Posted 1/8/2024, 11:24:00 PM
Mayorkas Defends Border Management Amid Calls for Impeachment Over Migrant Crisis
- Mayorkas defended his record managing the border and blamed Congress for legislative paralysis
- He pushed back against claims DHS has sat on sidelines or encouraged migrants to enter illegally
- House Homeland Security Committee holding hearing Wednesday seen as start of impeachment process
- Mayorkas says high number of migrants due to global migration and archaic US immigration system
- He said drop in December migrant arrivals may be due to resumed Mexican immigration enforcement