Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas got into a tense exchange over the migrant surge at the southern border, with the DHS chief calling a question by the congresswoman "extraordinarily disrespectful." Mayorkas was in the hot seat during a Wednesday House Committee on Homeland Security hearing entitled "The Way Forward on Homeland Security." "I just want to bring it home a little bit," said the Florida congresswoman about the border crisis. Mayorkas said the agency was "tackling" the "very serious challenge" at the U.S.-Mexico border, but refused to call it an "emergency." The tense exchange came as the Biden administration faces down a growing crisis at the southern border – a situation the president and his homeland security chief refuse to call a "crisis."

Source: Fox News March 17, 2021 20:26 UTC