‘Do You Not Care?’: Secretary Mayorkas Deflects, Evades Questions At Senate Homeland Security Hearing
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‘Do You Not Care?’: Secretary Mayorkas Deflects, Evades Questions At Senate Homeland Security Hearing

"It’s stunning that you can sit there and smugly grin as if you have not miserably failed your country."

Tim Pearce

Is Alejandro Mayorkas the most hated bureaucrat in President Joe Biden’s administration? Judging by the way lawmakers in Congress pillory him, the answer very likely could be yes. 

This past week, the case against Mayorkas continued to grow as he testified on Capitol Hill on his track record to date of leading the Department of Homeland Security. Mayorkas sat in front of the Senate Homeland Security Committee on Tuesday and its counterpart in the House on Wednesday, and lawmakers grilled him over the immigration crisis on the U.S. southern border.

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