Former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is now claiming that he urged President Joe Biden to close the southern border, according to remarks he made Tuesday during an interview at the POLITICO Security Summit.
🚨 WTF?! Treasonous Alejandro Mayorkas is BACKTRACKING, claiming he privately said Biden should've sealed the border sooner
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) May 13, 2026
"I voiced my views."
"There were areas of disagreement within immigration policy."
He needs to go ON TRIAL!pic.twitter.com/8c3HkLGKI7
"Did you feel that you had the support from the president in order to succeed," Mayorkas was asked.
"There were areas of disagreement within immigration policy and in other areas," he replied. "But I voiced my views."
I was very pleased that in June of 2024 we took executive action that I thought made reforms that were sensible. If those again that had and that proved proved successful if those executive actions had been taken one or two years earlier.
The executive action taken by the Biden administration in June 2024 temporarily suspended and restricted the entry of most noncitizens crossing the southern border while tightening asylum eligibility requirements. Although the policy reportedly reduced border crossings by between 30 and 50 percent, the move was widely viewed as too little, too late after years of an open-border policy approach throughout Biden’s presidency.
It was not until President Trump’s election, supporters argue, that illegal border crossings began to fall dramatically.
And despite Mayorkas’ claims this week, his record tells a different story. During congressional hearings throughout the Biden administration, the former DHS secretary repeatedly insisted that the border was both “closed” and “secure,” even as record numbers of illegal crossings fueled widespread outrage.
Here’s a 5-minute loop of Mayorkas in 2023 saying, “The border is secure.”
— Randy Weber (@TXRandy14) May 13, 2026
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It’s important to note that Mayorkas maintained that the border was secure and thorough vetting was happening under the previous administration…
— Ali Bradley (@AliBradleyTV) May 12, 2026
This is from June of 2024: pic.twitter.com/zvHxkhYO42
Some are calling for Mayorkas to face perjury charges over his conflicting statements.
Editor’s Note: Thanks to President Trump, illegal immigration into our great country has virtually stopped. Despite the radical left's lies, new legislation wasn't needed to secure our border, just a new president.
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