“While Credibility-challenged and extreme liberal Beto O’Rourke continues to be in denial about the crisis at the border, border patrol agents on the ground confronted President Biden’s DHS Secretary about the Biden Administration’s unwillingness to secure our nation’s southern border. Beto has completely disengaged from reality concerning the crisis at our southern border.” – Mark Miner, Communications Director
EXCLUSIVE: DHS Secretary Had A Disastrous Meeting With Border Patrol Agents
By Julio Rojas
Townhall
January 26, 2022
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Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ meeting with Border Patrol agents in the Yuma Sector on Wednesday did not go well after he admitted the staggering amount of illegal border crossings has made the agents’ job more difficult.
In an audio recording of his remarks to the agents, which was obtained by Townhall, Mayorkas conceded the massive influx of people illegally crossing into the sector, along with the rest of the southern sectors, has not been easy.
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An agent pressed Mayorkas on how DHS can reconcile saying border security is the main mission for Border Patrol, yet agents are unable to patrol the border due to the policies the Biden administration has in place. Border Patrol agents are being utilized to process the thousands of illegal immigrants.
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According to sources present at the meeting and the audio recording, the agent who asked the question then turned his back on Mayorkas.
“Let me just say, you can turn your back on me but I won’t turn my back on you,” Mayorkas said. The agent replied Mayorkas turned his back on the agents first.
Another agent told Mayorkas there are many issues in the Yuma Sector, pointing to the overcrowding of family units at their processing site and that handling them is not their responsibility. Mayorkas reiterated that agents being pulled off of the border to process illegal immigrants is not what they signed up to do.
The second agent said it has been “demoralizing” to see politicians and others “demonize” Border Patrol when they often save illegal immigrants from injury and death. It is a possible reference to the outrage that started over false claims that agents on horseback were “whipping” people illegally crossing the border in the Del Rio Sector, which included Mayorkas, Vice President Kamala Harris, President Joe Biden.
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One exasperated agent told Mayorkas the situation in the Yuma Sector was much better under former President Donald Trump because “everyone was doing their jobs.”
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Sources at the meeting told Townhall Mayorkas was visibly upset. DHS did not respond to a request for comment in time for publication.