WATCH: MSNBC Grills Mayorkas About Record Number of Migrants Entering US Last Month, DHS Sec Responds By Blaming Climate Change
Story by Jennifer Bowers Bahney •
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Alejandro Mayorkas surprisingly blamed the record number of migrants flooding into the United States in December on climate change and other factors from “across the globe.”
The Department of Homeland Security Secretary addressed the fact that more than 300,000 migrants were processed at the southern border in December, when questioned by Willie Geist and panelists on MSNBC’s Morning Joe Wednesday.
“As you know, Mr. Secretary, border patrol in the month of December processed more migrants entering the United States illegally than any month in the history of that agency. Why is that happening? How do you explain it?” Geist asked.
“So, we are seeing the greatest number of displaced people, not only at our southern border, not only in the western hemisphere, but across the globe,” Mayorkas said. He continued:
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