Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas claimed President Biden “knows the border very well” and refused to call the influx of illegal migrants a 'crisis.'
Mayorkas distanced himself from Trump later in the interview, stating that his border plan did not bear"any resemblance" to Trump’s border policies. "Fundamentally, we are dealing with a broken immigration system. Everyone understands it to be so," Mayorkas said."We need Congress to act."
The secretary of Homeland Security also had to respond directly to statements he made in September to CNN anchor Jake Tapper, when he said that asylum seekers were"most certainly" welcome to the United States. More recently, the Department of Homeland Security issued"new border enforcement measures" on Friday in preparation for the end of Title 42.
While the Jan. 5 press statement also did not use the word"crisis" to describe the border, DHS did concede that there was an"unprecedented surge in migration across the hemisphere." Jeffrey Clark is an associate editor for Fox News Digital. He has previously served as a speechwriter for a cabinet secretary and a Fulbright teacher in South Korea. Jeffrey graduated from the University of Iowa in 2019 with a degree in English and History.
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