Mayorkas Concedes Biden Could Have Tightened Border Sooner After 7 Million Crossings
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Updated · Fox News · May 13
Mayorkas Concedes Biden Could Have Tightened Border Sooner After 7 Million Crossings
5 articles · Updated · Fox News · May 13
Alejandro Mayorkas said the Biden administration might have moved faster on executive border measures, saying in hindsight it could have acted sooner if it had known Congress would not deliver.
June 2024 executive action became his main defense: Mayorkas called it a sensible, humanitarian shift that paired tougher enforcement with legal pathways and said crossings fell 70% to 75% afterward.
The remarks reopen a central political vulnerability from 2024, when border policy became a major election issue and Mayorkas drew Republican attacks for repeatedly saying the border was secure.
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