{"id":238886,"date":"2021-03-17T14:30:53","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T18:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=238886"},"modified":"2021-03-17T14:30:59","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T18:30:59","slug":"dhs-secy-mayorkas-testifies-before-house-committee-on-growing-border-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dhs-secy-mayorkas-testifies-before-house-committee-on-growing-border-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"DHS Secy. Mayorkas testifies before House Committee on growing border crisis"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fdhs-secy-mayorkas-testifies-before-house-committee-on-growing-border-crisis%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=238886&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 id=\"attachment_2387776\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2387776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2013 In this Monday, March 1, 2021 file photo, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 11:26 AM PT \u2013 Wednesday, March 17, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was recently grilled over the ongoing crisis at the southern border. While testifying before the House Homeland Security Committee Wednesday, he said the department has continued to enforce immigration laws while \u201crestoring fairness and efficiency.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here is DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas 10 page opening testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6WsJyZLfC6\">https:\/\/t.co\/6WsJyZLfC6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Stephanie Myers (@_StephanieMyers) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_StephanieMyers\/status\/1372190271870361601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This comes as the Biden administration has remained under fire for undoing President Trump\u2019s immigration policies and putting the U.S. on pace for the highest number of apprehensions at the border in two decades.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m deeply concerned that this administration has created a border crisis through predictably misguided policies and executive orders, denied the reality of the situation and dodged accountability,\u201d stated Rep. John Katko (R-N.Y.), ranking member of the committee. \u201cAt the same time that American schools remain closed across the country, the United States border is open to foreign nationals.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There is understandably a great deal of attention currently focused on the southwest border. I want to share the facts, the work that <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DHSgov?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DHSgov<\/a> and our partners are doing, and our plan of action going forward: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/sfa5nIGrP3\">https:\/\/t.co\/sfa5nIGrP3<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas (@SecMayorkas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SecMayorkas\/status\/1371804680242757634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 16, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAfter taking office, President Biden wasted no time,\u201d Katko continued. \u201cIn fact, one of his first acts was to pull out of his pen and unravel our border security and immigration enforcement posture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite the Biden administration\u2019s claims of \u201cfairness,\u201d over 4,000 migrant children were reportedly in Border Patrol custody over the weekend with a majority remaining in detention over the 72-hour limit.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/biden-democrats-eye-permanent-expansion-of-welfare-state\/\"> Biden, Democrats eye permanent expansion of welfare state<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE \u2013 In this Monday, March 1, 2021 file photo, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington. 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