{"id":1983617,"date":"2023-07-26T19:48:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T23:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayorkas-says-border-is-not-open-after-record-number-of-illegal-crossings-under-biden\/"},"modified":"2023-07-26T19:49:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-26T23:49:13","slug":"mayorkas-says-border-is-not-open-after-record-number-of-illegal-crossings-under-biden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayorkas-says-border-is-not-open-after-record-number-of-illegal-crossings-under-biden\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayorkas denies open border despite record illegal crossings under Biden."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fmayorkas-says-border-is-not-open-after-record-number-of-illegal-crossings-under-biden%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=1983617&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--><h2>Homeland \u2064Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Denies Border is Open<\/h2>\n<p>In a recent appearance before the House Judiciary Committee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/alejandro-mayorkas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas<\/a> defended \u200bthe Biden administration&#8217;s \u2064policies regarding the surge of illegal crossings at the border.\u2063 Despite \u200bthe record numbers of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mexico-plans-massive-crackdown-on-illegal-immigration-after-crisis-erupts-under-biden\/\" title=\"Mexico Plans Massive \u2018Crackdown\u2019 On Illegal Immigration After Crisis Erupts Under Biden\">illegal immigrants entering<\/a> the U.S. since \u200bPresident Joe Biden\u200c took \u200coffice, Mayorkas insisted\u200d that the border \u200bwas &#8220;not&#8221; open.<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, Mayorkas faced tough questions from \u200dRepublicans \u2064about the \u2064state of the border.\u2062 The estimated number \u200cof illegal crossings has exceeded 5 million, raising concerns about \u2064the effectiveness of the administration&#8217;s approach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our approach to managing the\u200b border\u200c securely and humanely, even within our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayorkas-says-border-is-not-open-after-record-number-of-illegal-crossings-under-biden\/\" title=\"Mayorkas denies open border despite record illegal crossings under Biden.\">fundamentally broken immigration system<\/a>, is working,&#8221; Mayorkas said. He highlighted a decrease in unlawful entries between \u2064ports of entry along the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-ends-remain-in-mexico-policy-allows-asylum-seekers-into-us\/\" title=\"Biden Ends \u2018Remain in Mexico\u2019 Policy, Allows Asylum Seekers Into US\">southwest border<\/a>, \u200dattributing it \u2064to the implementation of Title 42.<\/p>\n<p>However, when asked directly\u2064 by Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) if the border was open, Mayorkas responded with a firm &#8220;It is not.&#8221; This statement was met with disagreement from House Republicans.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;Is the border open, Mr. \u2063Secretary?&#8221; &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepJerryNadler?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepJerryNadler<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No, it is not.&#8221; -Secretary Mayorkas<\/p>\n<p>The MILLIONS of illegal aliens who have crossed our southern border would disagree!<\/p>\n<p>So would Border Patrol agents, border states, border\u200b towns.. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/M44vbjVH4w\">pic.twitter.com\/M44vbjVH4w<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 House Judiciary GOP \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@JudiciaryGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JudiciaryGOP\/status\/1684210410944098306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 26, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Lawmakers also questioned Mayorkas about \u200bthe number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cotton-bidens-border-crisis-is-a-superspreader-event\/\" title=\"Cotton: \u2018Biden\u2019s Border Crisis Is A Superspreader Event\u2019\">illegal immigrants released<\/a> into the U.S. \u2064and whether there would be a\u2063 limit on such releases. Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) pointed out that the number of releases already exceeded 2.1 million, equivalent to the population of Nebraska.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) criticized what he called the &#8220;Mayorkas doctrine,&#8221; highlighting the significant drop in deportations under the Biden administration. According \u2063to Gaetz, individuals who enter \u2064the country and do not commit specific aggravated felonies are allowed to \u2064stay indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p>Data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection reveals that \u2063there have been 1,789,605 southwest land border encounters in the fiscal \u2064year 2023. These numbers paint\u200d a different picture than the one Secretary Mayorkas attempted to portray during the hearing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I \u2062know that today\u2062 Secretary Mayorkas is going to try to paint a rosy picture of \u200dthis disastrous mismanagement of our border,&#8221; said House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH). \u200c&#8221;But the numbers don&#8217;t lie.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1690455510071000&#038;usg=AOvVaw0zc8zwWGoXeRzcNJLiJVWI\">CLICK HERE TO\u2062 GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified before the House Judiciary Committee, asserting that the border was &#8220;not&#8221; open. 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