Hearing that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has lied is nothing new but lawmakers are finally fed up with him. Mayorkas told his biggest lie yet at the Aspen Institute’s Aspen Security Forum, Tuesday and now they’re calling for him to resign or be impeached.
The Aspen event host asked Mayorka if the borders were secure and ‘safe’. His response set everyone with half a brain on fire.
“The border is secure. We are working to make the border more secure. That has been a historic challenge. I have said to a number of legislators who have expressed to me that we need to address the challenge at the border before they pass legislation and I take issue with the math of holding the solution hostage until the problem is resolved,” Mayorkas said.
The southern border has seen record numbers of migrants crossing into the country illegally. The number of migrants encountered in the fiscal year 2022 has already surpassed the 1,734,686 encountered in the fiscal year 2021, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection statistics.
“There is work to be done. Safe and secure are two different words. There are smugglers that operate on the Mexican side of the border and placing one’s life in their hands is not safe,” he added.
Several Republican lawmakers and former federal officials have said Mayorkas is peddling a lie as the border experiences large influxes of illegal migrants.
“This is one of the biggest lies of the Biden Administration,” Republican California Rep. Darrell Issa wrote on Twitter Wednesday.
“Secretary Mayorkas had the nerve to claim the border ‘is secure’ last night, while last month saw a historic 207,416 migrant encounters and 6 individuals on the terrorist watchlist,” Tennessee Sen. Marsha Blackburn said Wednesday.
Republican New York Rep. Claudia Tenney went so far as calling for Mayorkas to “resign or be impeached.”
Secretary Mayorkas really thinks the Southern Border is secure.
It’s past time for him to resign or be impeached.
— Rep. Claudia Tenney (@RepTenney) July 21, 2022
Co-chair of the House Border Security Caucus Brian Babin pledged to hold Mayorkas accountable for his “lies, obfuscation and deceit” when Republicans take back the majority in Congress.
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On Thursday's "Wake Up America," @RepBrianBabin blasts United States Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas for saying 'the border is secure.'
"We've had just about enough of Alejandro Mayorkas' lies, obfuscation, and deceit." pic.twitter.com/SAICMWESoj
— Newsmax (@newsmax) July 21, 2022
Will they actually get off of their hands and act? That’s another topic for discussion but Mayorkas has worn the majority of lawmakers’ and voters’ patience thin with his lies. To the point that I don’t think Reps will be able to continue to give him a pass and still think they’ll keep their seats.