Washington, DC — Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says President Biden’s Homeland Security chief should resign.
Hinson says Secretary Alejandro Mayorkis has failed to secure the southern border.
Hinson made her comments during a hearing this past week in Washington. In March, US authorities arrested 210-thousand migrants attempting to illegally cross the border with Mexico — the highest monthly total in two decades. Hinson, a Republican from Marion, spoke with Iowa reporters Friday by phone. Hinson says the Homeland Security secretary does not have a plan to deal with an expected surge in illegal border crossings after May 23rd. That’s when the order is lifted that has been sending those caught at the border back to Mexico to await immigration proceedings.
The Homeland Security secretary says his agency is setting up temporary facilities along the border to handle more migrants and has proposed a new regulation to speed up deportations. Due to a court ruling, asylum seekers will still be required to wait in Mexico for their hearings in U.S. immigration court.
