Engaging in fiery exchanges with Republican lawmakers about the southern border crisis, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified at a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on March 28.
Mayorkas appeared before the panel a week after DHS launched Operation Blue Lotus, a strategy designed to curtail the volume of fentanyl flooding into the United States.
Migrant encounters along the U.S.-Mexico border have soared to record highs since Mayorkas was sworn in as DHS Secretary in February 2021. The number rose to 250,000 last December and was reported at 155,000 in February.
CBP seized a record-high 2,900 pounds of fentanyl along the southern border last November. Three years ago, border agents were claiming around 380 pounds of fentanyl every month….