Tag: Alejandro Mayorkas

GOP Lawmakers Call for Alejandro Mayorkas to Lose Salary Over Border Crisis

GOP House members have urged for the cancellation of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ paycheck over his alleged failure to stem the border crisis.  On March 29, 11 Republican members of the lower chamber of Congress co-signed and sent a letter to House Appropriations Committee Chair Kay Granger (R-Texas) and House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security…


LIVE NOW: Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas Testifies to Senate Oversight Committee

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies to the U.S. Senate Oversight Committee at 10:00 a.m. ET on March 28 on the operation of the Department. …


Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas Testifies to Senate Oversight Committee

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies to the U.S. Senate Oversight Committee at 10:00 a.m. ET on March 28 on the operation of the Department. …


Comer, Rep. Burlison Dispute Mayorkas’ Claims on Screening of Illegal Immigrants at the Border

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) on March 20 co-signed a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, asserting that he has misrepresented “DHS’s own data” while perpetuating an incorrect narrative on the screening of illegal immigrants in what they called the failure to resolve “the worst…


GOP Lawmakers Dispute Mayorkas’s Claims on Screening of Illegal Immigrants at the Border

House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Rep. Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) on March 20 co-signed a letter to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, asserting that he has misrepresented “DHS’s own data” while perpetuating an incorrect narrative on the screening of illegal immigrants in what they called the failure to resolve “the worst…


Border Patrol Chief Says DHS Does Not Have Operational Control of the Border, Contradicting Mayorkas

The top U.S. Customs and Border Patrol official told Congress on March 15 that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) does not have operational control of the U.S.–Mexico border, contradicting an earlier claim by DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Border Patrol Chief Raul Ortiz made the comments to the House Homeland Security Committee during a hearing…


GOP Lawmakers Launch Probe Into DHS on Controversial Intelligence Collection Program

House Republicans have launched an inquiry into the Department of Homeland Security’s undercover domestic intelligence collecting operation. House Homeland Security Committee Chair Mark Green (R-Tenn.), along with subpanel chairs Reps. Dan Bishop (R-N.C.) and August Pfluger (R-Texas) penned a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about their concerns. The lawmakers said…


Texas Lawmaker Proposes Bill Requiring Mayorkas to Fly Commercial Until Southern Border Is Secured

Rep. Monica De La Cruz (R-Texas) announced the introduction of legislation that would ban Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas from using private jets for travel until he secures the southern border of the United States. “Public service is a privilege,” De La Cruz told reporters during a March 10 press briefing, saying that…


Jim Jordan Subpoenas Former ‘Disinformation Governance Board’ Head, Nina Jankowicz

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) has subpoenaed Nina Jankowicz, who briefly served as the Biden administration’s “disinformation czar.” In a letter to Jankowicz accompanying her subpoena dated March 6 (pdf), Jordan explained that the committee is conducting oversight of the now-defunct Disinformation Governance Board, including its creation and activities. Department of Homeland Security…


Republican House Judiciary Committee Members Gear up for ‘Fight’ to Secure Southern Border

YUMA, Ariz.—House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) said he wasn’t surprised no Democrats attended the committee’s second hearing on the southern border crisis in Yuma on Feb. 23. “When you’ve got things this screwed up, maybe it’s best to stay away,” Jordan told The Epoch Times. “It’s their job to serve the American people….