 225-4136
COMMITTEE DISTRICT OFFICE:
House of Representatives 805 E James Lee Blvd
Crestview, FL 32539
COMMITTEE ON THE
JUDICIARY Washington, DC 20515 (850) 479-1183
https://gaetz.house.gov
August 7, 2024
The Honorable Alejandro Mayorkas
Secretary
United States Department of Homeland Security
Washington, D.C. 20528
Secretary Mayorkas:
Vice President Kamala Harris was, in March 2021, tasked by President Joe Biden to be the “border czar.”
This was widely reported at the time (see, e.g., BBC, Biden tasks Harris with tackling migrant influx on US-Mexico
border, available at https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-56516332). However, Vice President Harris
has, weirdly, recently denied this fact.
Please provide the following information to my office by August 30, 2024:
(1) all communications between the Office of the Vice President and any employee (including detailees)
of the Department of Homeland Security, between March 24, 2021 and March 24, 2022, using the
term “czar,” “border,” “migration,” or “immigration”;
(2) any communications of the Department of Homeland Security (including detailees), between March
24, 2021 and March 24, 2022, referring to Vice President Kamala Harris or the Office of the Vice
President as “czar” or “lead,” or otherwise in any formal or informal chain-of-command related to
border-policy issues; and
(3) any internal Department of Homeland Security directives or guidance, from 2021 to the present,
referring to the Vice President or the Office of the Vice President as having any formal or informal
clearance, approval, or stakeholder input on departmental decisions.
Sincerely,
Matt Gaetz
Member of Congress
