Division of Homeland Safety Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas struggled throughout an interview over the weekend when pressed in regards to the Biden administration’s repeated failures to safe the US-Mexico border.
Mayorkas was pressed arduous for his failure throughout an interview Sunday with Martha Raddatz on ABC Information’ “This Week” when Biden talked in regards to the border disaster.
Raddatz requested him about Biden’s government orders from final week that critics and specialists have broadly panned as “weak,” which comes after Biden beforehand claimed he couldn’t use government orders to repair the issue.
“It has been occurring for 5 days now. What has been the impression?” Radatz requested. “What number of migrants have been turned away at these ports of entry?”
Mayorkas declined to reply questions and mentioned they had been within the “very early phases” of implementing the manager order.
WATCH: ABC This Week: Biden’s government order on the border has been in place for nearly every week. Is there any impact?
BIDEN DHS SEC MALLORCAS: FILIBUSTERS, FINALLY IT’S A NO.
pic.twitter.com/hiAPHPPblF— Steve Visitor (@SteveGuest) June 9, 2024
Raddatz later confirmed Mayorkas a clip of an interview he did with him in March 2021 through which Mayorkas mentioned on the time: “We have seen a variety of transfers previously. We all know easy methods to take care of it. Now we have a plan. We’re implementing our plan and we are going to succeed. That is what we’re doing. However one factor is obvious that it takes time. It is arduous, however we are able to do it. That is what we do and we are going to accomplish our mission.”
Raddatz then famous that hundreds of thousands of unlawful aliens have flooded into the USA beneath Biden and that little has modified previously three years.
“It could be very arduous to name it a hit,” he mentioned.
ABC with a uncommon actuality verify for Alejandro Mayorkas after enjoying a clip from 2021: “That was three years in the past, with 6.5 million migrants apprehended on the southern border since then, it will be very arduous to name it a hit.”
pic.twitter.com/zpqMrAq2AF— Steve Visitor (@SteveGuest) June 9, 2024
