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On March 1, 2021, appeared behind the White House podium. Fox's Kristin Fisher: "Do you believe that right now there is a crisis at the border?" : "I think that the answer is no. I think there is a challenge at the border that we are managing."
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In the same briefing, continued to be defensive, refusing to call it a "crisis." Instead, he kept calling it a "challenge," and claiming DHS was addressing it. The previous month, CBP had recorded just over 101,000 apprehensions. This month we hit 239,000+.
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A few weeks later, told ABC, "The message is quite clear--do not come. The border is closed, the border is secure." In March, apprehensions would shoot up to 173k+, almost 6k apprehensions *per day*. The border was wide open then and it’s wide open and unsecure now.
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When asked in a September hearing by whether the border was more secure under his leadership, lied to Congress. Mayorkas: "It is no less secure than it was previously." In August, CBP had recorded a 20-year high 213,593 apprehensions
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In the same hearing, claimed: "We do have a plan to address migration at the southern border...and we're starting to see results." The only results have been record levels of illegal immigration and dangerous drugs pouring across the border. #BidenBorderCrisis
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In a hearing last month, had the gall to claim that his DHS had "effectively managed an unprecedented number of non-citizens seeking to enter the United States." This is an objective lie, which the numbers make clear.
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