Alejandro Mayorkas on border: ‘We don’t bear responsibility for a broken system

[Valletta]

Mayorkas on Sunday acknowledged that the nation’s southern border constitutes a “crisis,” but he also called on Congress to pass legislation “to fix what everyone agrees is a broken immigration system."

'Baseless': Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas knocks Republican impeachment push

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday hit back at House Republicans as GOP lawmakers fight to impeach him.

www.yahoo.com

The Biden administration lied to us when they claimed the border was safe, closed, and secure. Now that they are caught in the big lie because of the busing and the major media being forced to cover the disaster, they claim no responsibility.

 

[Hazelelponi]

Why do they do that? Just double down on stupid after stupid already failed?

That's what I'm finding unfathomable.

We have a hope to rest in, we just have to continue doing what's right.

 

[Larniavc]

but he also called on Congress to pass legislation “to fix what everyone agrees is a broken immigration system."

Agreed. It’s a darn shame Trump killed the last piece of legislation aimed to do just that to further his own political career.

If Trump would have simply kept his face and head out of the situation Mr Mayorkas would have had his wish.

Who knows what hardship Mr Trump’s anti border security legislation sabotage Has inflicted on the American public.

If only Mr Trump had simply kept out of politics this would be a done deal and the border would be considerably more secure. But his political ambition is more important to him than the well being of Americans.

 

[Fantine]

As I have said, you can't blame someone for not winning a battle if you don't give him the tools to work with.

 

[wing2000]

....Republicans killd the border security measure in the Senate one week ago.
It contained 20 Billion dollars and changes to the asylum laws that would enable DHS to address the exploitation of those laws by the cartels and others.

Yet, the Op continues to blame Mayorkas....repeating verbatim the same empty talking points from a party that has no interest in solving the problem.

 

[wing2000]

Now that they are caught in the big lie because of the busing and the major media being forced to cover the disaster, they claim no responsibility.

Pure projection.

The republicans caught the bus....

 

[BPPLEE]

Mayorkas on Sunday acknowledged that the nation’s southern border constitutes a “crisis,” but he also called on Congress to pass legislation “to fix what everyone agrees is a broken immigration system."

'Baseless': Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas knocks Republican impeachment push

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday hit back at House Republicans as GOP lawmakers fight to impeach him.

www.yahoo.com

The Biden administration lied to us when they claimed the border was safe, closed, and secure. Now that they are caught in the big lie because of the busing and the major media being forced to cover the disaster, they claim no responsibility.

 

[durangodawood]

Why do they do that? Just double down on stupid after stupid already failed?

That's what I'm finding unfathomable.

We have a hope to rest in, we just have to continue doing what's right.

No president can do anything really different at the border. D or R, they are hemmed in by a network of existing law. Congress needs to fix that.

 

[Valletta]

I'm glad to see someone acting, the terrorists are here. It's a good thing to get civilians involved to anticipate a disaster situation. If we get with a cyber attack too we are in big trouble because so much is dependent on computers, gas and water included as he said.

 

[wing2000]

House Republicans...

"Around the same time, House Republicans released their report on impeachment charges against Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the Cuban-born homeland security secretary who is the first Latino to lead his department. Using unusually loaded language for a committee report, the panel described its action as “deporting Secretary Mayorkas from his position.”

In private, the language was uglier. During a closed-door meeting of House Republicans, Representative Mark E. Green, Republican of Tennessee and the panel’s chairman, referred to Mr. Mayorkas as a “reptile” because of his refusal to resign from his post, according to Politico. A White House official condemned the statement, noting that Mr. Mayorkas is Jewish and that the comment echoed an antisemitic trope."

On Capitol Hill, Republicans Use Bigoted Attacks Against Political Foes

House and Senate Republicans have denigrated fellow lawmakers, Biden administration officials and witnesses in racist ways, both in casual comments and in official settings.

www.nytimes.com

 

[Laodicean60]

How long has this immigration "can" been kicked down the road? Instead of living in the moment look back on history and do some critical thinking. I know for the last 20 years it's been a good political tool by the left and right.

 

[Hazelelponi]

No president can do anything really different at the border. D or R, they are hemmed in by a network of existing law. Congress needs to fix that.

Worked fine under T.

Don't know where you were.

The first action Biden took in office was stop using remain in Mexico.

From there, 61 executive actions later all contributed to deliberately weaken the border.

If B wants to secure the border all he has to do is reverse his own executive orders and secure away...

So, he's either forgotten what an executive order is, in which case I'm sure the Republicans will send someone right over to help with the reminder...

Or, he's trying to bend people over a barrel with smoke and mirrors that won't secure a thing.

The Senate has had an already passed house bill for 9 months now on immigration that does secure the border so if you want legislation there it is. Implore your elected officials to work with Republicans and start caring about the citizens.

 

[wing2000]

Worked fine under T.

No it didn't.
Border has not been "working fine" under Trump, Obama, Bush.....

It's quite the fantasy that a few executive orders will fix it.

 

[rambot]

Mayorkas on Sunday acknowledged that the nation’s southern border constitutes a “crisis,” but he also called on Congress to pass legislation “to fix what everyone agrees is a broken immigration system."

'Baseless': Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas knocks Republican impeachment push

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday hit back at House Republicans as GOP lawmakers fight to impeach him.

www.yahoo.com

The Biden administration lied to us when they claimed the border was safe, closed, and secure. Now that they are caught in the big lie because of the busing and the major media being forced to cover the disaster, they claim no responsibility.

I HATE when politicians don't take responsibility for things they have control over...and I don't like that Mayorkas said that.


Of course, this one is slightly closer to true given that legislation has been put forward to address the issue that was rebuffed and ignored.

 

[rambot]

Worked fine under T.

Funny. I JUST found this article...from CATO....
https://www.cato.org/blog/president...gration-he-did-not-reduce-illegal-immigration
Smart move by him really. The fewer LEGAL immigrants, the more ILLEGAL ones.

President Trump also entered the White House with the goal of eliminating illegal immigration but Trump oversaw a virtual collapse in interior immigration enforcement and the stabilization of the illegal immigrant population.

Wow. It sounds like CATO is not a big fan of Trump's immigration response.

The Senate has had an already passed house bill for 9 months now on immigration that does secure the border so if you want legislation there it is. Implore your elected officials to work with Republicans and start caring about the citizens.

Which bill is that? I tried to do a search but the only bill I found wasn't really all that robust.

 

[wing2000]

I HATE when politicians don't take responsibility for things they have control over...and I don't like that Mayorkas said that.


Of course, this one is slightly closer to true given that legislation has been put forward to address the issue that was rebuffed and ignored.

Mayorkas has to operate within the system (and laws) he inherited. He is correct to say the broken system is not his responsibility.


Q: Do you bear responsibility for what is happening at the border what the President himself has called a crisis?

A: It certainly is a crisis and well, we don't bear responsibility for a broken system, and we're doing a tremendous amount within that broken system. But fundamentally, fundamentally Congress is the only one who can fix it.

Hur report is ‘unfortunate deviation' from DOJ's 'integrity': Full Mayorkas interview

Department of Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas exclusively joins Meet the Press to discuss special counsel Robert Hur's report on President Biden's handling of classified documents, the border and the House Republicans' desire to impeach him.

www.nbcnews.com

...around minute 5 of the interview.

 

[Valletta]

I HATE when politicians don't take responsibility for things they have control over...and I don't like that Mayorkas said that.


Of course, this one is slightly closer to true given that legislation has been put forward to address the issue that was rebuffed and ignored.

Indeed the Senate and Joe Biden did stall on The Secure Border Act of 2023 since May. But in fact Joe could have done virtually everything in the Act under the powers he has. It was a matter of reversing the numerous catastrophic orders he made in the first one hundred days of his presidency.

 

[wing2000]

Indeed the Senate and Joe Biden did stall on The Secure Border Act of 2023 since May.

...it was introduced by Sen Cruz on 9/14/2023 according to his website.

Sen. Cruz Introduces Senate Companion to House-Passed Secure the Border Act | U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today...

www.cruz.senate.gov

But in fact Joe could have done virtually everything in the Act under the powers he has. It was a matter of reversing the numerous catastrophic orders he made in the first one hundred days of his presidency.

Then why did Sen Cruz introduce a senate bill? Or HR2 in the House?

 

[Valletta]

...it was introduced by Sen Cruz on 9/14/2023 according to his website.

Sen. Cruz Introduces Senate Companion to House-Passed Secure the Border Act | U.S. Senator Ted Cruz of Texas

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today...

www.cruz.senate.gov

But in fact Joe could have done virtually everything in the Act under the powers he has. It was a matter of reversing the numerous catastrophic orders he made in the first one hundred days of his presidency.

Then why did Sen Cruz introduce a senate bill? Or HR2 in the House?

Why did the House pass the The Secure Border Act of 2023 in May of 2023? The idea was to stop the abuses of Joe Biden and Mayorkas that led to so much human trafficking of women and children, end asylum fraud, and to stop the flow of illegals into our country that were overburdening our system. Shumer and Joe Biden would not budge. As to Cruz, I do know that when a bill is introduced, an exact version of the House bill or not, it givesan opportunity to bring attention to the legislation.

 

[wing2000]

Why did the House pass the The Secure Border Act of 2023 in May of 2023? The idea was to stop the abuses of Joe Biden and Mayorkas that led to so much human trafficking of women and children, end asylum fraud, and to stop the flow of illegals into our country that were overburdening our system. Shumer and Joe Biden would not budge. As to Cruz, I do know that when a bill is introduced, an exact version of the House bill or not, it givesan opportunity to bring attention to the legislation.

You got one thing right....it was just an idea. When it came to actually supporting a real bill...with real funding (HR2 has zilch) the Republicans were MIA.