A new report by Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee is blaming DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for what it says are the "devastating human costs" of the migrant crisis at the southern border.

Lawmakers in Washington, D.C., are voicing new concerns about what the Hamas terrorist attack in Israel could mean for homeland security in the United States given major vulnerabilities at the southern border.

After being repeatedly stiff-armed on his demand that Homeland Security Secretary [Alejandro Mayorkas](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/alejandro-mayorkas) testify on the [border](https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/tag/border) crisis, the top House border watchdog chairman is moving to use a subpoena or even contempt of Congress vote to force the matter.