{"id":1983750,"date":"2023-07-26T22:05:07","date_gmt":"2023-07-27T02:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayorkas-dismantled-by-republicans-at-house-hearing-this-makes-your-actions-criminal\/"},"modified":"2023-07-26T22:08:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-27T02:08:15","slug":"mayorkas-dismantled-by-republicans-at-house-hearing-this-makes-your-actions-criminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayorkas-dismantled-by-republicans-at-house-hearing-this-makes-your-actions-criminal\/","title":{"rendered":"Republicans at the House hearing criticized Mayorkas, accusing him of criminal actions."},"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\">24<\/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-dismantled-by-republicans-at-house-hearing-this-makes-your-actions-criminal%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=1983750&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>Mayorkas Dismantled by Republicans at House Hearing: &#8216;This Makes Your Actions Criminal&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p>Homeland \u2064Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas faced a barrage of criticism Wednesday from House\u200b Republicans\u2063 who, in recent months, have floated impeaching him over his dereliction of duty in \u200csecuring the southern border.<\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas\u2019 appearance before the House Judiciary Committee comes as \u200cthe Biden administration\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/libs-angry-gov-abbott-takes-matters-hands-new-tool-fight-illegal-immigration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">immigration<\/a> policies are \u200bfacing legal attacks from across the political spectrum.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI know that today Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-elites-tell-mayorkas-wonderful-job-40-illegals-paroled-dhs-vanish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mayorkas<\/a> is \u200dgoing to try\u2062 to paint \u200ba rosy picture of this disastrous \u2064mismanagement of our border,\u201d Ohio Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jim-jordan-exposes-evil-tactics-irs-agent-used-american-taxpayer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jim Jordan,<\/a> the Republican chair of the Judiciary Committee, \u200bsaid \u200cin his opening statement. \u201cBut the\u2064 numbers don\u2019t \u200clie.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Jordan and other Republicans attributed the sudden\u2062 falloff\u2062 in migrant crossing to a\u2062 new Biden administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/federal-judge-blocks-bidens-new-border-policy-challenge-aclu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">asylum policy<\/a> that allows migrants to use a Customs and Border Patrol app when seeking asylum. The new technology is attempting to streamline the asylum process by\u2064 allowing more people \u2014 on average 1,400\u200d a day \u2014 to get an appointment \u2063through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bidens-controversial-asylum-seeker-mobile-app-abruptly-halted-officials-maintain-steady-flow-illegals\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a> before appearing at a\u200b U.S. port of entry with an asylum claim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s \u2063why the numbers are dropping,\u201d Republican Rep. Tom \u2063McClintock of California said.<\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas pushed \u2062back\u200d on the GOP line of questioning and defended his department, which employs more than 260,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur approach to managing the borders securely and \u2064humanely \u2014 even within our fundamentally broken \u2062immigration system \u2014 is\u200c working,\u201d Mayorkas said.<\/p>\n<p>The secretary said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-recruiting-gop-senators-for-amnesty-deal\/\" title=\"Democrats Recruiting GOP Senators for Amnesty Deal\">illegal border crossings<\/a> have been falling since the \u200bpeak that came before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/biden-haunted-words-minors-death-announced-hours-title-42-ends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Title 42<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayorkas-dismantled-by-republicans-at-house-hearing-this-makes-your-actions-criminal\/\" title=\"Republicans at the House hearing criticized Mayorkas, accusing him of criminal actions.\">public health law allowing\u200c curbs<\/a> on migration in the name of protecting public \u2063health.\u200c The policy \u200dwas instituted under \u200dformer President Donald Trump in March 2020 \u200das part of an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The Biden administration ended Title 42 in May.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, total encounters along \u200cthe southern\u200b border \u2014 meaning migrants who either came to one\u200d of the ports of entry or tried\u2063 to cross between them \u2014 were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/national-media-release\/cbp-releases-june-2023-monthly-update\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">down 30 percent in June compared with the previous month<\/a>. \u200cDHS said\u2062 it \u200bwas the lowest \u2063monthly total since February 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration has\u2062 said the\u200d asylum rule was a \u2063key\u2062 part\u200d of its \u2063strategy to strike a balance between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dea-official-mexican-cartels-smuggling-fentanyl-across-border-with-impunity\/\" title=\"DEA Official: Mexican Cartels Smuggling Fentanyl Across Border With Impunity\">strict border enforcement<\/a>\u200c and ensuring several avenues for migrants to pursue valid \u2064asylum claims.<\/p>\n<p>And the \u2063secretary implored Congress on Wednesday to join his department and work as \u201cpartners\u201d in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-intel-warns-china-is-advancing-military-power-sharing-propaganda\/\" title=\"U.S. Intel warns China is advancing military power, sharing propaganda\">creating long-term<\/a>, \u200dsustainable\u2064 solutions to what both sides agree is a flawed\u200b immigration system.<\/p>\n<p>But Republicans zeroed in on the influx of fentanyl into the country, blaming Mayorkas for the number of overdoses that have \u2064happened across American communities\u2063 in the past several years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/authorities-raid-pharmacies-popular-tourist-destination-americans-buying-fentanyl-laced-meds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fentanyl<\/a> \u200c killing thousands of Americans every year is a direct result\u200c of your dereliction,\u201d GOP Rep. Ken \u2063Buck of Colorado said. \u201cWhen\u2064 people die of fentanyl poisoning, it \u2062is your fault.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The agency, Mayorkas responded, \u200bhas stopped nearly 10,000\u2063 pounds of fentanyl from \u2064entering \u2064the country last year, leading to more than \u200c280 arrests.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats pressed \u200bMayorkas on \u200bhow fentanyl is getting into the U.S. and spreading\u2064 across the country. He said much of \u200cthe smuggling is done by \u200bAmericans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe the data suggests that approximately 70 percent of the people who\u200c are\u2063 arrested are U.S. \u200ccitizens,\u201d Mayorkas testified.<\/p>\n<p>But Republicans insisted Mayorkas \u2063is broadly responsible for deaths from fentanyl, despite those factors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my mind, this makes your actions criminal,\u201d Republican Rep. Jeff Van Drew\u200c of New Jersey said. \u201cSecretary Mayorkas you must resign. Will \u2063you resign?\u201d\u200b Mayorkas said he would not.<\/p>\n<p>Van Drew replied that it \u201cleaves\u2062 us with no other option: You should be impeached.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Republicans proposed impeaching Mayorkas well before they won the \u2063House majority last November. This year, Jordan and the GOP chairman of the \u2062Homeland Security Committee, Rep. Mark\u2064 Green of Tennessee, have been conducting a multi-step investigation into the situation at the southern border.<\/p>\n<h3>The\u2064 Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press \u2063story and may have \u200daltered it \u2062prior to \u2064publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/h3>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-mayorkas-dismantled-republicans-house-hearing-makes-actions-criminal\/\">Mayorkas \u200bDismantled by Republicans at House Hearing: &#8216;This Makes Your Actions Criminal&#8217;<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The\u2062 Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas faced intense criticism from House Republicans over his alleged negligence in securing the southern border. 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