Mayorkas Defends Biden and Blames Congress Over Collapsed Border Deal and Migrant Crisis
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Mayorkas rejected the "baseless" impeachment push against him by House Republicans over the migrant crisis. He blamed Congress for not fixing the "broken system".
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Mayorkas dodged a question about the discrepancy between his and Biden's remarks about whether the border is secure.
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The bipartisan Senate border security reform package collapsed last week, failing to unlock Republican support for a broader aid supplemental bill.
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Mayorkas blamed Congress for killing the bipartisan Senate border deal "before even reading it", saying it provided the resources needed to fix the crisis.
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Mayorkas defended Biden's mental acuity after the special counsel's report, saying Biden is "sharp, intensely probing and detail-oriented".