WATCH LIVE: House Homeland Security committee hosts hearing on global threats

The House committee on Homeland Security is holding a hearing on worldwide threats to the United States on Wednesday, and it will include testimony from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI Director Christopher Wray.

The hearing, led by Chairman Mark Green (R-TN), will examine global threats to the U.S. homeland and security interests outside of the U.S. Green said the hearing comes at a time when U.S. enemies perceive “weakness” in the White House, China’s and Russia’s influence is expanding, and tensions are escalating in the Middle East.

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“Unfortunately, the Biden administration’s response to these crises is not only unclear, but its open-border policies bring many of these threats to our doorstep,” Green said in a statement last week. “More illegal aliens on the terrorist watchlist have been apprehended crossing the Southwest border this last fiscal year than the previous six fiscal years combined. Additionally, 1.7 million illegal aliens have evaded apprehension altogether and entered the country since January 2021, leaving the American people wondering how safe we actually are.”

National Counterterrorism Center Director Christine Abizaid is also expected to testify. The hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. Eastern.