Former President Donald Trump's campaign promise to deport millions of illegal immigrants to transfer wealth is “not good policy,” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said at a political event in Texas on Friday.
Mayorkas Doubled Speaking at a Texas Tribune event about his business-first immigration economic policies, he lamented public opposition to elite demands for cheap immigrant labor, saying,[I] If you talk to state leaders, senators, congressmen of both parties, they will talk about visas. [worker] The need for more programs and visas… [and yet] Nothing, nothing will be accomplished.”
This massive influx will shift billions of dollars in wages and salaries from young families to older investors. For example, Breitbart News reported on Wednesday that salaries for technology college graduates have remained flat since 2008. This is in part because Mayorkas and his predecessor allowed millions of foreign college graduates into the U.S. through the H-1B, J-1, TN, L-1 and F-1 visa programs.
At the event, Mayorkas was asked about growing public opposition to immigration policies that encourage wealth transfer: “I don't know what the cause of that reaction is,” he said, before suggesting that mainstream public opposition to his policies was a national security threat.
Division in our political life is impeding the progress that we so desperately need, and it's not just about immigration. What I say about division is that division means a gap, a space, a vacuum, if you will, and that vacuum tends to get filled, and that vacuum gets filled by our enemies. Our enemies, hostile nation-states, exploit that division. And I think that division in our country is really a homeland security issue.
Mayorkas renewed his praise for Canada's strong immigration system, even as rising poverty among Canadians, declining productivity and public anger likely force Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step down by the fall of 2025.
Let's look north at Canada. Canada looks at their market needs and says, “We need 700,000 foreign workers to meet our domestic labor demand.” So they build their visa regime for the year to accommodate current market conditions. And then they say, “We'll take in a million people.” This depends on the market.
we [in the United States] We're dealing with a work visa cap that was set in 1996. It's 2024. The world has changed. [elite] agree [the visas system] They are divided, they can't agree on a solution, and the country is suffering as a result.
Mayorkas is a tactful and relentless supporter of the radical immigration policies that enabled the administration's expansionary economic program, “Bidenomics.” He has great influence over the White House and the economy, in part because President Joe Biden asked Vice President Kamala Harris to take a larger role in border policy in 2021, handing it over to her. Harris refused.
Since January 2021, he has helped extract at least 10 million blue- and white-collar immigrants from poor countries for the purpose of transferring wealth to American workplaces, communities, schools and hospitals.
Mayorkas has repeatedly explained that he supports immigration because of his immigrant parents, his sympathy for immigrants, and his support for “equality” between Americans and foreigners. He also justifies his support by saying that his priorities take precedence over the law and that the “needs” of American businesses come first, regardless of immigration. cost The impact on ordinary Americans, the impact on American children, or the reasonable objections of Americans.
Mayorkas, May 2023 explanation His motivation in his U.S. Coast Guard Academy graduation speech:
My drive is defined by a very clear purpose. My mother and father's life journeys were defined by displacement. My mother was a refugee twice, first from war-torn Europe and then 19 years later, with my father, my sister and me, from Communist Cuba. They are my main drive, the main reason I work so hard, my purpose.
Mayorkas has been deeply sympathetic to immigrants, saying at an event in Texas that he “does not conflate people seeking a better life with crime and drug trafficking.”
He also said he wanted to drive cartels out of the labor-trafficking business and ensure government control over immigration from poor countries. [moral] “Governments have an obligation to promote migration in a way that is different from what they have on hand,” he said.
He is using Congress' massive spending on immigration and his knowledge of the country's complex immigration laws to help immigrants enter the U.S., get established in the U.S. economy and gain legal status.
Mayorkas, speaking at a Texas Tribune event, said he was disappointed by the bipartisan defeat of a border bill passed by the Senate in February.
He helped draft legislation that would ensure a large influx of immigrants. “It’s a great shame in terms of the interests of this country. [the bill’s approval] “That did not happen,” Mayorkas said, adding:
This is not the first time in history that sections of society have pointed to immigrants as the cause of social ills for which they are not responsible. This is not a phenomenon unique to the United States, either historically or currently.
Harris has pledged to sign the Mayorkas bill if elected president.
Asked about President Trump's plan to deport millions of immigrants, Mayorkas scoffed as he listed the legal and practical hurdles that would be required to deport imported immigrants.
How exactly does that work legally? [Venezuelan migrants] Are they being deported to Venezuela? Which flights are actually sending them back to Venezuela? Will Mexico accept Venezuelans being deported? They have [due] Would they be able to undergo asylum procedures under the law? What if they express fear under our executive order, assuming our order can withstand legal challenge? If Mexico says, “No, we're not taking Venezuelans,” what exactly does it mean to immediately “expel” an individual? [legal appeals] What kind of process will they be provided with? What resources will be required for mass deportations? Where will these people be housed? How much funding will there be for that?
What if we were to claim that these people are frightened by the current situation? [asylum] The law. What process will they be given? What happens if a judge accepts their claim? What happens if an asylum officer decides they have established a credible claim of fear? …Where exactly will they be detained? [in confinment]With what funds and under what conditions they will be detained. Because there are legal decisions that dictate the conditions under which an individual must be detained. There are standards for detention.
As we all know, politics is different from governance. Governance is not just about policies, it is also about operational realities. When we talk about implementing policies, we need to consider money, people, facilities, transportation assets, etc.
“So I think the organization [and] An operational plan to achieve this [mass deportation] “Into life — and I don't see it,” he said.
