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WASHINGTON – Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas avoided describing the surge of migrant children at the U.S.-Mexico border as a crisis on Wednesday during his first appearance before lawmakers in his new role.
Mayorkas, the first immigrant and first Latino person to lead DHS, was asked by Republican lawmakers on the House Homeland Security Committee about the situation developing at the southern border, where thousands of children seeking asylum are being detained.
He stopped short of calling the influx of migrants a crisis during his opening statement, but reiterated during the hearing the department faces a difficult situation.
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Wednesday on CNN’s “New Day,” Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-CA) sounded off on President Joe Biden’s efforts to address the crisis at the United States’ southern border with Mexico. The White House has told immigrants, “don’t come now, come later,” which seems to have gone largely ignored as a surge of immigrants continue to reach the border daily.
Ruiz said the Biden administration’s messaging is “not enough” at this time. He then touted the U.S. Citizenship Act as a solution to “address the root causes of the problems.”
“You know, no. That’s not enough,” Ruiz declared. “I mean, one is it’s very important that people realize that we’re in the middle of a pandemic and that it’s not safe for them, especially with the cartels and the coyotes that are taking advantage of them and retraumatizing them during the journey. But that’s why we need the U.S. Citizenship Act so that we can address the root causes of the problems so they don’t need t