Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday told Congress he’s unaware that cartels use illegal immigrants to flood the border and sneak over dangerous contraband.
That admission surprised Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican who pointed out that Attorney General Merrick Garland acknowledged the strategy in his own testimony to Congress earlier this month.“You’ve simply lost all credibility, Mr. Secretary,” Mr. Cornyn said.
They particularly bristled when Mr. Mayorkas said the “scourge of fentanyl” is not tied to the record numbers of illegal immigrants being caught. John Modlin, the Border Patrol’s chief agent in Arizona’s Tucson sector, told Congress last week the cartels use migrants to keep agents distracted. Mr. Mayorkas asserted the administration has “operational control” of the border — at least according to his own definition.
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