Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas confused millions of Americans this week when he declared the US-Mexico border “secure” as hundreds of thousands illegally enter the country every month.
Mayorkas was speaking at the Aspen Security Forum when he made his bold assertion.
“Look, the border is secure,” he said. “We are working to make the border more secure. That has been a historic challenge.”
“I have said to a number of legislators who expressed to me that we need to address the challenge at the border before they pass legislation and I take issue with the math of holding the solution hostage until the problem is resolved,” he said.
“There are smugglers that operate on the Mexican side of the border and placing one’s life in their hands is not safe,” he said.
As of June, more than 1.7 million illegal migrants have illegally entered the USA in the 2022 fiscal year.
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