March 28, 2023 Mayorkas backs assault weapons ban but won't give definition Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., on Tuesday quizzed DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on his support for an assault weapons ban and if he could define what weapons he would ban.
March 28, 2023 Texas Sen. Cornyn tears into Mayorkas over fentanyl, border crisis: ‘You should be fired’ Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, hit DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of the crisis at the southern border and the continued fentanyl flow into the U.S.
March 28, 2023 DHS chief Mayorkas is willing to 'let children be raped,' Cruz charges in heated Senate border crisis hearing Sen. Ted Cruz took aim at Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for the ongoing situation at the border, saying Mayorkas was willing "to let children be raped."
March 28, 2023 Cornyn tells Mayorkas 'you should be fired' Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, tells Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that he should be fired over his handling of the border crisis. CREDIT: C-SPAN
March 28, 2023 Graham says U.S. 'is under attack' from drug cartels in Mexico Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said in a Senate hearing on Tuesday that America "is under attack" from Mexican drug cartels. CREDIT: C-SPAN
March 25, 2023 Mayorkas slams 'callous' smugglers' 'profit' motive for latest tragedy at the border DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement Friday that the agency is "heartbroken" to learn of the tragedy in Texas, and blamed it on "callous" smugglers.
March 25, 2023 Migrant deaths on Texas train mark latest border incident in string of recent tragedies: 'Heartbroken' The deaths of two migrants near Uvalde, Texas, is the latest tragedy at the southern border amid an ongoing smuggling and illegal migration crisis in its third year.
March 24, 2023 House GOP chairs sound alarm on 'unprecedented' process to discipline Border Patrol agents in 'Whipgate' saga Three chairmen on House committees are scrutinizing what they say is a potential move by Customs and Border Protection to discipline agents in the 2021 Del Rio incident.
March 22, 2023 Sen. Johnson, Sec. Becerra spar over redactions to Fauci emails provided to senators Senator Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra sparred during a Senate Finance Committee hearing on Wednesday over the secretary's agency providing redacted emails from Dr. Anthony Fauci to senators who requested them.
March 20, 2023 Oversight Republicans grill Mayorkas on asylum remarks that ‘misrepresent’ DHS data House Oversight Committee Republicans are querying recent remarks made by DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about how migrants are released into the U.S. interior.
