Sen. Ted Cruz says he is confident Bondi will follow through on her statement that she will investigate missing migrant children in the U.S. (Fox News Digital/Getty)
"And the reason for that is under Joe Biden, tragically, we have seen the Department of Justice politicized and weaponized in a way that there is no precedent in our nation's history for how they turned the Department of Justice and the FBI into an arsenal to go after the president's political enemies," Cruz said.
During Bondi's hearing on Wednesday Cruz qasked her whether she would investigate the thousands of unaccounted-for migrant children who have entered the United States.
Bondi responded, "Yes, Senator."
When asked whether he was confident that she would follow through on that if confirmed, Cruz said, "I am."
"These were unaccompanied minors, little girls, little boys that came into this country that were in the custody of the federal government, and the federal government handed them over to adults," Cruz said. "Many of the adults were not relatives, and they have now lost them. They don't know where they are."
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Migrants line up outside a migrant re-ticketing center at St. Brigid School on E. 7th St. Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, in New York City. (Barry Williams/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
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Bondi has secured the support of current and former state attorneys general across the country, as well as more than 100 former top Department of Justice officials. The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote on her nomination in the coming days.
If the committee approves the nomination, the full Senate will then schedule a vote to confirm her appointment. Although an exact date for the final confirmation vote has not been announced, it is anticipated to be within the next two weeks.
Fox News Digital's Louis Casiano contributed to this report.
Jamie Joseph is a writer who covers politics. She leads Fox News Digital coverage of the Senate.
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