{"id":1244188,"date":"2022-01-26T16:53:20","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T21:53:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1244188"},"modified":"2022-01-26T17:29:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T22:29:28","slug":"leaked-audio-bidens-dhs-secretary-admits-border-is-worse-now-than-in-at-least-20-years-if-not-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/leaked-audio-bidens-dhs-secretary-admits-border-is-worse-now-than-in-at-least-20-years-if-not-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaked Audio: Biden\u2019s DHS Secretary Admits Border Is \u2018Worse Now\u2019 Than \u2018In At Least 20 Years, If Not Ever\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fleaked-audio-bidens-dhs-secretary-admits-border-is-worse-now-than-in-at-least-20-years-if-not-ever%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1244188&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas had a contentious meeting with border patrol agents, according to leaked audio.<\/p>\n<p>President Joe Biden has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/disaster-bidens-december-illegal-border-crossing-numbers-worse-than-3-previous-years-combined\">overseen<\/a> the largest influx of migrants from the southern border in decades, with 178,840 illegal crossings occurring in December 2021 alone \u2014 a level higher than the December totals from 2020, 2019, and 2018 combined.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, Mayorkas was forced to acknowledge before Yuma Sector agents that the border is \u201cworse now than it, frankly, has been in at least 20 years, if not ever,\u201d according to meeting audio obtained by <a href=\"https:\/\/townhall.com\/tipsheet\/juliorosas\/2022\/01\/26\/audio-recording-of-dhs-sec-mayorkas-disastrous-tense-with-yuma-border-patrol-agen-n2602386\">Townhall<\/a> reporter Julio Rosas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe job has not gotten any easier over the last few months and it was very, very difficult throughout 2021,\u201d Mayorkas said. \u201cI know apprehending families and kids is not what you signed up to do. And now we got a composition that is changing even more with Cubans, Venezuelans, Nicaraguans, and the like, it just gets more difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know the policies of this administration are not particularly popular with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, but that\u2019s the reality and let\u2019s see what we can do within that framework,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>According to Rosas, one agent ended up turning his back on Mayorkas:<\/p>\n<p>An agent pressed Mayorkas on how DHS can reconcile saying border security is the main mission for Border Patrol, yet agents are unable to patrol the border due to the policies the Biden administration has in place. Border Patrol agents are being utilized to process the thousands of illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas said he appreciated \u201cthe candor\u201d and explained he is working to ensure agents have the personnel, funding, and equipment they need to do their job. The agent replied they have been hearing that answer for years. According to sources present at the meeting and the audio recording, the agent who asked the question then turned his back on Mayorkas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet me just say, you can turn your back on me but I won\u2019t turn my back on you,\u201d Mayorkas responded \u2014 at which point the agent said Mayorkas turned his back on the agents first.<\/p>\n<p>Another agent noted that it has been \u201cdemoralizing\u201d to see politicians \u201cdemonize\u201d agents; Mayorkas reportedly responded that he understood the feeling of being demonized, as he and his family have experienced threats.<\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas also conceded that the border crisis is still not under control. \u201cThe numbers are not where they need to be. I agree with that,\u201d Mayorkas admitted, adding later in the meeting that \u201cit\u2019s worse now than it, frankly, has been in at least 20 years, if not ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Rosas, meeting attendees said that Mayorkas was visibly upset.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the national security concerns raised by high levels of illegal immigration, President Biden has also overseen a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/more-fentanyl-seized-at-u-s-borders-than-heroin-for-first-time-in-u-s-history\">surge<\/a> in fentanyl imports. Between October 1, 2020, and September 30, 2021, the amount of fentanyl intercepted by federal law enforcement has increased to 11,201 pounds, up from 4,791 pounds the previous fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2021, a United States Drug Enforcement Administration investigation showed a \u201cdirect link between fentanyl-related overdose deaths and criminal drug networks in Mexico.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMexican criminal drug networks are harnessing the perfect drug trafficking tool: social media applications that are available on every smartphone,\u201d DEA Administrator Anne Milgram said. \u201cThey are using these platforms to flood our country with fentanyl. The ease with which drug dealers can operate on social media and other popular smartphone apps is fueling our Nation\u2019s unprecedented overdose epidemic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas had a contentious meeting with border patrol agents, according to leaked audio. President Joe Biden has overseen the largest influx of migrants from the southern border in decades, with 178,840 illegal crossings occurring in December 2021 alone \u2014 a level higher than the December totals from 2020, 2019, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1244188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1244188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1244188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1244188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1244188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1244188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}