Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorcas spent more than five hours before the House Judiciary Committee answering questions about the department’s lack of interest in border controls and enforcement of US immigration laws.

It’s not the first time Majorcas has testified before a congressional committee on these issues. In the Republican-led House of Representatives, several committees are investigating the Biden administration’s handling of immigration issues, one of which says the secretary himself has not neglected his duty to protect the borders and faithfully enforce federal law. We are specifically investigating whether

Prior to the hearing last Wednesday, Mayorcas said be notified in writing Regarding the specific information the Oversight Board was looking for. This is information he has been asked for several times before, but he has yet to provide it. These issues include:

• All policies and data related to encounters, escapes, paroles and releases at the southern border after January 20, 2021.
• All arrest, discharge, release, and detention policies and data after January 20, 2021.
• All policies and data related to the department’s immigration benefit rulings after January 20, 2021.

Mayorcas reiterated during his appearance last week that he is proud to lead a federal agency with more than 260,000 employees and an annual budget of nearly $100 billion. But despite all the resources and repeated requests (from several months ago) for some of the most basic and important information his agency should collect as a matter of course, Mr. Mayorkas has not responded. , or did not try to answer.

More than 7 million migrants have encountered at the border since President Biden took office. M.Over 2 million ores Immigrants who crossed the border illegally are being released to the United States pending a hearing on their claims to remain here in the distant future. another 1.4 million Entry has been granted under massive abuses of parole powers by the government. 1.5 million more They are known to have entered the country illegally, but have evaded border patrol inspections.

In fact, Mr Mayorcas failed even to reassure the Commission that his department was detaining or closely monitoring the small number of migrants who, by definition, pose a threat to national security. .he was unable or unwilling to provide a status report 238 immigrants arrested People on terrorist watch lists (much less those who could be among the 1.5 million “fugitives”) and the 14,000 drug smugglers who have been arrested at the border this year alone. .

Mr. Mayorkas is neither stupid nor incompetent. In fact, he is a very astute architect of the Biden administration’s open-border policy and efforts to circumvent nearly all legal restrictions on how many people can enter the United States and how they can enter. His performance at last week’s Judiciary Committee hearings only reinforces the notion that he and his administration are deliberately withholding important information from Congress and the American people about immigration policy.

Mr. Mayorcas deliberately withholds information because there is virtually no public support for the administration’s loose immigration policies. And they are instigated by an almost docile media that turns a blind eye to the regime’s actions and our country’s crisis. Mr Mayorcas and his minions have not tracked the millions of people who are allowed to enter. Because they have no intention of getting rid of them, and they don’t want subsequent administrations to be able to do so.

Mayorcas’ repeated obstruction of the Congressional Oversight Committee reinforces House Department of Homeland Security’s contention that he has failed his duties as Secretary of Homeland Security, violated his oath of office and should be removed from office. Only.

Ira Melman is the media director for the Federation of Immigration Reform in America (FAIR).

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