May 14, 2023 12:04pm EDT
DHS Sec. Mayorkas takes victory lap as border surge continues
Border Patrol agents encountered a record-breaking number of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border this week
By Thomas Catenacci , Adam Shaw | Fox News
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said during an interview Sunday that the Biden administration's plan to curb illegal immigration has been successful.
Mayorkas pointed to recent migration statistics, saying that the number of migrant encounters at the U.S.-Mexico border has decreased to about 6,300 on Friday and 4,200 on Saturday, during the interview on CNN's "State of the Union." His comments came days after Title 42, a Trump-era policy that makes it easier for authorities to expel migrants, expired late Thursday.
"We have been planning for months and months, over a year and a half," Mayorkas said in the interview with CNN host Dana Bash. "We have surged resources, asylum officers, Border Patrol agents, processing coordinators to do the data entry work so our Border Patrol agents can be out in the field. We've expanded our holding capacity in Border Patrol stations."
"We've added beds to Immigration and Customs Enforcement in our detention facilities," he continued. "We've increased our transportation resources — the number of flights, removal flights, with our foreign partners. We're setting up regional processing centers now. It's extraordinary what we've done over the past 18 months or so."
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