<p>During a hearing on Wednesday, one Republican lawmaker confronted a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration">Biden administration</a> Cabinet secretary with a jar filled with colorful contents.</p>
<p>It was not full of &#8220;candies or snacks,&#8221; as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/health-and-human-services">Health and Human Services</a> (HHS) Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/xavier-becerra">Xavier Becerra</a> had guessed. Rather, as Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kat-cammack">Kat Cammack</a> (R-FL) explained while holding the jar, what it contained represented a far more &#8220;grim&#8221; reality.</p>
<p>&#8220;These are wristbands that the cartels force people to wear when they cross the border, and if you&#8217;re not wearing one and you cross the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/border-crisis">border</a>, the cartels will take a limb or an appendage,&#8221; Cammack said.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Rep. Cammack: Do you see this jar? </p>
<p>Sec. Becerra: It looks like candies or snacks. </p>
<p>Rep. Cammack: These are wristbands the cartels force people to wear when they cross the border. If you&#39;re not wearing one when you cross, the cartels will take a limb, like an arm or leg. <a href="https://t.co/QSB5dFyAf7">pic.twitter.com/QSB5dFyAf7</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Rep. Cammack Press Office (@RepKatCammack) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepKatCammack/status/1684241692474454041?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2023</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;This is what these people are forced to wear and it dictates what cartel they belong to, how much they have paid and they are absolutely a part of the horrors of trafficking and smuggling that occurs at our Southwest border,&#8221; Cammack added. &#8220;And I have to point this out because I want to tell the journey because this has really been laid out in bits and pieces along the way by my colleagues and we&#8217;re here to talk about these kids.&#8221;</p>
<p>The jar moment went viral on social media, with comments from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and others.</p>
<p>&#8220;Astonishing — but not at all a surprise,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/SenTedCruz/status/1684261974647926784">Cruz said on the X platform</a>. &#8220;Earlier this year during a Senate Judiciary hearing, DHS Secretary [Alejandro] Mayorkas denied knowing about the cartel wristbands found at the border. This is the latest example of the Biden administration turning a blind eye to the human trafficking crisis taking place at our southern border.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="https://d1dth6e84htgma.cloudfront.net/07_26_23_Becerra_Testimony_E_and_C_Oversight_Hearing_c76ba8ed58.pdf">In his testimony</a> for a House subcommittee <a href="https://energycommerce.house.gov/events/oversight-and-investigations-subcommittee-hearing-stopping-the-exploitation-of-migrant-children-oversight-of-hhs-office-of-refugee-resettlement">hearing</a> on “Stopping the Exploitation of Migrant Children: Oversight of HHS&#8217; Office of Refugee Resettlement,&#8221; Becerra talked about what happens when young people who are transferred to <a href="https://www.acf.hhs.gov/orr/programs/uc">HHS care</a> from the Department of Homeland Security or any other federal entity are then released to a sponsor. Becerra stressed that the sponsors of unaccompanied minors are &#8220;thoroughly vetted,&#8221; but conceded the children &#8220;may find themselves in unsafe situations.&#8221;</p>
<p>Challenging the secretary to define what &#8220;thoroughly vetted&#8221; means, Cammack shared the story of a young migrant girl she encountered who was &#8220;terrified&#8221; of the man holding her, as seen in a photo the congresswoman showed. That man, Cammack said, later confessed under threat of a DNA test to &#8220;renting&#8221; the child in a process called &#8220;recycling&#8221; and turned out to be a convicted sex offender.</p>
<p>Cammack said many migrant children end up having the same phone number written on their arm in sharpie and dozens of them &#8220;magically&#8221; end up with the same sponsor. HHS releases these children, she added, to sponsors who are in the country illegally.</p>
<p>When given a chance to respond, Becerra pushed back, saying the congresswoman shared &#8220;misinformation&#8221; and insisted that officials run a &#8220;series of tests and assessments of a child when we get them.&#8221;</p>
<p>To Cammack, the secretary&#8217;s response appeared to be insufficient as she figures such as DNA tests only being conducted in 9% of cases and background checks in 23% of cases. &#8220;I think this is disgusting that 85,000 children are missing, and it&#8217;s on your watch,&#8221; she added as her time to speak expired.</p>

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