Mayorkas claims Republicans saying the border is 'open' is 'music to the smugglers' ears'
foxnews.comHomeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas waved away criticism from lawmakers calling for his impeachment on Friday, saying that his critics' rhetoric about the border being "open" was inspiring further illegal immigration.
A group of Republican lawmakers — led by Sen.Ted Cruz of Texas — demanded Mayorkas resign after Fox News reported he was alerted to an article stating that no Haitian migrants were "whipped" by Border Patrol agents on Sept.
19, 2021. "I’ve got a lot of work to do, and I intend to continue to do it.That’s my response," Mayorkas told the Dallas Morning News editorial board Friday.
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations I Subcommittee Homeland Security Committee in Washington, April 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) Mayorkas told the Dallas Morning News, "The political cry that the border is open is music to the smugglers’ ears, because they take that political rhetoric and they market it." Mayorkas came under even more intense scrutiny after emails obtained by the Heritage Foundation via FOIA filing showed the homeland security secretary was informed that reports of whipping at the border were likely inaccurate.
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