FBI Director Christopher Wray said Thursday that the chaos at the southern border is a security issue, and called the flow of people “staggering.”
Testifying to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Mr. Wray was pressed on his evaluation of the border, which Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas deemed “secure.”
Mr. Wray at first said he wouldn’t substitute his judgment for Mr. Mayorkas’s, but Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Republican, said he expected more from a “straight shooter” like Mr. Wray.
The director then acknowledged the heavy efforts his bureau makes to deal with crimes associated with the U.