House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) again requested talks with President Joe Biden over the administration’s handling of the surge in illegal aliens at the U.S.–Mexico border. McCarthy said he has not heard back from the administration after he sent Biden a letter about two weeks ago asking for a meeting over the border crisis. In a second letter to the president on Thursday, McCarthy said the border situation has “only continued to deteriorate.” “Securing our border should not be a partisan issue. The most basic function of government is to keep our citizens safe,'” McCarthy wrote in his letter, accusing the Biden administration of failing to fulfil its responsibility to the American people and not having a coordinated approach to stem the flow of illegal aliens. At least 13,000 migrant children are being held in custody at federal facilities, one of which is reportedly 729 percent over capacity, McCarthy wrote. Homeland …