Trade Barely Mentioned in DHS Oversight Hearing
Questions on irregular migration and the vetting of Afghan refugees dominated the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing hosting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Mayorkas also did not mention trade in his opening remarks. But Sen.Jon Ossoff, D-Ga., asked what…
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the administration is doing to ameliorate "significant delays in the processing of inbound shipments" at the port of Savannah. "I'm very well aware of the challenge there," Mayorkas replied, and said that 24/7 operations is one step the administration has tried. Ossoff said he is glad that the administration accepted his request that the port receive approximately $8 million to "rapidly scale up its operations, establish some auxiliary shipping container areas, make greater use of inland ports, to support our efforts to expand capacity." He asked that DHS continue to "move as rapidly as possible" to help in the effort.