Alejandro Mayorkas, the head of Homeland Security, admitted that he and his deputies could have done more to prevent the surge of migrants at the southern border. This statement ignited a political firestorm, with Republicans accusing the administration of deliberately flooding the country with immigrants to force their hand on border policies. Democrats, however, defended the administration's actions, arguing that the situation was complex and required a measured response.
Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas said Sunday that he and his deputies could have blocked more migrants at the southern border.“This was not incompetence,” countered Ira Mehlman, a spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration reform.
I think they saw an opportunity at the end of 2023 and thought, “Oh, hey, you know, regardless of what we do in the elections, maybe we can tie the next administration’s hands with these dumb Republicans in the Senate.”“That’s an internal battle that the Democrats are going to have to fight out amongst themselves,” Mehlman said, adding: “The issue for the country is how do we undo the damage that has been done over the past four years and prevent it from happening again.
Mayorkas did not say he used his migrant welcome to jam the GOP into signing the Senate bill — even as he repeatedly portrayed his migration bill as the fix for his easy migration policy. But his bill would have allowed Mayorkas to claim tightened border security while also massively accelerating the inflow of newly llegal migrants for many years.
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