Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) raised the alarm over the surge of 18,000 Chinese nationals across America’s southern border during the fiscal year in a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
The letter highlights the “significant threat” to America’s national security posed by the increasing number of Chinese nationals entering the United States.
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Since the beginning of this year, over 18,000 Chinese nationals (many with deep ties to the CCP) have illegally crossed our southern border. This is the consequence of Joe Biden’s open border. We are demanding answers. ⬇️ <a href="https://t.co/TGrdS0xHQT">https://t.co/TGrdS0xHQT</a>
&mdash; Dr. Roger Marshall (@RogerMarshallMD) <a href="https://twitter.com/RogerMarshallMD/status/1704608259917676800?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2023</a></blockquote>
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“July set the record for nationwide encounters with Chinese nationals with just over 6,100. 94.8 percent of Chinese national encounters in FY23 have been single adults,” the letter reads. “This trend poses a significant threat to our national security and warrants immediate attention and action from the Department of Homeland Security.”
Sen. Marshall’s attempts to reign in the border crisis come as encounters at the border <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/daily-border-numbers-near-all-time-high" target="_blank" rel="noopener">near all-time highs</a> and major cities struggle to manage the influx.
The <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/migrant-border-crossings-fiscal-year-2022-topped-276-million-breaking-rcna53517" target="_blank" rel="noopener">record-high increases</a> in illegal immigration under the Biden administration have strained major cities like Chicago and New York, which have struggled to house foreign nationals. Chicago passed a measure to provide <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-city-council-approves-51-million-to-fund-illegal-immigrant-housing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">$51 million</a> in funding to house and feed migrants, while <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/50-new-york-city-places-of-worship-will-house-foreign-nationals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">50 places of worship</a> in New York City are now being used to accommodate foreign nationals.
In the letter, Marshall goes on to note that “it is our understanding that not a single one of these individuals encountered has been detained for any length of time but rather benefitted from this administration’s policy of catch and release. CBP is releasing busloads of these individuals into the U.S. interior.”
“Chinese nationals crossing the border may include individuals who could engage in espionage activities or cyber-attacks against our critical infrastructure, government agencies, or private sector entities,” Sen. Marshall’s letter warns. “There have been numerous documented instances of Chinese nationals, at the direction of the CCP, engaging in espionage, stealing military and economic secrets.”
Marshall goes on to present a list of questions to Mayorkas, including “Has CBP identified any Chinese nationals apprehended at the border who are on the Terrorist Screening Database?” as well as “Has CBP identified any instances of Chinese nationals apprehended at the border being suspected of intending to engage in foreign espionage?”
Estimates have found that illegal immigration costs United States taxpayers approximately <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taxpayers-shell-out-151-billion-each-year-due-to-illegal-immigration-analysis-says">$151 billion</a> every year, with a recent report from Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee finding that illegal immigration places <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigration-costs-hospitals-billions-in-unpaid-bills-house-gop-report-finds">significant financial strain</a> on the American medical system.
There’s also been a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/border-patrol-records-1000-increase-in-illegal-immigration-from-china-afghanistan">1,000% increase</a> in illegal immigration from a number of different countries, including China, Afghanistan, Ethiopia, and the Dominican Republic, among others.
The spike has also enabled masses of illegal aliens to settle and buy land within the United States. A recent investigation from The Daily Wire highlighted <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/inside-colony-ridge-the-fastest-growing-development-in-the-u-s-is-a-magnet-for-illegal-immigrants">Colony Ridge</a>, a development north of Houston that has become a hub for thousands of illegal aliens. Many also fear that it has become a strategic center for Mexican cartels.
The letter comes days after Sen. Marshall <a href="https://www.marshall.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sen-marshall-supports-secure-the-border-act/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cosponsored</a> the Secure the Border Act, which would “resume construction on the wall, tighten asylum standards, criminalize visa overstays, increase the number of Border Patrol Agents.”
The legislation would also defund non-governmental organizations that receive taxpayer dollars to “traffic illegal aliens throughout the heartland,” and prohibit the DHS from using the Customs and Border Patrol One Application, which facilitates immigration.
Meanwhile, multiple public opinion surveys indicate that voters disapprove of Biden’s handling of the border. One <a href="https://static.foxnews.com/foxnews.com/content/uploads/2023/06/Fox_June-23-26-2023_Complete_National_Topline_June-29-Release.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox News poll</a>, which surveyed more than 1,000 registered voters in late June, found that 62% of respondents disapproved of Biden’s handling of the border, while only 35% approve.
Marshall also commented on the human cost of the border crisis, charging that “Joe Biden has allowed the cartels to have operational control of our nation’s border, exploiting every weakness and pushing illicit fentanyl into our communities – killing over 300 Americans a day.” The Senator from Kansas went on to warn “Without secure borders, we cannot ensure our country’s safety.”
Sen. Marshall previously issued a vote of <a href="https://www.marshall.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sen-marshall-introduces-historic-vote-of-no-confidence-resolution-against-dhs-secretary-alejandro-mayorkas/">no confidence</a> against DHS Secretary Mayorkas, asserting that he has “failed to fulfill the basic duties of his office and does not have the confidence of the Senate or of the American people to keep the border secure.”
“Sec. Mayorkas is derelict in his duties, and I’d be derelict in mine as a U.S. Senator if I didn’t act. Sec. Mayorkas’ failures have allowed over 400,000 convicted criminal aliens into our country- threatening the safety and security of our nation,” Sen. Marshall stated in April of this year. “We now look to the House to take the next step, and I stand ready for Sec. Mayorkas’ impeachment trial.”
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President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> is allowing hundreds of thousands of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illegal-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegal immigrants</a> from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/venezuela" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Venezuela</a> to stay and work in the U.S. as federal officials insist it would be unsafe for them to return home. 
The Venezuelans, who entered the U.S. illegally, can work and be shielded from deportation after the Department of Homeland Security amended the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program to allow individuals who crossed into America after March 2021 and before July 31, 2023, to be eligible for the benefits. According to CBS News, the number of Venezuelans who could become part of the program <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/venezuelan-migrants-thousands-legal-status-work-permits-u-s/#textWhile20others20without20legal20statusfrom20the20South20American20country" target="_blank" rel="noopener">is around</a> 472,000. 
&#8220;Temporary protected status provides individuals already present in the United States with protection from removal when the conditions in their home country prevent their safe return,&#8221; Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a Wednesday statement. &#8220;That is the situation that Venezuelans who arrived here on or before July 31 of this year find themselves in.&#8221;
DHS <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2023/09/20/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-takes-new-actions-increase-border#:~:text=Temporary%20Protection%20for%20those%20Already%20in%20the%20US.&amp;text=TPS%20provides%20temporary%20protection%20from,authorization%20for%20eligible%20Venezuelan%20nationals." target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that the move to extend TPS would result in &#8220;approximately hundreds of thousands of Venezuelan nationals” being eligible for work authorization. 
The move was pushed for by New York City Democratic Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/eric-adams" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eric Adams</a>, who has frequently complained about the flood of foreign nationals arriving in his city.
&#8220;Our administration and our partners across the city have led the calls to &#8216;Let Them Work,&#8217; so I want to thank President Biden for hearing our entire coalition, including our hard-working congressional delegation, and taking this important step that will bring hope to the thousands of Venezuelan asylum seekers currently in our care who will now be immediately eligible for Temporary Protected Status,&#8221; Adams said. 
Illegal crossings at the southern border have remained high throughout the Biden administration and, in recent days, have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/daily-border-numbers-near-all-time-high" target="_blank" rel="noopener">approached record numbers</a>. 
From Friday until Monday, an average of 9,000 immigrants a day <a href="https://twitter.com/GriffJenkins/status/1704120360235405366" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> crossed the southern border. On Monday alone, more than 9,700 immigrants were <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1704123809610002919" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reportedly</a> caught or processed crossing the southern border illegally and through ports of entry.
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Videos from the border show streams of foreign nationals crossing into the U.S., with many coming in through Eagle Pass in Texas, where the Biden administration has <a href="https://twitter.com/gregabbott_tx/status/1704614936218149361?s=46&amp;t=XGiUuNPiSLBSXsXhdarMAQ" target="_blank" rel="noopener">been accused</a> of cutting down razor wire put up by Texas to deter crossings.
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Large groups beginning to cross illegally again into Eagle Pass, TX this morning. <a href="https://t.co/WNtnDwZXtZ">pic.twitter.com/WNtnDwZXtZ</a>
&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1704858840523526217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 21, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Biden <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2023/09/20/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-takes-new-actions-increase-border#:~:text=Temporary%20Protection%20for%20those%20Already%20in%20the%20US.&amp;text=TPS%20provides%20temporary%20protection%20from,authorization%20for%20eligible%20Venezuelan%20nationals." target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> Wednesday that an additional 800 National Guard troops would be sent to the southern border to help with “logistics and other functions at the border” as Customs and Border Protection struggle to deal with the influx.

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Biden Admin To Allow ‘Hundreds Of Thousands’ Of Illegal Immigrants To Stay And Work In U.S.

Biden Admin To Allow 'Hundreds Of Thousands' Of Illegal Immigrants To Stay And Work In U.S.

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-homeland-security" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Homeland Security</a> (DHS) announced two new policies addressing artificial intelligence (AI) and its first chief AI officer on Thursday, with a special emphasis on preventing bias.
Eric Hysen, also DHS Chief Information Officer (CIO) and co-chair of the DHS Artificial Intelligence Task Force (AITF), will serve as the department’s first chief AI officer. In a <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/news/2023/09/14/dhs-announces-new-policies-and-measures-promoting-responsible-use-artificial" target="_blank" rel="noopener">press release</a>, Hysen said that he would ensure the AI usage wouldn’t result in discrimination.
“The policies we are announcing today will ensure that the Department’s use of AI is free from discrimination and in full compliance with the law, ensuring that we retain the public&#8217;s trust,” said Hysen.
The two new policies, “<a href="https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2023-09/23_0913_mgmt_139-06-acquistion-use-ai-technologies-dhs-components.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Acquisition and Use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning by DHS Components</a>” and “<a href="https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2023-09/23_0913_mgmt_026-11-use-face-recognition-face-capture-technologies.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Use of Face Recognition and Face Capture Technologies</a>” emphasized the need for AI usage to avoid “inappropriate consideration of race, ethnicity, gender, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, nationality, medical condition, or disability,” as well as any “unintended bias or disparate impact.”
The first policy, issued last month, focused on AI use generally, as well as its counterpart, Machine Learning (ML). DHS declared it would “strive to minimize inappropriate bias” and discriminatory effects in AI use, relying on civil rights evaluation methods like <a href="https://www.justice.gov/crt/fcs/T6Manual7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">disparate impact analysis</a>. DHS also pledged to not use AI technology to enable “improper” systemic, indiscriminate, or large-scale monitoring, surveillance, or tracking systems.
Per the Department of Justice (DOJ), disparate impact <a href="https://www.justice.gov/crt/fcs/T6Manual7" target="_blank" rel="noopener">avoids</a> that which “perpetuates the repercussions of past discrimination.”
“In a disparate impact case, the investigation focuses on the consequences of the recipient’s practices, rather than the recipient’s intent,” stated the DOJ.
Under this policy, DHS announced the creation of an AI Policy Working Group (AIPWG) to work with the AITF in further development of AI policy and implementation.
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The second policy, issued on 9/11, focused more specifically on face recognition and face capture technologies. DHS declared that its data collection from the technologies wouldn’t be based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, gender, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, medical condition, or disability in order to “minimize bias and disparate impact.”
DHS further noted that face analysis technology, which relies on an algorithm to estimate an individual’s characteristics as captured on film, wouldn’t be used except when necessary to estimate age.
The policy designated authorities on the use of the two technologies, including the CIO; Under Secretary for Management; Under Secretary for Science and Technology; Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans; Chief Privacy Officer; Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties; General Counsel; and the Chief Information Security Officer.
The AITF <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/science-and-technology/artificial-intelligence" target="_blank" rel="noopener">developed</a> these policies.
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas <a href="https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2023-04/23_0420_sec_signed_ai_task_force_memo_508.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">created</a> the AITF in April for the purpose of developing departmental policy on using AI. The AITF’s express goals were to enhance the integrity of the supply chain and trade, counter the flow of fentanyl in the U.S. through improved criminal detection, apprehend perpetrators and rescue victims of online child sexual exploitation and abuse, and secure critical infrastructure generally.
Hysen’s counterpart as co-chair, Dimitri Kusnezov, is the DHS Under Secretary for Science and Technology. Kusnezov formerly <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/dimitri-kusnezov-097a9b68/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">served</a> as the Department of Energy senior advisor and deputy under secretary for AI and technology. The remainder of the AITF consisted of the heads of all offices and agencies.
Prior to rejoining DHS and co-chairing the AITF, Hysen had a lengthy career under former President Barack Obama, as well as two major Big Tech giants.
Hysen <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/erichysen/details/experience/">served</a> on the Biden-Harris Transition Team; led a <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/erichysen/details/experience/1604183468403/single-media-viewer?type=DOCUMENT&amp;profileId=ACoAAACtDq8BqWGxjtJAgOFSWgwPR8NTMi2mWEE&amp;lipi=urn:li:page:d_flagship3_profile_view_base_position_details;NG5OKGLaRjmeCoCejAymsg==" target="_blank" rel="noopener">joint project</a> with the <a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/penn-biden-center-for-diplomacy-and-global-engagement/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Penn-Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement</a> while with the National Conference on Citizenship; led policy strategy for California Governor Gavin Newsom’s Government Operations Agency; directed the Justice &amp; Opportunity Initiative under the <a href="https://www.influencewatch.org/for-profit/chan-zuckerberg-initiative/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chan Zuckerberg Initiative</a>; served as executive director of DHS Digital Service in the Obama administration; co-founded and managed the Obama White House Digital Service; and led Google’s Civic Engagement initiative to increase voter turnout.
In addition to the AITF and the AIPWG, the Homeland Security Advisory Council and two of its subcommittees are developing AI policy. The Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties (CRCL) has a group of internal stakeholders — dubbed the Responsible Use Group (RUG) — weighing in on AITF projects. Those stakeholders weren’t publicized.

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DHS Announces Anti-Bias AI Policies, First Chief AI Officer

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-homeland-security">Homeland Security</a> Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alejandro-mayorkas">Alejandro Mayorkas</a> complained on Monday of a &#8220;broken immigration system&#8221; when asked to respond to a warning from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york-city">New York City</a> Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/eric-adams">Eric Adams</a> about the migrant crisis.
CNN showed Mayorkas a clip of Adams, a Democrat, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nyc-mayor-adams-on-illegal-aliens-pouring-in-the-city-we-knew-were-about-to-lose">saying last week</a> that the cost of dealing with more than <a href="https://www.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/600-23/mayor-adams-new-york-city-has-cared-more-100-000-asylum-seekers-since-last-spring">110,000 asylum seekers</a> in New York City would &#8220;destroy&#8221; the Big Apple — an issue exacerbated by red states <a href="https://twitter.com/theblaze/status/1699809602643140713">busing migrants</a> to blue cities in an effort to alleviate their border communities and challenge &#8220;sanctuary&#8221; policies.
&#8220;First and foremost, we&#8217;re dealing with a broken immigration system — a fact about which everyone agrees. It is one of the rare things about which there&#8217;s unanimity of views. And we need Congress to act, number one,&#8221; <a href="https://transcripts.cnn.com/show/ctmo/date/2023-09-11/segment/04">Mayorkas said</a>.
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&#8220;Number two, within that broken immigration system we are challenged by an unprecedented level of displacement in the western hemisphere of historic proportions,&#8221; he added.
&#8220;We have responded with a model approach that has proven to work, which is to build lawful pathways for individuals to arrive in a safe and orderly way and to deliver consequences for those who don&#8217;t meet them,&#8221; Mayorkas said.
Citing the costs of New York City taking care of migrants — $12 billion over the next three fiscal years — Adams <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUsAPUdCLkg">announced</a> over the weekend that he seeks cuts to balance the budget in accordance with law.
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The mayor said his plan was a &#8220;direct result&#8221; of the &#8220;inaction&#8221; in Washington and New York&#8217;s state government, but Adams insisted they could still alleviate the situation by &#8220;paying their fair share and coming up with a decompression strategy that reduces the pressure on New York City so we are not forced to manage this crisis almost entirely on our own.&#8221;
New York Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul <a href="https://ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/politics/2023/08/30/hochul-to-meet-with-white-house-to-discuss-migrant-influx">told Spectrum News</a> late last month that the White House has committed to &#8220;surge resources&#8221; and send Homeland Security Department officials to Manhattan to help contend with the migrants. In addition, the White House said the Biden administration has made a request to Congress for <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/08/30/readout-of-white-house-meeting-with-governor-hochul/">$600 million in additional funds</a> for the Shelter and Services Program and federal officials have <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/08/us/politics/migrant-work-permits.html">reportedly sent out messages</a> to migrants urging eligible individuals to apply for work permits.
&#8220;We are working very closely with the city of New York,&#8221; Mayorkas said during his appearance on CNN. &#8220;We sent an assessment team here that devised approximately 25 recommendations. We are executing on those recommendations. We will address this together.&#8221;

‘Broken’ System: Mayorkas Responds To NYC Mayor’s Siren About Migrant Crisis

'Broken' System: Mayorkas Responds To NYC Mayor's Siren About Migrant Crisis

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House Oversight Chairman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/james-comer">James Comer</a> (R-KY) announced on Tuesday that he has subpoenaed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Secret Service officials, including DHS Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alejandro-mayorkas">Alejandro Mayorkas</a>, over the alleged obstruction of a congressional inquiry into the criminal investigation of President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden">Joe Biden</a>&#8216;s son, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hunter-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hunter Biden</a>.
The subpoenas seek documents and testimony related to how the Biden administration is dealing with <a class="c-link c-link--focus-visible" href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ex-fbi-agent-says-irs-whistleblower-was-right-bidens-were-tipped-off-during-investigation" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-stringify-link="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ex-fbi-agent-says-irs-whistleblower-was-right-bidens-were-tipped-off-during-investigation" data-sk="tooltip_parent">claims</a> that the elder Biden&#8217;s transition team and Secret Service headquarters <a class="c-link c-link--focus-visible" href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ex-fbi-agent-says-irs-whistleblower-was-right-bidens-were-tipped-off-during-investigation" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-stringify-link="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ex-fbi-agent-says-irs-whistleblower-was-right-bidens-were-tipped-off-during-investigation" data-sk="tooltip_parent">were informed</a> the night before investigators planned to interview Hunter Biden in December 2020. As told by an IRS <a class="c-link c-link--focus-visible" href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comer-says-fbi-veteran-confirmed-key-whistleblower-claims-from-hunter-biden-case" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-stringify-link="https://www.dailywire.com/news/comer-says-fbi-veteran-confirmed-key-whistleblower-claims-from-hunter-biden-case" data-sk="tooltip_parent">whistleblower</a> and <a class="c-link c-link--focus-visible" href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ex-fbi-agent-says-irs-whistleblower-was-right-bidens-were-tipped-off-during-investigation" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-stringify-link="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ex-fbi-agent-says-irs-whistleblower-was-right-bidens-were-tipped-off-during-investigation" data-sk="tooltip_parent">ex-FBI agent</a>, investigators were then instructed to stand by and ultimately never got permission to proceed.
Comer <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/DHS.pdf">sent</a> the <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/USSS.pdf">subpoenas</a>, which have deadlines listed for later this month, with <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023-9-5-JC-to-USSS-re-Biden.pdf">accompanying</a> <a href="https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/2023-9-5-JC-to-DHS-re-Biden.pdf">letters</a> asserting that the DHS Office of Legislative Affairs sought to block Secret Service officials from responding to information requests from multiple House committees about the alleged tip-off. The Secret Service is part of DHS.
“The Department of Justice initiated the Biden family coverup and now DHS under the leadership of Secretary Mayorkas is complicit in it. Investigators were never able to interview Hunter Biden during the criminal investigation because Secret Service headquarters and the Biden transition team were tipped off about the planned interview,&#8221; Comer said in a statement.
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&#8220;This is just one of many examples of the misconduct and politicization during the Department of Justice’s investigation,&#8221; the chairman added. &#8220;The Oversight Committee – along with the Judiciary and Ways and Means Committees — is seeking interviews with key witnesses, including employees at the Secret Service. The Department of Homeland Security is obstructing our investigation by muzzling the Secret Service from providing a response to Congress. The American people deserve transparency, not obstruction.&#8221;
A Secret Service spokesperson told The Daily Wire that DHS would respond for both entities.
A DHS official refuted the claim that the agency obstructed a response to Congress and insisted that DHS was working to respond to the inquiry through &#8220;standard procedures.&#8221; The official also said Comer&#8217;s subpoenas  were &#8220;entirely without basis.&#8221;
Although Department of Justice leaders have pushed back against claims of politicization and Democrats have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/crossfire-erupts-on-airwaves-after-hunter-biden-special-counsel-appointment">pushed back</a> on GOP efforts to conduct their own investigations, Comer insisted in his statement that House Republicans &#8220;will hold the Biden Administration accountable for running interference for the Biden family’s corruption and criminal activity.&#8221;
The subpoena announcement comes nearly a month after Attorney General Merrick Garland <a href="https://www.justice.gov/opa/speech/attorney-general-merrick-b-garland-delivers-statement">granted</a> Delaware&#8217;s U.S. Attorney David Weiss special counsel status after the collapse of a plea agreement with Hunter Biden involving tax evasion and gun charges.
Beyond the Hunter Biden matter, Republicans have criticized Mayorkas over his handling of U.S. border security, leading to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/house-sends-biden-impeachment-articles-to-committees">investigations</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-house-republican-files-impeachment-articles-against-dhs-secretary-mayorkas">articles of impeachment</a>.

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President Joe Biden’s spin doctors continually try to put a good face on America’s ongoing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-ticking-time-bomb-china-infects-american-infrastructure-with-malware-to-disrupt-u-s-military" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cyber crisis</a>, like when they had first lady, Dr. Jill Biden, kick-off the White House’s <a href="https://www.axios.com/2023/08/03/white-house-school-cybersecurity-summit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">back-to-school cyber safety summit</a> and tout a new “formal, ongoing collaboration” between all levels of government and school districts. But the truth is, cybersecurity is just another major issue where America is lagging under the stewardship of Biden.
As of the end of 2022, way past the point where Biden could blame this crisis on former President Donald Trump, there was a <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2022/12/06/fixing-the-cybersecurity-staff-shortage/?sh=1eea76c55b4a" target="_blank" rel="noopener">labor shortage</a> of cyber personnel to the tune of approximately 700,000 unfilled positions throughout the job market. 
America’s understaffing in the cyber profession poses significant dangers in both the public and private sectors. In today&#8217;s interconnected climate, cyber threats and the demand for skilled cybersecurity professionals has never been higher. A shortage of proficient cybersecurity personnel poses dire consequences for national security and privacy protection.
In the public sector, under the unthinkably incompetent leadership of Alejandro Mayorkas at the top of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), federal and state level government agencies and critical infrastructure assets face countless cyber threats from <a href="https://www.cyclonis.com/state-sponsored-hacking-attacks-advanced-persistent-threats-target-2022/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">state-sponsored threat actors</a> and cybercriminals.
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), a sub-agency under DHS, has put out far more than enough taxpayer dollars over the past 2-plus years to have made major strides in the cybersphere, but positive results have eluded them two-thirds of the way through Joe Biden’s current term. 
Just weeks ago, there was a <a href="https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/2023-07/aa23-187a-increased-truebot-activity-infects-us-and-canada-based-networks.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">joint cybersecurity advisory</a> from CISA, the FBI, the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), and the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (CCCS), regarding a spike in <a href="https://www.enigmasoftware.com/truebotmalware-removal/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Truebot malware</a>, a botnet that is often utilized by <a href="https://www.cyclonis.com/cisa-us-government-hit-russian-cyberattacks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Russia-backed cyber gangs like CLOP</a>.
Chinese threat actors were also just reported to be behind <a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/20/politics/chinese-hackers-us-ambassador/index.html?utm_term=16898853324058b08694b5a02&amp;utm_source=cnn_Breaking+News&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;bt_ee=GdpZFzDHMEWp%2FSO0uXhyC6eVVOYxoYtvugx7hipXjPOpxvaij481g%2Fgvv3SgzDme&amp;bt_ts=1689885332408" target="_blank" rel="noopener">an attack</a> that led to the breach of an email account linked to the U.S. Ambassador to China, Nicholas Burns, as part of a larger targeted intelligence-gathering initiative.
Without adequate cyber personnel, government entities will always struggle in responding to hacks effectively. This will lead to more data breaches, disruptions of essential services, and other dangers to national security. Additionally, losing or compromising any sensitive government data may disrupt diplomatic relations or ongoing intelligence operations.
In the private sector, businesses across various industries continue to be targeted by threat actors seeking to steal valuable intellectual property, consumer information, and financial data. These kinds of breaches are regularly executed by countries like <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chinese-cybercriminal-hacker-group-stole-20-million-in-covid-relief-funds-secret-service-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">China</a>, Iran, North Korea, and Russia. 
Maintaining an understaffed private sector will slow incident response times, leaving entities exposed to prolonged hacks. The results of which will likely be larger financial losses, reputational damage, and legal liabilities.
Moreover, interconnectedness between the private and public sectors makes them interdependent. So cyber-attacks that target private companies increasingly have ripple effects on critical infrastructure and public services, including energy, transportation, and healthcare.
This only emphasizes the importance of having a deep cybersecurity workforce in both the public and private sectors, as it can more effectively collaborate to defend against threats effectively.
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To address these challenges, America needs to invest in robust cybersecurity education, training, and recruitment efforts. <a href="https://www.miragenews.com/white-house-applauds-fius-cybersecurity-1057311/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">One program</a> that hopes to achieve this is Florida International University&#8217;s (FIU) cybersecurity workforce training program. This program provides free cyber training to veterans and first responders.
We must also encourage younger students to pursue careers in cyber fields and launch a consistent plan for doing so year-round, and not just trotting out Jill Biden types one week out of the year for awareness. This, in addition to offering better salaries and benefits packages, should attract the talent needed to fill critical cybersecurity roles.
This extended years’ long understaffing epidemic in the cybersecurity sector continues to pose significant risks for the United States, leaving it vulnerable to hacks on multiple fronts. At this point, a substantially larger commitment must be made towards building the well-equipped cybersecurity workforce of the future.
If we do so, it strengthens our cyber defenses, protects sensitive data, safeguards national interests, and establishes a resilient and secure cybersphere. Whether or not the 46th President and his cabinet are up to the task remains to be seen.
Julio Rivera is a business and political strategist, cybersecurity researcher, Editorial Director for <a href="https://www.reactionarytimes.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Reactionary Times</a>, and a political commentator and columnist. His writing, which is focused on cybersecurity and politics, has been published by many of the most respected news organizations in the world.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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A report about suspected <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cartels" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cartel</a> gunmen illegally crossing into the United States and eluding capture over the weekend sparked a fresh wave of condemnation against the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/biden-administration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden administration</a> for its <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/border-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">handling of the southern border</a>.
Bill Melugin, a national correspondent for Fox News, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/images-show-men-armed-rifles-body-armor-coming-southern-border" target="_blank" rel="noopener">broke the news</a> on Tuesday in a post to X showing grainy, black-and-white images of men holding rifles running through a thicket.
&#8220;Per law enforcement source, a group of suspected cartel gunmen armed with rifles &amp; body armor were seen on cameras crossing illegally into the Fronton, [Texas] area in the [Rio Grande Valley] Saturday night. Elite Border Patrol BORTAC agents were called out &amp; searched [the] area, but found nobody,&#8221; Melugin <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1688913982273560576" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
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NEW: Per law enforcement source, a group of suspected cartel gunmen armed with rifles &amp; body armor were seen on cameras crossing illegally into the Fronton, TX area in the RGV Saturday night. Elite Border Patrol BORTAC agents were called out &amp; searched area, but found nobody. <a href="https://t.co/9GuhQngPKj">pic.twitter.com/9GuhQngPKj</a>
&mdash; Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1688913982273560576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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The post quickly went viral, eliciting comments from Republican lawmakers and others who criticized the Biden administration for not doing more to secure the border.
&#8220;Joe Biden has empowered these vicious, deadly cartels giving them free rein over our border,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/tedcruz/status/1688916452479561729" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). &#8220;Our communities are forced to suffer the dangerous consequences of his refusal to follow the law.&#8221;
Rep. Stephanie Bice (R-OK) said the report underscored why the GOP-led House <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/house-vote-republican-border-security-bill-title-42-lifts-rcna83903" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> <a href="https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/2/actions">H.R. 2</a>, which she called the &#8220;most comprehensive border security bill since 1996.&#8221; The congresswoman added, &#8220;Under this administration, American communities feel like border communities. It is past time for the Senate to act to secure our border.&#8221;
&#8220;Biden&#8217;s open border endangers the life of every single American. How many more cartel members are slipping through undetected? Let&#8217;s call it what it is: National. Security. Crisis,&#8221; <a href="https://twitter.com/SenatorBraun/status/1688919703417458688" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN).
Sen. Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenKatieBritt/status/1688929959195066368" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> daily encounters at the border averaged nearly 7,300 during the first week of August. &#8220;This crisis is a clear national security risk, and every day the Biden Administration refuses to reverse course puts more hardworking American families and communities in grave danger,&#8221; she added.
The National Border Patrol Council, the <a href="https://bpunion.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">union</a> representing Border Patrol agents, specifically chastised President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. &#8220;Here is what Biden, Harris, Mayorkas and their [mainstream media] don&#8217;t want you to see. It&#8217;s called &#8216;reality,'&#8221; the union <a href="https://twitter.com/BPUnion/status/1688920521365405697" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> to X.
The Daily Wire reached out to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the agency that houses the U.S. Border Patrol, seeking comment on the report.
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Mayorkas defended the administration&#8217;s efforts to secure the border when he <a href="https://www.c-span.org/video/?529480-1/homeland-security-oversight-hearing-secretary-mayorkas-part-1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appeared before a House committee</a> in July.
&#8220;Our approach to managing the borders securely and humanely — even within our fundamentally broken immigration system — is working,&#8221; Mayorkas testified. The secretary also insisted that &#8220;our efforts have weakened&#8221; cartels &#8220;by the investigations and prosecutions that we have conducted with our international partners.&#8221;
In a follow-up post to X, Melugin <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1688914502488932352" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, &#8220;Fronton, TX is a heavy cartel area with significant drug smuggling. Border Patrol sources tell me armed gunmen are frequently encountered there. This was another group of suspected cartel gunmen who were arrested there in June.&#8221;
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Fronton, TX is a heavy cartel area with significant drug smuggling. Border Patrol sources tell me armed gunmen are frequently encountered there. This was another group of suspected cartel gunmen who were arrested there in June. <a href="https://t.co/SJ4koq6Fta">https://t.co/SJ4koq6Fta</a>
— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) <a href="https://twitter.com/BillMelugin_/status/1688914502488932352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 8, 2023</a></blockquote>
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New York City Mayor Eric Adams appeared overwhelmed during a press conference on Monday when he called on U.S. officials to control the national borders and curb the influx of over 90,000 illegal immigrants occupying the Big Apple.
“Eventually, this is going to come to a neighborhood near you,” Adams told reporters.
The warning from Adams comes after touting on the campaign trail that he would keep New York City a sanctuary city for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-city-mayor-warns-everyones-block-is-going-to-be-impacted-by-influx-of-illegal-aliens" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegal immigrants rife with social benefits</a>. After becoming the city’s top official, more than 93,000 migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. have arrived in the metropolitan area under Adams since April last year, according to the <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mayor-eric-adams-says-new-york-city-has-run-room-migrants-not-going-get-better" target="_blank" rel="noopener">mayor’s office</a>. Roughly half of those are still waiting for housing on the city’s dime, causing homeless shelters citywide to burst at the seams.
Combined with the city’s large homeless population, the city is now <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-york-city-migrant-crisis-approaches-breaking-point-with-disorderly-migrants-shelter-space" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sheltering</a> a record 105,800 people.
“We need to control the border,” he said. “We need to call a state of emergency, and we need to properly fund this national crisis.”
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NYC MAYOR ADAMS ON MIGRANTS: “Eventually this is going to come to a neighborhood near you. […] We need to control the border. We need to call a state of emergency and we need to properly fund this national crisis.” <a href="https://t.co/ij4bFjhyol">pic.twitter.com/ij4bFjhyol</a>
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City officials have already poured $1.2 billion into helping the migrants last summer. According to Adams, the city has received about $30 million in federal aid so far. By next summer, he estimated the cost to fund the crisis could reach up to $4.2 billion.
New York City applied for $350 million from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to house and care for thousands of illegal immigrants seeking asylum in the U.S. However, the Biden administration informed the Big Apple that it would send the city $30 million, POLITICO <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/08/01/adams-migrants-images-biden-00109223" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>.
“We need help,” he added. “And it’s not going to get any better. From this moment on, it’s downhill.”
But despite the massive funding, New Yorkers have seen tens of thousands of asylum seekers forced to sleep on Manhattan sidewalks outside of fully booked hotels receiving city payouts for its migrant intake center status.
“We have to localize this madness,” Adams said. “We have to figure out a way of how we don’t have what’s in other municipalities, where you have tent cities all over the city.”
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas met with Adams last week, saying he would send an official to help with the migrant surge, which the mayor called embedding a liaison between the two administrations “a good start.”
But as the crisis rises in the city, Councilman Bob Holden (D-Queens) called the gesture “a kick in the head” and compared Adams to the one-term 1970s Republican President Gerald Ford, according to the <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/07/28/nyc-city-council-whacks-white-house-for-only-offering-a-liaison-for-spiraling-migrant-crisis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York Post</a>.
“He’s essentially saying what Gerald Ford said to the city – ‘Drop dead,” Holden said.
Other Democrat-run major cities are also dealing with a flood of migrants as southern border states get fed up with dealing with the illegal immigration crisis on their own.
From Texas alone, Washington, D.C., has taken in 9,700 migrants, Chicago has received 2,300 migrants, and Philadelphia has received 1,500 migrants. Smaller cities are also starting to see migrants arriving. Denver has seen more than 160 migrants arrive since May.
Mairead Elordi contributed to this report.

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Wyoming&#8217;s GOP congresswoman absolutely blistered Department of Homeland Security <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mayorkas-says-border-is-not-open-after-record-number-of-illegal-crossings-under-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas</a>, slamming him for allegedly lying to the American people.
Rep. Harriet Hageman, who replaced GOP Rep. Liz Cheney in Congress, minced no words, calling Mayorkas the kind of tyrant that the American Founding Founders warned about.
“Mr. Mayorkas, I actually really want to thank you, as well, for coming here today for your performance. I have watched with absolute fascination as you have danced and dodged and lied, yes, lied,” she began.
“We know you’ve lied,” she declared. “You know you’ve lied. But more importantly the American public knows you lied throughout your testimony today.  And yet you believe that you and your fellow architects of the censorship industrial complex think that you should be able to determine what is and isn’t true, and what is and isn’t untrue.”
“You are the walking, talking, epitome of the very tyrant that our forefathers recognized would gravitate towards government service,” she declaimed. “And it&#8217;s because of people like you that they drafted the First Amendment.”
“I thank them for their foresight; I thank them for recognizing that you and people like you would do everything in your power to control speech, to control freedom, to take away our rights,” she said. “And they’ve written a document that isn’t going to allow you to do that. Fortunately we still have courts and judges who recognize that you don’t have the power that you are attempting to take; that you do not have the right to limit our freedom of speech, our freedom of association, our right to communicate.”
“Thank God we have the First Amendment so we can stop you from doing what you’ve been doing,” she concluded.
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Isn’t it ironic that the person in charge of the Biden ‘mis and mal information’ agency spent the day lying to Congress? Secretary Mayorkas has failed the American people and it’s time for him to resign or be removed from his position. <a href="https://t.co/U0mACpWU0l">pic.twitter.com/U0mACpWU0l</a>
&mdash; Rep. Harriet Hageman (@RepHageman) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepHageman/status/1684283880683995136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) blasted Mayorkas for claiming that the U.S. had operational control of the border, saying that Mayorkas had made the dubious border claims as part of “a perpetual pattern, and the fact is, there are real people that are impacted by that.”
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It is beyond question that the Secretary lied to us under oath last year &#8211; it was purposeful. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EndBorderTraffickingNow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#EndBorderTraffickingNow</a> <a href="https://t.co/d1FLAVatBq">https://t.co/d1FLAVatBq</a>
&mdash; Chip Roy (@chiproytx) <a href="https://twitter.com/chiproytx/status/1684231174615445504?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA), who lacerated Mayorkas for his agency deciding what is true and false, pointed out that a court had found that DHS made no distinction between domestic speech and foreign speech when attempting to quash discourse.
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Secretary Mayorkas’s policies have created agencies that colluded and coerced social media companies to censor American speech online.
WATCH: <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMikeJohnson?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepMikeJohnson</a> schools Mayorkas on the First Amendment. <a href="https://t.co/zHAj6iuAF7">pic.twitter.com/zHAj6iuAF7</a>
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Johnson later fired, “I’ve only got 25 seconds. I don’t have time for a question because you’ll be elusive but since we’re stating things for the record, I&#8217;ve been in Congress for seven years. I think you are the most dishonest witness that has ever appeared before the Judiciary Committee.”
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Secretary Mayorkas is the MOST DISHONEST witness to sit before the Judiciary Committee in my 7 years in Congress.
He is personally responsible for the open border catastrophe, skyrocketing fentanyl deaths, and the human trafficking crisis — &amp; the American people DESERVE answers. <a href="https://t.co/6fTnlHNnFG">pic.twitter.com/6fTnlHNnFG</a>
&mdash; Rep. Mike Johnson (@RepMikeJohnson) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepMikeJohnson/status/1684247655231127556?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Johnson was not alone; Arizona Republican Rep. Andy Biggs had a few words to say about Mayorkas:
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I’m sick of Mayorkas’s lies. <a href="https://t.co/YmtZ4x4IXB">https://t.co/YmtZ4x4IXB</a>
&mdash; Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepAndyBiggsAZ/status/1684293514668933125?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-homeland-security" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Homeland Security</a> Secretary <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/alejandro-mayorkas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Alejandro Mayorkas</a> appeared before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday and said that the border was “not” open even as the Biden administration has struggled to stem a surge of illegal crossings.
Mayorkas defended the administration&#8217;s policies during the hearing as he was grilled by Republicans about the state of the border. Since President Joe Biden took office, illegal immigrants have crossed into the U.S. in record numbers, and crossings are <a href="https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fair-analysis-5-5-million-illegal-aliens-have-crossed-our-borders-since-biden-took-officehow-is-secretary-mayorkas-still-employed-301658734.html">estimated</a> to exceed at least 5 million. 
&#8220;Our approach to managing the border securely and humanely, even within our fundamentally broken immigration system is working,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news/republicans-grill-homeland-security-secretary-at-biden-border-crisis-hearing/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. &#8220;Unlawful entries between ports of entry along the southwest border have consistently decreased by more than half compared to the peak before the end of Title 42.&#8221;
After Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) asked him if the border was open, Mayorkas said &#8220;It is not,&#8221; a statement that was disputed by House Republicans.
“The MILLIONS of illegal aliens who have crossed our southern border would disagree! So would Border Patrol agents, border states, border towns,” the House Judiciary GOP Twitter account said. 
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&quot;Is the border open, Mr. Secretary?&quot; &#8211;<a href="https://twitter.com/RepJerryNadler?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepJerryNadler</a>
&quot;No, it is not.&quot; -Secretary Mayorkas
The MILLIONS of illegal aliens who have crossed our southern border would disagree! 
So would Border Patrol agents, border states, border towns.. <a href="https://t.co/M44vbjVH4w">pic.twitter.com/M44vbjVH4w</a>
&mdash; House Judiciary GOP 🇺🇸 (@JudiciaryGOP) <a href="https://twitter.com/JudiciaryGOP/status/1684210410944098306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Mayorkas faced questions from lawmakers about how many illegal immigrants had been released into the U.S. and if there would be a limit on how many illegal immigrants would be released into the country. 
Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) noted that the number of people who had been released into the U.S. was equivalent to the population of Nebraska. 
&#8220;You&#8217;ve already released more than 2.1 million illegal immigrants into this country since you took office. That&#8217;s the population the size of the state of Nebraska,” he <a href="https://twitter.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1684212024857841664" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. 
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Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) hammered Mayorkas over what he called the “Mayorkas doctrine,” as deportations have <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/deportations-have-dropped-90-percent-with-biden-in-office" target="_blank" rel="noopener">plummeted</a> under Biden. 
“The Mayorkas doctrine is this: if you show up at the border and get released into the country, if you don’t commit a specific aggravated felony, which by the way doesn’t include a lot of assault and battery, doesn’t include a lot of domestic violence, but if you’re not one of the people who commit those crimes, you get to stay forever,” he <a href="https://twitter.com/JudiciaryGOP/status/1684217743396962304" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. 
According to data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection, <a href="https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/southwest-land-border-encounters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">there</a> have been 1,789,605 southwest land border encounters so far in the fiscal year 2023, which began in October. 
&#8220;I know that today Secretary Mayorkas is going to try to paint a rosy picture of this disastrous mismanagement of our border,&#8221; House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) said. &#8220;But the numbers don&#8217;t lie.&#8221;

Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas Testifies Before The House Judiciary Committee

Mayorkas Says Border ‘Is Not’ Open After Record Number Of Illegal Crossings Under Biden

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas said Thursday that he directed the agency to avoid the use of “illegal alien” when referring to foreign nationals who come into the United States illegally.
CNN’s Fareed Zakaria <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjUoqWdj23Q">asked</a> Mayorkas about the asylum system in an interview hosted by the Aspen Institute, leading the Biden administration official to tout a memo in which he instructed personnel in his department to refrain from using the term “illegal alien.”
“In the Department of Homeland Security I issued a memo very early on that we would not use the term ‘illegal alien.’ When speaking of these individuals we use the term ‘non-citizen,’ and that speaks to the importance of respecting the dignity of the individual,” Mayorkas remarked.
Mayorkas’ refusal to use the term “illegal alien” comes as illegal immigration has spiked under the Biden administration, with an estimated <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/05/15/1-5m-gotaways-have-slipped-into-the-us-under-biden-three-times-as-many-as-during-3-years-of-trump/">1.5 million illegal immigrant</a> gotaways being recorded since Biden took office in 2021. There were 415,000 total reported gotaways for 2018, 2019, and 2020 under the Trump administration.
Border Patrol has also reported a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/border-patrol-records-1000-increase-in-illegal-immigration-from-china-afghanistan">1,000% increase</a> in illegal immigration from numerous different countries from fiscal year 2022 to fiscal year 2023, including China, Afghanistan, Algeria, Egypt, and Ethiopia, among others.
While illegal crossings into the United States have spiked, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/mommy-theres-bad-guys-at-my-window-border-patrol-wife-describes-dangers-chaos-on-southern-border">endangering</a> American citizens <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/weve-been-abandoned-border-ranchers-recount-chaos-on-southern-border">living on the border</a>, the Biden administration has also promoted the CBP One app, a digital platform that allows foreign nationals to remotely schedule meetings for asylum claims. Just under <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/border-app-releases-almost-80000-foreign-nationals-into-u-s-in-last-four-months">80,000 foreign nationals</a> entered the United States between January and April by using the app.
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Major cities, including both <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-city-council-approves-51-million-to-fund-illegal-immigrant-housing">Chicago</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/50-new-york-city-places-of-worship-will-house-foreign-nationals">New York City</a>, have struggled to house the thousands of foreign nationals that have arrived under the Biden administration.
Meanwhile, estimates have found that illegal immigration costs United States taxpayers approximately <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/taxpayers-shell-out-151-billion-each-year-due-to-illegal-immigration-analysis-says">$151 billion</a> every year, with a recent report from Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee finding that illegal immigration places <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/illegal-immigration-costs-hospitals-billions-in-unpaid-bills-house-gop-report-finds">significant financial strain</a> on the American medical system.
One <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hosting-migrants-poll-2023-05-21/">poll</a> from CBS News in late May found that 63% of Americans disapprove of Biden’s handling of the United States border, while just 37% say that they approve.

Mayorkas

Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas Boasts About Ditching The Term ‘Illegal Alien’

A group of Tennessee <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/republican-party" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Republican</a> lawmakers pushed the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/department-of-homeland-security" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Department of Homeland Security</a> (DHS) on Monday to explain how an illegal immigrant accused of raping multiple children was allowed to stay in the U.S. for two decades.
The Republicans, led by Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/marsha-blackburn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Marsha Blackburn</a>, wrote a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas accusing his agency of failing to enforce American immigration laws and contributing to the alleged crimes.
“We write to express our disgust with this administration’s complete failure to secure our border and enforce the rule of law, the effects of which are impacting communities and families across the country,” the <a href="https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/services/files/7E96A9AB-B823-490E-8B41-F23B8E1390A6" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> says.
Blackburn was joined by Reps. Diana Harshbarger, Tim Burchett, Chuck Fleischmann, Scott DesJarlais, Andy Ogles, Mark Green, and John Rose.
The letter referred to the case of Camilo Hurtado Campos, a youth soccer coach and illegal immigrant living in Franklin, Tennessee. Police say they found “disturbing videos and pictures” on documenting the “rapes of at least 10 children” ages 9 to 17 on Campos phone, which he accidentally left at a restaurant, according to <a href="https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2023/07/13/camilo-hurtado-campos-soccer-coach-franklin-tennessee/70409271007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Tennessean</a>.
“We fear that, in addition to very recent victims, there could be a decade or more of victims out there,” Franklin Police Department Lt. Charles Warner said last week. More people have since stepped forward and said they were victimized by Campos, who is being held in custody on charges of child rape and sexual exploitation of a minor.
“Perhaps most devastating of all, this horrific abuse was entirely preventable — police confirmed on July 12 that Campos is an illegal immigrant who should not have been in our country in the first place,” the lawmakers wrote in the letter on Monday. “Indeed, if this administration had any interest in enforcing our nation’s laws, he wouldn’t have been.”
Campos had been in trouble with the police before, according to the letter. He had been cited for public intoxication and three instances of driving without a license. Despite his run-ins with law enforcement, police said Campos has lived in the Franklin area for about two decades through multiple administrations.
The lawmakers requested more information from the DHS on Campos’s case, including whether the department was aware of Campos and his immigration status as well as whether the department ever initiated any enforcement actions against him. The GOP letter asks for a response from the secretary by July 24.
“Violence against children is one of the most heinous crimes imaginable, and Tennesseans deserve to know why the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) permitted this criminal to live in their community and abuse their children after entering the country illegally,” the letter says.
Mayorkas has received an intense criticism from Republicans for his handling of the U.S. southern border crisis, punctuated by a peak of roughly 10,000 apprehensions a day for a period of time in May. Some members have even pushed for Mayorkas to be <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/texas-house-republican-files-impeachment-articles-against-dhs-secretary-mayorkas">impeached</a>.

‘Tennesseans Deserve To Know’: GOP Lawmakers Target Mayorkas After Illegal Immigrant Accused Of Child Rape

Marsha Blackburn

Tennessee

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