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Apr 25 2022
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Top Republicans question Mayorkas’ role, blast border crisis response
More than 50 Republican members of Congress blasted Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ response to the growing border crisis over the weekend, questioning his actions in the role and “suitability for office.”
In a letter sent to the secretary on Sunday, the lawmakers claimed his actions have dismantled “the security of our nation’s southern border” and disregards “the
New York Post (News)
Mar 17 2023
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Homeland Republicans to turn up the heat on Mayorkas after Border Patrol chief’s ‘earth-shattering’ testimony
Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee are looking to turn up the heat on DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in the wake of bombshell testimony from Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz that the chairman of the committee described as "earth-shattering."
Ortiz had been the main witness at the committee’s field hearing in McAllen, Texas, on Wednesday and had bucked the
Fox News (Online News)
Sep 16 2023
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Joe Biden Pulls Human Resources from Tottering Haitian Society
President Joe Biden’s border chief has used a new visa program to quietly extract many police officers and local leaders from Haiti, leaving the rest of the country’s population abandoned in anarchy and gang wars. Border Chief Alejandro Mayorkas established the Haitian visa program in January amid the anarchy accelerated by the failure of Haiti’s politicians to help elect a new president
Breitbart News
Sep 21 2023
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UK government trying to bully Rumble and TikTok to silence Russel Brand
Boy, am I glad that I am going on vacation starting Saturday. I need a break from the insanity that our world has become. Six glorious days enjoying the wilds of Utah with my father. Little to do but photograph. Heaven. For two days now my blood has been boiling. Merrick Garland, Alejandro Mayorkas, Joe Biden–all lawbreakers who are destroying our country left me in a rage yesterday. Today it
HotAir
Sep 21 2023
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US extends temporary protection to nearly 500,000 Venezuelan migrants
The Biden administration’s decision comes as Republicans warn of a new surge of arrivals along the US-Mexico border. The administration of President Joe Biden has extended temporary legal status to an estimated 472,000 Venezuelans living in the United States, citing “extraordinary” circumstances. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced the decision late on Wednesday, saying
Al Jazeera
Jul 05 2022
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Mayorkas on Border Security: 'I Think That We Are Doing a Good Job.'
The Biden administration's "do not come" message is not deterring hundreds of thousands of foreigners from illegally entering the United States, as they come here in record-breaking numbers.
But on Sunday, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said he's "very pleased" that the U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the Biden administration to end Donald Trump's remain in Mexico policy
CNSNews.com
Mar 21 2021
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Mayorkas blames migrant surge on Trump admin, not Biden policies
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas has claimed that the number of people looking to enter the U.S. at the sourthern border could be the highest in 20 years, but in an interview with "Fox News Sunday" he claimed that this is because of the Trump administration's actions, not policy changes that took place in the early days of President Biden's administration.
Biden has
Fox News (Online News)
Aug 31 2021
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Mayorkas called border crisis 'unsustainable,’ but swift response is lacking
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas may have called the level of illegal immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border "unsustainable," but he is not taking immediate action to respond to the crisis, according to immigration experts.
In a surprising admission, the Biden administration’s top border official admitted earlier this month in private talks that “if our borders are the
Washington Examiner
Mar 16 2021
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Mayorkas: Southern Border Crossings On Pace To Hit 20-Year High
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Tuesday that the number of migrants apprehended at the United States’ southern border is on track to hit a two-decade high.
“We are on pace to encounter more individuals on the southwest border than we have in the last 20 years,” Mayorkas said in a statement. “We are expelling most single adults and families. We are not expelling
The Daily Caller
Oct 12 2022
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Mayorkas knew border agents did not whip migrants before repeating false claims, emails show
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was told last year that there was no evidence Border Patrol agents had “whipped” or “strapped” Haitian migrants at the US-Mexico border — hours before he bolstered President Biden’s lies about the incident at a press conference.
A Sept. 24, 2021 email to Mayorkas from Marsha Espinosa, assistant secretary of DHS public affairs, highlighted
New York Post (News)