Posted on 02/11/2024 4:55:22 PM PST by Libloather
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who narrowly escaped impeachment last week, said Sunday that the Biden administration doesn't "bear responsibility for a broken system," demanding Congress enact legislation to mitigate what has become an illegal migration crisis during this election year.
"No doubt there is gridlock in Congress. But do you bear responsibility for what is happening at the border with the president himself? It's called a crisis," NBC host Kristen Welker asked during an interview with Mayorkas on "Meet the Press."
"It certainly is a crisis. And we don't bear responsibility for a broken system. And we're doing a tremendous amount within that broken system. But fundamentally … Congress is the only one who can fix it," Mayorkas said.
"There is no question that we have a broken system," he added. "There is no question that we have a challenge, a crisis at the border. And there is no question that Congress needs to fix it. And we're doing everything we can within that broken system, short of legislation to address what is a not just a challenge for the United States but one throughout our region."
Since Mayorkas took the helm at the Department of Homeland Security three years ago, Welker noted, the asylum case backlog has more than tripled since 2019 and more migrants have crossed the border illegally in 2023 than ever before. She pointed to how Mayorkas himself has said that more than 85% of migrants crossing the border illegally are being released into the U.S. as they await their court dates.
"Let's just put impeachment aside for a minute. Why do you deserve to keep your job, Mr. Secretary?" she asked.
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Let that sink in for a second.
Then congress needs to impeach him.
Every time they say this, ask, “What, exactly, do you want Congress to do?”
Thought that was a team the Mayorkas Ducks.
“Building a wall is a red herring”
“The fundamental problem is that anyone can claim asylum with zero proof, which means all of Earth can come to America.”
Elon Musk
For 3 years he was Baghdad Border Bob.
How many years should this pos spend in prison for creating an invasion of millions and drug epidemic?
Meanwhile Trump might have moved a box.
The Refugee Convention by permitting illegal entry (and entry upon any request) makes it impossible to secure the border. We need to get out from under the Refugee Convention.
Article 44 - Denunciation [getting out from under the Refugee Convention]
1. Any Contracting State may denounce this Convention at any time by a notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
2. Such denunciation shall take effect for the Contracting State concerned one year from the date upon which it is received by the Secretary-General of the United Nations....
NOTE: I do not trust any politician who has not called for invoking Article 44 to get the US out from under the Refugee Convention.
And my distrust extends to Trump and DeSantis.
I would be in favor of henceforth (and retroactively) ignoring that “requirement” — whatever its original purpose.
It would be great if his defense was, “I was just following orders.”
Typical Demoncrat ... I mean Democrat .... enact a worthless policy that gets screwed up ... blame the nearest Republican
“Broken system” lie again.
Please.
Congress *can* fix this by impeaching/removing Mayorkas, and if Biden doesn’t obey the law, impeaching/removing him.
We can thank the 4 traitors for this prick being able to shoot his mouth off like this.
What did Sen. Johnson say? 18M crimes he’s committed?
We in the West have undergone the greatest crime wave in American history because of this foreigner and his mad plan to swamp the US and make the Americans a minority in their homeland.
Impeachment is far too small a penalty.
People just need to look at Mayorkas and say “you said the border was fine but that only congress can fix the border. So….. which is it?”
“It would be great if his defense was, “I was just following orders.”
Nuremberg trials are in order here.
WIKI
Members of the German military were interned as prisoners of war in the United States during World War I and World War II. In all, 425,000 German prisoners lived in 700 camps throughout the United States during World War II.
The Geneva Convention of 1929 required the United States to provide living quarters comparable to those of its own military, which meant 40 square feet (3.71 m2) for enlisted men and 120 square feet (11.15 m2) for officers. If prisoners had to sleep in tents while their quarters were constructed, so did their guards.
A typical day for a German prisoner in Garden Grove, California:
5:30 am - Reveille
7:30 am - Work begins at fruit orchards around Orange County, California. Quota is 36 boxes of oranges per prisoner
Noon - Lunch. Prisoners who filled their quota return to camp
4:30 pm - End of work day
5:30 pm - Dinner
Evening - Educational classes, films, and live performances by prisoners
10 pm - Bedtime
Prisoners could not be used in work directly related to the military or in dangerous conditions. The minimum pay for enlisted soldiers was $0.80 (equivalent to $14 in 2022) a day, roughly equivalent to the pay of an American private. In 1943 the government estimated that prisoner labor cost 50 to 75% of normal free labor. While language differences and risk of escape or unreliable work were disadvantages, prisoner workers were available immediately on demand and in the exact numbers needed. While prisoners on average worked more slowly and produced less than civilians, their work was also more reliable and of higher quality. Prisoners who did not meet work quotas were imprisoned with bread and water as rations.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_prisoners_of_war_in_the_United_States
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