Mayorkas: ‘We ended the policies of cruelty’ on immigration
by: Julian Resendiz
Posted: Jan 27, 2022 / 08:15 PM CST
Updated: Jan 27, 2022 / 08:15 PM CST
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EL PASO, Texas (Border Report)– The man responsible for safeguarding the nation’s security on Thursday did not publicly address the record surge in unauthorized migration, but emphatically defended the change in philosophy taking place at America’s borders.
“The policies have changed so dramatically between the Trump administration and the Biden administration. We have ended policies of cruelty that defined the prior administration,” Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told KTVO while on a work trip to El Paso.
Migrant advocates from late 2018 through the end of 2020 accused Trump of dealing with a migrant surge and highly publicized caravans from Central America through family separation, by forcing asylum-seekers to wait in dangerous Mexican border cities and refusing to hold but a handful of credible fear interviews per day.
https://www.borderreport.com/hot-topics/immigration/mayorkas-we-ended-the-policies-of-cruelty-on-immigration/
