Posted on 01/26/2022 12:26:33 PM PST by Red Badger
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.
"The job has not gotten any easier over the last few months and it was very, very difficult throughout 2021. I know apprehending families and kids is not what you signed up to do. And now we got a composition that is changing even more with Cubans, Venezuelans, Nicaraguans, and the like, it just gets more difficult," Mayorkas said in the recording.
Mayorkas said DHS is trying to work with the Mexican government to stop the flow of immigrants before they reach the U.S. border.
"I know the policies of this administration are not particularly popular with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, but that's the reality and let's see what we can do within that framework," Mayorkas added.
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.
Mayorkas said he appreciated "the candor" and explained he is working to ensure agents have the personnel, funding, and equipment they need to do their job. The agent replied they have been hearing that answer for years.
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.
Mayorkas said he understands being demonized because he has had threats against his life and the life of his family.
Another agent asked Mayorkas about the low number of people being enrolled in the Migrant Protection Protocols, also known as "Remain in Mexico," a policy the Biden administration was forced to re-up by court order after President Biden attempted to shut down the program.
"The numbers are not where they need to be. I agree with that," Mayorkas admitted, adding the U.S. is still negotiating with Mexico.
Mayorkas revealed he has approved for gaps in the border wall system, which were created when Biden ordered a halt on construction, to be filled, particularly where gates were supposed to be installed.
"Look, it's worse now than it, frankly, has been in at least 20 years, if not ever," Mayorkas said at another point in the meeting, regarding the overall situation at the border.
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."
In the recording, Border Chief Patrol Raul Ortiz did not seem happy with the questions being asked because, according to him, it came off as griping instead of coming to Mayorkas with solutions.
Mayorkas can be then heard going back to the first agent who turned his back on him and asked how long he had been part of Border Patrol. When the agent replied with 16 years, Mayorkas said he was prosecuting death penalty cases in California, "You don't know anything about me."
The agent said he knows Mayorkas has had a long career, but "you said you're going to change it, the only that's changed is it's gotten worse."
Sources at the meeting told Townhall Mayorkas was visibly upset. DHS did not respond to a request for comment in time for publication.
apprehending families and kids is not what you signed up to do
That is exactly what you signed up to do. Whether they are a size 2T or unaccompanied minors with grey beards.
It may be a federal border, but a short distance this side of it is a State Border as well.
(additional reasonable jobs the state could really take over)
Activities of the Texas Ranger Division consist primarily of conducting criminal and special investigations, apprehending wanted felons, suppressing major disturbances, protection of life and property, and rendering assistance to local law enforcement officials in suppressing crime and violence.
Other programs which fall under the direction and supervision of the Texas Rangers are:
(Most seem to apply to some degree)
Border Security – Ranger Reconnaissance Teams (Riverine operations) - duh
Joint Operations Intelligence Centers/Border Security Operations Center - OK
Public Corruption/Public Integrity investigations - Please?
Major Case investigations - all incursions should be major case - if you haven’t even searched them... C’mon Man!
Unsolved Crimes Investigation Program (UCIP) - Cold Case investigations - millions
Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) - yes
Special Operations Group – Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), Regional Special Response Teams (SRT), Crisis Negotiation Units (CNU) and Explosive Ordnance Disposal
“DHS serves no useful function.”
It just needs a new name.
Department of Homeland Destruction.
DHD.
Of course. There is no option when pressing the flesh with the troops. He took the job becuase it benefits him personally. Go take some heat, then keep on keeping on with the agenda of fake border control.
LMAO-that is absolutely an illustration of his job duties...
You are exactly correct and no BP agent complained about apprehending anyone. The DHS Secretary raised that straw man argument.
The agents are spiting mad because they can't apprehend anyone because they are assigned to processing and babysitting illegal aliens. The border they have sworn to protect is wide open.
Trafficker's now are in full control of our border.
I wonder how long the agent who turned his back on Mayorkas will continue to have his job.
Sorry, but I don't see how doing nothing can be any easier.
They put the bugs in the system.
How can dispersing the illegals all over the country in after midnight flights be legal? I admire border agents who want to do their jobs, but can’t those who are aiding this illegal distribution of illegal immigrants be prosecuted? By what authority are they aiding this invasion?
Democrat's fear narrative rests on the lie there's thousand of white 'domestic terrorists' who are killing people all over the country.
THE PROBLEM WITH THE LIE IS CRIME STATISTICS CAN'T LOCATE THE CRIMES - CAN'T FIND 'THE THOUSANDS OF DEATHS' CAUSED BY 'White Domestic Terrorists'... Because they don't exist. the narrative is a lie.
The lie is necessary to keep useful idiots on their side... It hasn't been 'cheap labor' in years.
So illegals are being used to destabilized traditional American communities. Proof? Jeh Johnson.. and finding out where they're being re-located. My guess is working class small stable majority white communities turning minority.
Someone - some groups? are looking for ways to gin up the 'white domestic terrorist' narrative before it's exposed as a lie.Even if it takes sending illegals into American communities or sending 50 FBI agents to NASCAR to examine garage pulls. They are desperate. And they're playing for keeps.
“The lie is necessary”
Evidence is mounting that serious lying is going on in upper politics.
checks. (?)
misuse of criminal history information (?).
misconduct and corruption of public officials (federal?) *** WE HAVE A WINNER ***.
threats against the governor and other state and federal officials (maybe?, counting political/judicial/Federal pressure).
missing persons, parental abductions, questionable deaths and unidentified bodies (yup)
Well said. They are playing for keeps. They plan has been decades in the making effecting every part of our lives. It’s hitting us so fast now, we are barely even reacting.
Democrats throw Manchin, Sinema under the bus as Biden retreats to his basement.
Now a couple of Good Humor guys delivering ice cream to Biden discover horror in the cellar beneath the Biden beach house.
They find a crazed old woman who insists on being called doctor, and two registered nurses.....one a sadistic dwarf called Jen, and the other a hulking half-wit named Hunter.
They discover Biden built a mausoleum w/ tax dollars in which he keeps the bodies of Delaware voters not all of whom may be entirely dead yet, but who will reflexively vote Biden.
It does seem odd to me that tens of millions of brown and indigenous people would be streaming into a country in which roving murder squads of white supremacists are killing without consequence and leaving dead bodies everywhere.
Why don’t they choose to stay home where they are safe?
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