By Mark Tarallo
U.S. Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, will hold a hearing on Capitol Hill Wednesday afternoon on border security. Witnesses at the hearing include Ronald Vitiello, deputy chief of border patrol at the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency. In recent comments, Goodlatte has said lax immigration enforcement at the southern border has led Central American countries to send children into the United States illegally, according to the Daily Progress newspaper. As an example, Goodlatte pointed to Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez’s recent statement that people from his country are coming to the U.S. illegally to try and gain legal status. Many of those who are crossing the border are given orders to report to court for hearings on their immigration status, but most fail to show up, Goodlatte said. On Friday, the Obama administration said it would send additional attorneys and judges to the border to address the surge of illegal immigrants.
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