VIDEO DHS Secretary Mayorkas claims to know the data of migrants released into US

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House Republicans are threatening to impeach Mayorkas over his handling of the border crisis.

Mayorkas is under threat of impeachment from House Republicans, who are accusing the Biden administration official of dereliction of duty in response to the ongoing migrant crisis.

The GOP-led House Committee on Homeland Security announced plans Wednesday to hold a hearing Jan. 10 to evaluate Mayorkas’ “failed leadership and his refusal to enforce” immigration law.

Mayorkas vowed not to resign if impeached.

“I lead 260 incredibly dedicated and talented men and women of the Department of Homeland Security. I will continue to lead them in advancing the mission of protecting the American people,” he told Baier.

When asked if he would be willing to accept increased congressional funding for border security on the condition that it be used only for the detention and removal of migrants, Mayorkas signaled that he wouldn’t.

“The funds are needed to provide the Department of Homeland Security with more Border Patrol agents. The funds are needed to provide the Department of Homeland Security with more technology. The funds are needed to provide our department with more detention space – to provide the Department of Justice with more immigration judges so justice can be administered more swiftly,” he argued.

Mayorkas also refused to take any blame for the historic number of migrants entering the US illegally, instead blaming “authoritarian regimes” and “extreme weather events.”

“This is something that is not specific to the United States’ southern border,” he said. “This is something that we are seeing throughout the hemisphere and throughout the world. We have an increase in authoritarian regimes. We have more extreme weather events that are driving people from their homes. We have poverty, and America is proving to be prosperous.”

During fiscal year 2023, which ended Sept. 30, more than 2.47 million encounters with migrants were reported along the US-Mexico border, according to data from US Customs and Border Protection.

Only about 142,000 noncitizens were deported to more than 180 countries worldwide during the same time period, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s annual report.

Source: NYPost