Mayorkas is uniquely qualified to make sure the Department of Homeland Security is working to protect people from all backgrounds, all communities and all walks of life,” Sen. His nomination was stalled in the Senate by Republicans who wanted to question him further on Biden's plans for immigration policy. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)WASHINGTON – The Senate confirmed Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday as President Joe Biden's homeland security secretary, the first Latino to fill a post that will have a central role in the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic, a sweeping Russia-linked cyber hack and domestic extremism. 2, 2021, at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Complex in Washington. Vice President Kamala Harris, right, ceremonially swears in Alejandro Mayorkas as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, accompanied by his wife Tanya Mayorkas, Tuesday, Feb. Senate confirms Mayorkas as Biden's homeland security chief The security officials lost their jobs, and Trump was impeached by the House on a charge of inciting the insurrection, the deadliest attack on Congress in 200 years.īut then-Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund testified that he only learned about it the day before Tuesday's hearing.īut in closing, Klobuchar restated the testimony: “There was clear agreement this was a planned insurrection.”ONE OFFICER'S PERSONAL STORYThe hearing opened with Capitol Police Capt. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)WASHINGTON – Security officials testifying at Congress' first hearing on the deadly siege of the Capitol cast blame and pointed fingers on Tuesday but also acknowledged they were woefully unprepared for the violence. 23, 2021, to examine the January 6th attack on the Capitol. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund appears before a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs & Senate Rules and Administration joint hearing on Capitol Hill, Washington, Tuesday, Feb. The best way to stick it to Zuckerface? Bookmark and check us out throughout the day! Also, follow us on Instagram and Twitter.Takeaways from Congress' first hearing on Capitol riotįormer U.S. Their algorithm hides our stories and shenanigans as best it can. In her spare time, she enjoys going for runs, touching grass, and occasionally tweeting tweets for fellow tweeters.įacebook doesn't want you reading this post or any others lately. Lily is a Zoomer college dropout who somehow landed a writing gig here at LwC.com. But our politicians have been hemming and hawing about our "broken immigration system" for years now, so I wouldn't expect an overnight fix.
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This whole debacle serves as a good reminder that having a chaotic open border is not actually the kind response to a huge influx of refugees. \u201cSenator ERUPTS at Secretary Mayorkas:\n\n"You were CROWING about the fact that you treated children so well, and yet we find tens of thousands of children who are forced to work as SLAVES because of YOUR policies, and you turn around and blame a prior administration!"\u201d - moment ago you were crowing about the fact that you treated children so well, and yet we find tens of thousands of children who are forced to work as slaves because of your policies and you turn around and blame a prior administration." After over two years since Trump has been in office. Mayorkas responded by criticizing the Trump administration. Hawley attributed this explosion to the Biden administration's decision not to apply Title 42 expulsions to unaccompanied migrant children.
Many have been forced into indentured servitude to pay back smugglers. According to the report, more than 250,000 unaccompanied migrant children have entered the country in the past two years, though Hawley cited a larger figure of 345,000. Hawley asked Mayorkas about a New York Times report that claims the Biden administration ignored signs of a recent explosion in forced child labor. Senator Josh Hawley also grilled Mayorkas over his disastrous border policies, specifically those that have forced migrant children into indentured servitude.
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