WATCH: DHS Secretary Mayorkas Gives Bizarre Definition of a ‘Secure Border’

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Gives a Bizarre Definition of a “Secure Border”

During a recent interview on NBC, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas gave a strange definition of what he considers a “secure border.” When asked to define the term, Mayorkas responded by saying, “It is, in the context in which we are working, it is maximizing the resources that we have available to us to deliver the most effective results.”

Despite record numbers of illegal border crossings and drug smuggling, Mayorkas has consistently maintained that the border is secure. As the administration prepares to end Title 42, a pandemic-era policy that allows agents to turn migrants away at the border, Mayorkas is moving to enact new policies that would expand the number of migrants allowed into the United States.

New Policies to Expand the Number of Migrants Allowed into the United States

• Increasing the number of available applications for entry into the country through the CBP One App
• Allowing family members from four Central and South American countries to reunite with migrants in the United States
• Doubling the number of refugees allowed into the country from the Western Hemisphere

Mayorkas’s defense of the border’s security under his tenure comes as Democrats have described the situation as a crisis. The Democratic mayor of El Paso, Texas, on Monday ordered a state of emergency to prepare for a potential surge of migrants when Title 42 expires on May 11.

Border Agents Encounter Migrants Deemed Security Threats

Despite Mayorkas’s claims that the border is secure, border agents have frequently encountered migrants deemed security threats illegally crossing the border. In fact, agents have apprehended at least 69 people on the terror watch list in this fiscal year, which is on pace to beat 2022’s total of 98. Only eight individuals on that list were caught between 2017 and 2020.

Mayorkas Refuses to Comment on Immigration Status of Accused Killer

During the Sunday interview, Mayorkas refused to comment on the immigration status of Francisco Oropesa, who is the subject of a manhunt in Texas after he was accused of killing five neighbors, including an eight-year-old. Oropesa, a Mexican national, was in the country illegally and had been deported five times.