Ex-ICE officials push back on Mayorkas claim that illegal immigrants will be deported ‘promptly’

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has repeatedly claimed that illegal immigrants whose asylum claims fail will be removed "promptly" from the United States – but former Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are pushing back, saying that there is little chance of that happening given the mass release of illegal immigrants into the U.S. and the current policies of the administration.

"If they’re on the border, and they don't claim asylum they can be removed right there, but if they claim asylum, and they are released into the United States, they are...