.SecMayorkas denies plans to leave DHS in coming weeks: 'False rumor'
Rep. Clay Higgins questioned DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in a heated exchange before the House Homeland Security Committee Tuesday about his future."It’s been rumored, Secretary, that you're going to resign prior to January 3rd. Any truth to those rumors?" Higgins asked.
Some Republicans have called for Mayorkas to resign or be impeached for how they said he has failed to gain control of the U.S.-Mexico border, where, since 2021, more illegal immigrants have been encountered crossing the border than at any time in national history.Chris Magnus, who oversaw the 60,000-person Customs and Border Protection agency within the DHS, was forced out of his post over the weekend.
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