WATCH: HawleyMO grills Homeland Security secretary on reports of forced child migrant labor: 'Why shouldn't you be impeached for this?'
April 18, 2023: DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks in front of the Senate Homeland Security Committee.
Hawley tied the increase in child migration across the border to a move by the Biden administration in early 2021 to not apply Title 42 expulsions to unaccompanied children. Hawley was unimpressed, saying that the administration"has done nothing but facilitate this crisis," and accused Mayorkas of pressuring officials to skip vetting processes and release minors to sponsors quickly. He also referenced efforts in the House by Republicans to impeach the DHS chief.
Mayorkas responded:"I look forward to discussing this issue further because you are misstating the facts so terribly."
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