Tom Homan, former acting director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), explained on FOX Business on Monday that Democrats’ “plan” for the southern border is backfiring as the 2024 election approaches.
Homan appeared on “The Bottom Line with Dagen & Duffy” to discuss a recent interview between U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and NBC host Kristen Welker. In it, Mayorkas avoided responsibility for the ongoing border crisis. FOX Business co-host Dagen McDowell asked the former acting ICE director about Mayorkas’ response as illegal immigrants continue to enter the United States. in record numbers. (Related: Mayor Kass dodges question from NBC host Kristen Welker on whether he agrees with Biden that border is ‘not secure’)
“Tom, the fact that that person is still sitting there and having the audacity to say that. The first day this started, you didn’t need an Axios expose to know what was wrong. We’ve seen it,” McDowell said.
The former acting director of ICE believes Democrats “deliberately” created the situation at the border, but that they are now trying to “do a 180” on Americans in the upcoming 2024 election. He said he was there. (Related: Republicans who voted against impeaching Mayorkas will not seek re-election)
“They opened the border, it’s part of their plan. And their plan is going very well. Over the last three years, a record amount of illegal aliens have crossed the border, a record number of illegal aliens have crossed the border, “A large number of illegal aliens have been released into the United States,” Homan said. “This is exactly what he ran for. This is what they’re doing. This is by design…The problem is we have an election coming up, and now they’re doing a 180 against us. We’re trying to do the opposite, but it doesn’t work.”
More than 1.5 million migrants have been encountered crossing the border since April 2023, when Mayorkas called the border “secure.” recorded By Customs and Border Protection. Illegal immigration has reached record numbers under the Biden administration, with more than 2 million migrants recorded to be encountered in fiscal year 2023.
House Republicans tried to impeach the DHS secretary over the continuing border crisis. solution It failed on the floor Tuesday.
