Top Republican appears to walk back probe of Catholic entities amid charged committee hearing

Published on July 17, 2025

During a contentious hearing, a top Republican on the House Committee on Homeland Security on July 16 appeared to walk back a previous statement that Catholic entities are among the nongovernmental organizations subject to a probe by the committee about their work with migrants.

At the hearing titled, “An Inside Job: How NGOs Facilitated the Biden Border Crisis,” witnesses and Republican lawmakers alleged more than 200 NGOs were “incentivizing and facilitating illegal entry” during former President Joe Biden’s administration.

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