Mayorkas Refuses To Answer Whether He Lied Under Oath About Border Being ‘Secure’
HAROLD HUTCHISON REPORTER
April 18, 2024 11:49 AM ET
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas refused to say on Thursday whether he lied under oath about the security of the U.S. border.
Mayorkas dodged the questions from Republican Sen. Mitt Romney of Utah one day after the Senate dismissed two articles of impeachment against the Biden administration official. Romney questioned Mayorkas about whether he told the truth in previous hearings when asked about the border.
WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 18: U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is sworn in for a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee hearing on the department’s budget request on Capitol Hill on April 18, 2024 in Washington, DC. Mayorkas is back on the hill just a day after the U.S. Senate dismissed the articles of impeachment against him, voting on party lines that the charges did not meet the constitutional bar of high crimes or misdemeanors. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
“The [House of Representatives] said that you lied when you said to the House in a hearing that the border was secure,” Romney said. “Why did you say the border was secure? Was it a lie?”
“Senator Romey, allow me to assure you that I have honored the oath of office that I have taken more than five times in my 22-plus years of federal service,” Mayorkas responded.
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Mayorkas has claimed that the border is secure on multiple occasions. Border Patrol faced 2.2 million encounters at the southern border in fiscal year 2022 and 2 million in fiscal year 2023, United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported.
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