House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) has requested interviews with the chief patrol agents of four U.S. Border Patrol sectors.
In a Feb. 26 letter to acting U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Troy Miller, Comer requested transcribed interviews with Aaron Heitke, the top patrol agent of the San Diego sector; Gregory Bovino, chief patrol agent of the El Centro sector; Patricia McGurk-Daniel, acting chief patrol agent of the Yuma sector; and Peter Jaquez, chief patrol agent of the El Paso sector.
Comer’s letter comes 19 days after a committee hearing where, according to the chairman, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) blocked the aforementioned chief patrol agents from testifying. During the hearing, “two Chief Patrol Agents from U.S. Border Patrol sectors along the southern border testified … regarding their sectors and how they have responded to the unprecedented crisis at the southern border.” The chief patrol agents who testified were Gloria Chavez from the Rio Grande Valley sector and the Tucson sector’s John Modlin….