Alejandro Mayorkas: “I have tremendous confidence not only in the United States Border Patrol, but in its new leader, Raul Ortiz.”

The Bipartisan Border Bill would have been transformative in advancing the security of our border.

We need those funds to increase to enable local communities to protect and guard themselves.

One major provision of the Senate bipartisan legislation, that would have been so incredibly impactful, was to allow us to apply expedited removal proceedings.

With the authorities and the funding that we have, it is as secure as it can be.