• Since April 2023, when Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas last declared the border “secure,” Customs and Border Protection has recorded more than 1.5 million migrant encounters.
• Illegal immigration has surged under President Joe Biden, with the number of migrants expected to be encountered at the southern border to exceed 2 million in 2023, and the threat of terrorists attempting to enter the United States has similarly surged.
• House Republicans are currently trying to impeach Mayorkas after an impeachment resolution on Tuesday failed to garner enough votes.

More than 1.5 million migrants have been encountered at the southern border since Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas last said “the border is secure.”

Mayorkas faces impeachment in the House over his handling of the border “crisis,” a term he won't use as illegal immigration continues to surge under the Biden administration. Since Mr. Mayorkas last told the House Homeland Security Committee that the border is secure, U.S. Border Patrol has encountered 1,589,148 migrants at the southern border. hearing In April 2023, according to To Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and data obtained By Fox News. (Related: 'We'll get it done': House Republicans say they will try again to impeach Mayorkas)

mayorcas testified Before the committee, he was asked if he thought all nine areas of the southern border were safe. Mr. Mayorkas responded that the question was more complex than a simple “yes or no” answer, but he assured the committee that he believed “the border is secure,” and that this is what he said. It was a phrase that was often used. multiple He noted that various agencies are working to strengthen its security.

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The number of migrants encountered at the southern border from May 2023 to January 2024 was 1,589,148, more than 300,000 more than the total number of migrants for the fiscal year. 2019 and 2020 According to CBP, during the Trump administration.

Under the Biden administration and Mr. Mayorkas' DHS leadership, more than 2 million total migrants were encountered at the southern border in fiscal year 2023, with 600,000 migrants crossing the border without encountering them. according to Go to CBP data.

The number of terrorist threats at the border is also increasing. Border Patrol arrested 49 terrorism-related individuals attempting to cross the southern border between October 2023 and December 2023, compared to three similar encounters in all of fiscal 2020. according to To CBP. A total of 169 people were included on the terrorist watch list for those arrested attempting to cross the southern border in fiscal year 2023. (Related: Exclusive: Pakistani illegal immigrant on terror watch list given release date in US)

Some individuals associated with terrorism are initially captured at the southern border but are subsequently released into the country if they are not initially on a terrorist watch list. In one such case, an al-Shabab terrorist was arrested and released into the country, where he roamed free for more than a year before Immigration and Customs Enforcement deemed him a threat and arrested him in Minnesota in January. That's what it means. Daily Caller News Foundation.

Mayorkas called the situation at the border “difficult,” but like Biden, he refuses to call it a crisis. mention To itself.

“I'm not interested in the labels people put on me. I'm focused on the challenge and what we can do about it,” Mayorkas said. Said The New York Times in early February. “Language choice has become a proxy for the politics of the issue. And I focus on the essence of the issue and address it substantively. Whatever we call it, we It doesn't change what we're going through and it's a challenge.”

House Republicans introduced a resolution to impeach Mayorkas on Tuesday, but failed to muster enough votes to pass, split 214-216.

Several House Republicans are calling House Majority Leader Steve Scalise again next week next week after narrowly impeaching House Majority Leader Steve Scalise because he was absent during the vote while being treated for blood cancer. He has vowed to seek his impeachment.

“The vote was close, but it failed by a tie. Don't worry about Mayorkas, we will win next week when Mr. Scalise returns,” said Tom Cole of the House Rules Committee. The commissioner previously told DCNF on Wednesday.

“[Speaker of the House Mike Johnson is] As soon as Sen. Scalise returns, he will impeach Mr. Mayorkas,” Wisconsin Republican Congressman Glenn Grossman previously told DCNF. “Sometimes in this business you have to take chances.”

DHS did not respond to requests for comment.

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