{"id":795993,"date":"2021-09-20T19:29:19","date_gmt":"2021-09-20T23:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=795993"},"modified":"2021-09-20T19:29:24","modified_gmt":"2021-09-20T23:29:24","slug":"mayorkas-claims-u-s-borders-not-open-after-thousands-flood-del-rio-historic-border-crisis-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mayorkas-claims-u-s-borders-not-open-after-thousands-flood-del-rio-historic-border-crisis-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayorkas Claims U.S. Borders \u2018Not Open\u2019 After Thousands Flood Del Rio, Historic Border Crisis Continues"},"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\">30<\/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-claims-u-s-borders-not-open-after-thousands-flood-del-rio-historic-border-crisis-continues%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=795993&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Mayorkas-scaled-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas claimed during a press conference on Monday in Del Rio, Texas, that the U.S. border is \u201cnot open\u201d despite thousands of illegal aliens pouring into the country largely unopposed for days.<\/p>\n<p>The press conference came after more than 15,000 illegal aliens flooded Del Rio over the course of roughly the last two weeks, causing a serious humanitarian and national security crisis on the border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very concerned that Haitians who are taking this irregular migration path are receiving false information that the border is open or that temporary protected status is available,\u201d Mayorkas claimed. \u201cI want to make sure that it is known that this is not the way to come to the United States. That is false information.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have reiterated that our borders are not open and people should not make the dangerous journey,\u201d Mayorkas later added. \u201cIndividuals and families are subject to border restrictions, including expulsion. Irregular migration poses a significant threat to the health and welfare of border communities and to the lives of the migrants themselves, and should not be attempted. If you come to the United States illegally, you will be returned. Your journey will not succeed, and you will be endangering your life and your family\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new crisis in Del Rio comes amid back-to-back months of Border Patrol recording well over 200,000 apprehensions of illegal aliens on the U.S. southern border. CNN&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/03\/31\/politics\/migrants-us-southern-border\/index.html\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;earlier this year that the U.S. was on track to make contact with a record 2 million illegal aliens on the southern border, a number greater than the populations of Alaska, Wyoming, and Vermont \u2014 combined.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpeaking to Border Patrol agents, the worst is yet to come; they\u2019re worried about what is behind here; they\u2019re worried about coordination with Mexico,\u201d Rep. August Pfluger (R-TX) told Fox News on Saturday. \u201cIt\u2019s worse than you could imagine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pfluger also expressed&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/u-s-lawmaker-on-del-rio-border-fiasco-worse-than-you-could-imagine-worst-is-yet-to-come\">concern<\/a> about the security situation on the border, telling the network that a majority of the roughly 15,000 illegal aliens were military-age males.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they decided to riot or&nbsp;if unrest happened, it would be a terrible situation,\u201d he said. \u201cIt is ripe. It is 100 degrees outside right now and you literally have 14,878 people here \u2014 this is how serious the situation is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The press conference comes as the administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-biden-to-dramatically-increase-refugee-admissions-despite-historic-border-crisis\">said<\/a> in a State Department press release that it was recommending \u201can increase in the refugee admissions target from 62,500 in Fiscal Year 2021 to 125,000 in Fiscal Year 2022 to address needs generated by humanitarian crises around the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA robust refugee admissions program is critical to U.S. foreign policy interests and national security objectives, and is a reflection of core American values,\u201d the administration claimed. \u201cThe United States has long been a global leader in refugee resettlement. The U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) reflects our tradition as a nation that has long welcomed immigrants and refugees.&nbsp; It is an important, enduring, and ongoing expression of our commitment to international humanitarian principles and reflects the best of America\u2019s values and compassion.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is the same administration that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/biden-dhs-chief-to-cubans-hoping-to-make-sea-voyage-to-u-s-you-will-not-enter-the-united-states\">told<\/a>&nbsp;Cubans who were hoping to make a sea voyage to the U.S. in an attempt to flee the oppressive communist regime, \u201cif you take to the Sea, you will not come to the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><i><span>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 <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas claimed during a press conference on Monday in Del Rio, Texas, that the U.S. border is \u201cnot open\u201d despite thousands of illegal &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-795993","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\/795993","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=795993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/795993\/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=795993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=795993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=795993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}