Ten Republican lawmakers have called for a hearing before the House Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security to examine how the surge of illegal immigrants from south of the border may be impacting national security and the safety of Americans. Led by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), the Republicans made the request in a March 18 letter to Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas), who heads the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security. Calling the spike in illegal crossings a “crisis”—a label that the White House has pointedly avoided using—the Republicans alleged it was the Biden administration’s immigration policies that are fueling the surge of alien encounters along the U.S. southern border. “The subcommittee should hear directly from officials from the Department of State, Department of Justice, and Department of Homeland Security about what the Biden Administration is doing to address the criminal activity caused by the Biden Administration’s radical policies,” they …