Mayorkas tells border agents US is ‘going to lose’: leaked audio

 Top Republican lawmakers are calling on the Biden administration to change its immigration policies Friday after Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was caught on leaked audio telling border agents the current crisis is “unsustainable.” 

In the audio obtained by Fox News, Mayorkas told agents during a private meeting in Brownsville, Texas on Thursday the current situation “cannot continue” and that the system wasn’t designed to handle such high numbers of illegal immigrants.“

A couple of days ago I was down in Mexico, and I said, ‘Look, you know, if, if our borders are the first line of defense, we’re going to lose and this is unsustainable,'” Mayorkas said during the meeting.“We can’t continue like this, our people in the field can’t continue and our system isn’t built for it.”

Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey said Friday that Mayorkas’ remarks were proof the Biden administration “had completely lost control of the border” and called on the head of DHS to resign. Ducey said Mayorkas’ comments showed “chaos, dysfunction and a defeatist attitude has infiltrated the highest level” of the department.

...Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) argued on Twitter that President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were the “root cause” of the crisis. Cruz cited White House orders to halt construction of former President Donald Trump’s border wall, the end of the “Remain in Mexico” policy for asylum-seekers and the return of the “catch-and-release” policy in which illegal immigrants are relocated within the US ahead of their court date...MORE