Published January 4, 2024
On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Special Report,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas responded to a question on how many of the 300,000 people encountered at the border were released by stating that “we are limited in our detention capacity by the funding that Congress provides to us.” But he wouldn’t be surprised if the percentage released is north of 70%, but “when individuals are released, they are released into immigration enforcement proceedings. They are on alternatives to detention.”
Host Bret Baier asked, “Obviously, President Biden has just completed his third year in office. How many illegal immigrants has DHS released into the country from the border in that time?”
Mayorkas responded, “Bret, let me correct a misunderstanding. When somebody enters the country, we place them in immigration enforcement proceedings pursuant to immigration law. And if their claim for relief, their claim to remain in the United States succeeds, then, by law, they are able to stay here. And if it doesn’t succeed, we remove them.”
Baier then asked, “Just ballpark it, is it more than 500,000? More than 1 million? 2 million?”
Mayorkas answered, “Bret, it’s more than — it’s well more than a million per year, and it is precisely why we have said, since day one of this administration, that the immigration system that is so fundamentally broken needs to be fixed.”
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SOURCE: www. breitbart.com
RELATED: DHS Secretary Mayorkas won’t disclose number of migrants released into US but claims to ‘know the data’
Published January 4, 2024
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Thursday refused to say exactly how many migrants apprehended crossing the US-Mexico border between ports of entry have been released into the country under the Biden administration.
Mayorkas, however, claimed to “know the data” during an interview with Fox News “Special Report” host Bret Baier, and he said the figure is “well more than a million [migrants] per year” but didn’t offer a specific number.
“Customs and Border Protection sources say that currently, they are releasing more than 70% of the migrants crossing every day and sometimes more than that number. Would that surprise you?” Baier asked the DHS chief.
“It would not. It would not surprise me at all,” Mayorkas responded.
“I know the data. And I will tell you that when individuals are released they are released into immigration enforcement proceedings,” he added, claiming that a “record number” of migrants were “returned or removed” last year.
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SOURCE: www.nypost.com
RELATED: Alejandro Mayorkas Claims Biden Admin Has Removed ‘Record Number’ Of Illegal Immigrants — But There’s A Problem
Published January 4, 2024
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said Thursday that a “record number” of illegal immigrants have been deported from the U.S. under the Biden administration.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) carried out just 142,580 deportations in fiscal year 2023, while Border Patrol recorded more than 2 million illegal southern border crossings, according to agency data. The House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing Jan. 10 titled “Havoc in the Heartland: How Secretary Mayorkas’ Failed Leadership Has Impacted the States.”
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said Thursday that a “record number” of illegal immigrants have been deported from the U.S. under the Biden administration.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) carried out just 142,580 deportations in fiscal year 2023, while Border Patrol recorded more than 2 million illegal southern border crossings, according to agency data. The House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing Jan. 10 titled “Havoc in the Heartland: How Secretary Mayorkas’ Failed Leadership Has Impacted the States.”
Almost 380,000 illegal immigrants have been encountered at the U.S.-Mexico border during fiscal year 2024, which started Oct. 1, according to data released by United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP), following 2,045,838 encounters in fiscal year 2023, 2,206,436 in fiscal year 2022 and 1,659,206 in fiscal year 2021.
Of those deported by ICE in fiscal year 2023, 69,902 had charges or previous convictions for criminal activity, while another 139 were known or suspected terrorists, data shows.
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SOURCE: www.dailycaller.com
