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As Senate confirmation hearings for respective of President-elect Donald Trump's furniture picks get underway, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, is peculiarly anxious to spot erstwhile Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi confirmed arsenic the nation's apical instrumentality enforcement official.
"Pam Bondi did a terrific occupation astatine her confirmation hearing," Cruz told Fox News Digital successful an interrogation Thursday. "She's going to beryllium confirmed. She volition beryllium the adjacent lawyer general. And I believe, actually, each 1 of the Trump furniture nominees is going to beryllium confirmed."
Cruz said that Bondi, who besides was a idiosyncratic lawyer to Trump, "may beryllium the azygous astir important furniture nominee President Trump has made."
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"And the crushed for that is nether Joe Biden, tragically, we person seen the Department of Justice politicized and weaponized successful a mode that determination is nary precedent successful our nation's past for however they turned the Department of Justice and the FBI into an arsenal to spell aft the president's governmental enemies," Cruz said.
During Bondi's proceeding connected Wednesday Cruz qasked her whether she would analyse the thousands of unaccounted-for migrant children who person entered the United States.
Bondi responded, "Yes, Senator."
When asked whether helium was assured that she would travel done connected that if confirmed, Cruz said, "I am."
"These were unaccompanied minors, small girls, small boys that came into this state that were successful the custody of the national government, and the national authorities handed them implicit to adults," Cruz said. "Many of the adults were not relatives, and they person present mislaid them. They don't cognize wherever they are."
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Republican lawmakers person been captious of the Biden administration's handling of the amerciable migrant situation implicit the past 4 years.
Shortly aft Trump's electoral triumph successful November, House Republicans grilled Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra implicit the administration's process utilized to vet sponsors.
Speaking earlier the House Judiciary Subcommittee connected Immigration Integrity, Security and Enforcement, Becerra testified astir his department's Refugee Resettlement Office, which is charged with caring for, and placement of, unaccompanied migrant children.
Republican subcommittee members accused the Biden medication of rushing migrant children retired of HHS custody and into the hands of unvetted sponsors, who sometimes exploited and abused them.
Cruz said that helium besides asked Trump's prime for HHS secretary, RFK Jr., to behaviour an probe of mislaid migrant children, "because we person an obligation," helium said.
"Those were children successful the custody of the government," Cruz said. "We person an work to spell and support those kids."
Bondi has secured the enactment of existent and erstwhile authorities attorneys wide crossed the country, arsenic good arsenic much than 100 erstwhile apical Department of Justice officials. The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to ballot connected her information successful the coming days.
If the committee approves the nomination, the afloat Senate volition past docket a ballot to corroborate her appointment. Although an nonstop day for the last confirmation ballot has not been announced, it is anticipated to beryllium wrong the adjacent 2 weeks.
Fox News Digital's Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
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