A House hearing is scheduled for Wednesday, January 10 to evaluate what Republicans call Mayorkas’ “failed leadership” and his refusal to enforce federal immigration laws.
In 2023, the third year of President Biden’s term, a whopping 2.4 million illegal immigrants were recorded crossing the U.S.-Mexico border according to data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
Mayorkas, meanwhile, sat in front of lawmakers in May 2021 and testified the “border is secure” even though it was obviously not. Just months earlier, President Biden had bragged about reversing several Trump immigration policies, including border wall construction, during his first week in office.
Schumer gave the plan away
Republicans and conservatives suspect the Biden administration is welcoming - if not orchestrating - the flow of tens of millions of foreigners into the country to give amnesty to future Democrat voters. Democrats often refer to amnesty as “comprehensive immigration reform” to supposedly fix the immigration system that is being overwhelmed and abused.
Sen. Chuck Schumer openly admitted their scheme in 2022 at a Capitol Hill press conference.
“The only way we’re going to have a great future in America is if we welcome and embrace immigrants, the Dreamers, all of them,” he said as fellow lawmakers applauded. “Cause our ultimate goal is to help the Dreamers but get a path to citizenship for all 11 million, or however many undocumented [people], there are here.”
Last month, Schumer and other Democrat lawmakers introduced amnesty bills in the Senate and House, linking amnesty for some illegals with GOP plans to crack down on the permissive asylum process.
"We cannot truly secure our border and help American communities without increasing lawful pathways for migration and legalizing long-time undocumented immigrants who put food on our tables, care for our elderly, and form the fabric of our communities," Senate Democrats, in a statement, said just last month.
Only 142,000 deported in 2023
Last week, Mayorkas was asked by Fox News if it is true 70% of illegal aliens are being released into the country. Without stating if that figure is true, Mayorkas said a “record number” were removed from the U.S. during the 2023 fiscal year.
According to its 2023 report, however, Border Patrol said only 142,000 non-citizens were deported from the U.S. last year after 2.4 million were encountered.
In a separate appearance on Fox News, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La) said nobody is being fooled anymore when the Biden administration claims it wants to stop the record flow of illegal immigration.
“No one thinks the Biden administration wants to secure the southern border,” Cassidy said.
The senator pointed out the Biden administration is helping the State of California give free health care to illegal aliens while it is suing the State of Texas from arresting illegals who set foot in the state.
“That tells you everything you need to know,” Cassidy summarized.
In a separate legal fight, the Biden administration is also fighting the State of Texas after Texas officials laid razor wire along the border to deter illegal aliens from entering. Border Patrol agents are helping them cross through it anyway, however, and the Biden administration is suing to have it removed.
With GOP lawmakers moving toward impeachment in recent weeks, Mayorkas has recently shifted blame to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and to “climate change” for the record numbers at the border. Abbott is to blame for failing to “cooperate,” Mayorkas said, and climate change is the reason people are leaving their homes in record numbers to travel to the U.S.
