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Jun 09 2024
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Mayorkas defends Biden's executive action — but doesn't say when it might start working
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday defended the Biden administration’s new executive action on the border — an order that aims to get the average of migrant encounters at the border to 1,500 or less. It’s a level that has not been seen since President Joe Biden took office. And Mayorkas could not confirm if that level will be seen before Election Day. The
Yahoo NewsJun 05 2024
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Sec. Mayorkas struggles to dodge questions over cartels circumventing Biden's executive order
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas refused to explain how Mexican cartels and smuggling operations will not take advantage of the loopholes created with President Joe Biden's new executive order that claims to address the ongoing border crisis. Among the many exemptions, unaccompanied minors who illegally cross the southern border will not be counted for the 2,500 threshold that
The BlazeMay 28 2024
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Alejandro Escovedo, Texas rock 'n’ roll legend, has a new album
The Antone’s show served as testament to both his legacy and restlessness. There, Escovedo served a set of familiar favorites that felt a little foreign. The show was the first in support of “Echo Dancing,” Escovedo’s new album. Unlike other artists of a certain age, Escovedo didn’t revisit his past for a stripped-down reintroduction to old songs. Rather he took 14 songs from the past four
Houston ChronicleMay 27 2024
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Últimos actos del Festival Sueños: Rauw Alejandro, Gabito Ballesteros, Maluma
Chicago Sun-TimesJun 09 2024
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ABC host tells Secretary Mayorkas it's 'very hard' to call Biden's actions at the border a 'success'
ABC News host Martha Raddatz told Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday that it was "very hard" to call President Biden's actions at the border a "success."Raddatz asked Mayorkas to respond to comments he made during a 2021 interview. "We have seen large numbers of migration in the past. We know how to address it. We have a plan. We are executing on our plan, and we will
Fox News DigitalJun 09 2024
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Mayorkas defends Biden’s asylum action from critics on both sides of the aisle while calling on Congress to do more
(CNN) — Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday pushed back on criticism of President Joe Biden’s new executive action restricting asylum while calling on Congress to take action on the border. “It’s early, the signs are positive. Our personnel have done an extraordinary job in implementing a very big shift in how we operate on the southern border,” Mayorkas said on ABC’s “
KRDOApr 17 2024
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Senate votes to dismiss impeachment charges against Mayorkas
Breaking news: The Senate, on party line votes, moved to dismiss both impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Senate Democrats voted quickly to dismiss two articles of impeachment against Mayorkas that alleged he mismanaged an influx of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border. This story will be updated. The Senate voted to dismiss two articles of impeachment
Washington PostApr 17 2024
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Senate squashes historic impeachment charges against Mayorkas
US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies at a Fiscal Year 2025 budget hearing at Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on April 16, 2024. (Photo by Julia Nikhinson / AFP) (Photo by JULIA NIKHINSON/AFP via Getty Images) Senate Democrats on Wednesday quickly squashed impeachment charges against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, a swift end to the GOP's
AxiosApr 09 2024
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Schumer vows to crush Mayorkas impeachment trial
Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer on Tuesday promised to quash the impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas “as quickly as possible.” The New York Democrat offered few procedural details ahead of the House on Wednesday, delivering the Senate two articles of impeachment that accuse Mr. Mayorkas of high crimes and misdemeanors for his handling the
Washington TimesApr 04 2024
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Mayorkas warns that Haitians crossing to U.S. by sea will be returned
Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas sat down with McClatchy as part of ‘Beyond the Border,’ a special series on immigration in America, to be published April 9. Haitians seeking to flee gang violence engulfing the Caribbean nation should avoid journeying by sea to the United States, and will be returned to Haiti if intercepted, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told McClatchy
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