US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is testifying in front of the US Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday —but he isn’t providing many answers to the most pressing questions.
In multiple exchanges with Senators on the committee, Mayorkas has been either unwilling to answer the questions or dodges them outright. The DHS Secretary is unable to provide details on how many illegal migrants encountered at the border are in still the country, and he can’t say where migrants on the terror watchlist are currently being detained (or if they are at all!).
Watch clips from Mayorkas’ testimony below:
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is unable to say how many of the millions of illegal immigrants encountered at the southern border under Biden are still in the country pic.twitter.com/nsJuS0SxeD
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"Do you think that millions of people crossing our border illegally creates the risk of a terrorist attack in our country?"
MAYORKAS: *repeatedly dodges* pic.twitter.com/32uH898lqQ
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Biden DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says he's "quite hesitant" to name any specific, tangible examples of policy changes the Biden administration thinks would make a difference at the southern border pic.twitter.com/htnYdXOEKt
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DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas claims the administration "has pursued a comprehensive strategy to manage this unprecedented migration" at the southern border.
A record 7.8+ million illegal immigrants have crossed the southern border under Biden. pic.twitter.com/u2LsKljzi7
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"Is the administration open to working with Congress to include policy reforms that would deal with the underlying reasons for the [border] surge?"
MAYORKAS: No pic.twitter.com/IVa9QBVmmX
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) November 8, 2023
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