Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, hit DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of the crisis at the southern border and the continued fentanyl flow into the U.S.
tore into Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday and said he should be fired over his handling of the ongoing crisis at the southern border and the flow of fentanyl into the U.S.
"My constituents are saying, who's accountable? Who's accountable? Who's paying a price? Who got fired? Well, you haven't been fired. You should be fired," Cornyn said at a Senate Judiciary hearing."But you haven't been fired because you were carrying out the policies of the Biden administration. And we've seen nothing but death and destruction as a result."as well as the ongoing crisis at the southern border -- which saw more than 2.
More than 70,000 Americans die each year due to fentanyl -- which is primarily produced in Mexico using Chinese precursors and smuggled in across the southern border.March 28, 2023: Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, quizzes DHS Secretary Mayorkas on the border crisis. Mayorkas and Democrats have noted that the majority of fentanyl seizures occur at the ports of entry, and those arrested are typically U.S. citizens. who slip past Border Patrol agents between ports of entry and have noted that it is impossible to know how much fentanyl is being smuggled in.
This clash was seen earlier in the exchange when Cornyn asked Mayorkas about how cartels are attempting to overwhelm agents, so they can slip drugs past them. Mayorkas said he was not aware of that strategy and attempted to highlight the seizures at ports of entry."That’s a totally made-up number," Cornyn replied, cutting him off.
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