Mayorkas Attempts To Explain Why Border Crisis Not You can find more information at Crisis, Hilarity Ensues

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas He once again did all he could to prevent the terrible situation at the U.S.Mexico Border “crisis” During an interview with CNN Friday.

CNN host Poppy Harlow Asking for your opinion Mayorkas If the situation was critical.

“You know, we — we have seen the situation at the border managed in an orderly way. We have seen it in extraordinary challenging circumstances as well. You can rest assured, Poppy, that we’re doing everything that we possibly can to build a system that provides humanitarian relief in a safe and orderly way, while trying to persuade Congress to fix what is a broken system,” Mayorkas replied.

“I understand that. But just what you’re seeing, what you’ve seen the 20 times you’ve been there, the record number of migrants at the southern border, and last year it was nearly 2.4 million, if that’s not a crisis, Secretary, what is?” Harlow pressed.

“You know, Poppy, we have seen 2.4 million encounters at our southern border, and it is reflective of the greatest level of displacement of people in the world since World War II. It is reflective of a migration challenge that is gripping the entire hemisphere. When I was in Colombia, I spoke with the president of the country, the foreign minister, the minister of security, and they spoke of 2.4 million Venezuelans in Columbia now,” Mayrokas said.

“We’re seeing Costa Rica’s population increasingly formed by Nicaraguans. We’re seeing a tremendous movement of people throughout the hemisphere. A regional challenge requires a regional solution, which is why President Biden has led the regional leaders in addressing it,” He continued.

Mayorkas Previously, he admitted to it during private meetings. Border Patrol He has not yet made public comments about the crisis, but he acknowledged that it was a crisis.  

The Biden Administration revealed new plan To address the border crisis ThursdayBefore you know it President Joe Biden’s Trip to El Paso, Texas. It involves certain nationalities who are currently crossing illegally the border in large quantities. 

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