{"id":1456167,"date":"2022-04-28T07:14:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T11:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1456167"},"modified":"2022-04-28T07:14:51","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T11:14:51","slug":"dhss-mayorkas-defends-disastrous-handling-of-southern-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhss-mayorkas-defends-disastrous-handling-of-southern-border\/","title":{"rendered":"DHS\u2019s Mayorkas Defends Disastrous Handling of Southern Border"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Fdhss-mayorkas-defends-disastrous-handling-of-southern-border%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=1456167&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--><div><\/div>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>In a House Appropriations DHS Subcommittee meeting on Wednesday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-biden-administration-creates-disinformation-governance-board-under-dhs-to-fight-misinformation\/\">Alejandro Mayorkas<\/a> was heard defending his department\u2019s handling of the immigration boom the southern border experienced last year, and said that they expect those number to increase this year.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>The comments came during the subcommittee\u2019s hearing on the department\u2019s 2023 fiscal year budget request.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\"><\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;We inherited a broken and dismantled system that is already under strain. It is not built to manage the current levels and types of migratory flows. Only Congress can fix this,&#8221; Mayorkas said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;Yet, we have effectively managed an unprecedented number of non citizens seeking to enter the United States, and interdicted more drugs and disrupted more smuggling operations than ever before,&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Mayorkas said that a &#8220;significant increase&#8221; in migration would strain the system further, but that &#8220;we will address this challenge successfully.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;But it will take time, and we need the partnership of Congress, state and local officials, NGOs and communities to do so,&#8221; Mayorkas said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>In regards to the budget, Mayorkas said that the department has requested funding to hire 300 new border patrol agents, an increase he said hasn\u2019t occurred since 2011.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>He also requested funding to &#8220;counter human and drug smuggling operations, combat the heinous crime of child exploitation and human trafficking, and stop goods produced by forced labor from entering our markets.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sec. of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas says once Title 42 is lifted &#8220;we expect migration levels to increase.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M80pprpWRs\">pic.twitter.com\/M80pprpWRs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPostMillennial\/status\/1519331702019170306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>In regards to news that Title 42 was set to be lifted in May, Mayorkas said, &#8220;we expect migration levels to increase as smugglers seek to take advantage of and profit from vulnerable migrants. We will continue to enforce our immigration laws.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>A boom in southern border migration was expected after the Biden administration announced the end of <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/biden-will-adhere-to-court-order-keeping-title-42-border-measure-in-place\">Title 42 expulsions<\/a>, which was enacted at the beginning of the pandemic\u2019s public health emergency. That action has now been <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-biden-admin-temporarily-blocked-from-lifting-title-42\/\">halted<\/a> by a Louisiana judge, with lawmakers saying that the administration\u2019s plans to tackle the expected wave of migrations in the wake of Title 42 was inadequate.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;We started our planning last September and we are leading the execution of a whole of government strategy, which stands on six pillars to prepare for and manage the rise in non citizen encounters,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>These six pillars include: surging resources to the border, &#8220;including personnel transportation, medical support, and facilities,&#8221; increasing screening efficiency without compromising integrity, &#8220;administer consequences for unlawful entry,&#8221; coordinate with NGOs and local partners, target and disrupt transnational criminal organizations, and deter irregular immigration south of the border in partnership with other agencies and nations.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sec. of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas says it&#8217;s very important that everyone understands that &#8220;an increase of migratory flows is not something unique to the United States.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g65QyUrPW0\">pic.twitter.com\/g65QyUrPW0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPostMillennial\/status\/1519332969810333696?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Later in the hearing, Mayorkas said that the increase in migration flow &#8220;is not something unique to the United States.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;This is something that countries throughout the region, throughout the Western Hemisphere, and as we have seen so powerfully and regrettably seen throughout the world,&#8221; he said on migration increases.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Mayorkas noted the increase in Ukrainians fleeing their home country due to the Russian invasion, Venezuelans migrating to Colombia, as well as other Central American countries.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>&#8220;These challenges are brought about and made more acute by the COVID-19 pandemic. But some of the causes of irregular migration have only been heightened in years of distress preceding this administration. Economic downturn, an increase in violence, the significant impacts of climate change. These are the forces that drive people to leave their homes that they have established and in which they have grown up for years,&#8221; said Mayorkas.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-embed-card\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sec. of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas says the cost of &#8220;discontinuing&#8221; the wall projects is &#8220;approximately $72 million.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wBGYI1i3d2\">pic.twitter.com\/wBGYI1i3d2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPostMillennial\/status\/1519337621658472449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 27, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<\/section>\n<section data-v-f313b7e6=\"\">\n<p>Mayorkas also noted in the hearing that the cost of discontinuing the southern border wall project, which was spearheaded by the Trump administration, cost around $72 million to discontinue under the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a House Appropriations DHS Subcommittee meeting on Wednesday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was heard defending his department\u2019s handling of the immigration boom the southern border<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":498,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1456167","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\/1456167","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\/498"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1456167"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1456167\/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=1456167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1456167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1456167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}