Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas rebuffed calls from leading Republicans to step aside — or risk impeachment — and underscored the critical nature of managing migration challenges 'gripping' the Western Hemisphere.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a news conference in Washington, D.C., Jan. 5, 2023, on new border enforcement measures to limit unlawful migration, expand pathways for legal immigration, and increase border security.-- and underscored the critical nature of managing migration challenges "gripping" the Western Hemisphere.
"I've got a lot of work to do," Mayorkas told Stephanopoulos in response. "I'm proud to do it alongside 250,000 incredibly dedicated and talented individuals in the Department of Homeland Security, and I'm going to continue to do my work." "This is something that is not unique to the United States," Mayorkas told Stephanopoulos. "It's gripping the hemisphere and a regional challenge requires a regional solution."
Mayorkas pointed to congressional inaction on immigration and other factors driving people to leave their countries for the U.S. Responding to whether the administration can end the controversial Title 42 expulsion policy, which cuts access to humanitarian relief for those at the border, Mayorkas said that the federal government remains blocked by a federal court order in Louisiana. Separately, the Supreme Court in February will hear arguments on 19 states appealing to keep Title 42 in place after another federal judge ruled it had to end.He went on to criticize Texas Gov.
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