House GOP chairman blasts mainstream media for ignoring 'explosive' border patrol testimony

House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., blasted the mainstream media on Tuesday for not covering testimony delivered last week by retired Border Patrol Agent Aaron Heitke, the former chief patrol agent for the Border Patrol’s San Diego Sector.

Heitke revealed that the Biden-Harris administration had pressed him not to speak publicly about the record amount of suspected terrorists encountered at the border.

In a news release, Green's office described the testimony as "explosive" and said that the limited press coverage it received was a "disservice to the American people."

“Last week, Chief Heitke exposed the disastrous, real-world consequences of President Biden and Vice President Harris’ open-borders policies and the lengths to which they have gone to hide the truth about those policies from the American people," Green said in a statement. 

"Not only was Chief Heitke ordered to keep quiet about the drastic increase in arrests of illegal aliens with potential ties to terrorism, but he was also ordered to move illegal aliens out of sight of the media to avoid inconvenient public attention," he added.

Green said the "corporate media has largely ignored these revelations" in Heitke's testimony. 

"This is a disservice to the American people. Chief Heitke’s testimony shows that the Biden-Harris administration has already tried to hide the truth about what’s going on at the border," he said. "They should not be getting any additional help from the media.”