Alejandro Mayorkas: “I have articulated quite comprehensively in a memorandum that we believe that that policy should not be in place.”

We need Congress to act swiftly to fund what should be a nonpartisan, apolitical phenomenon, and that is providing relief to all individuals with respect to the impacts of these extreme weather events.

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

I have said now repeatedly it is a crisis.

Individuals who qualify for visas significantly contribute to the well-being and advancement of this country and that is quite evident especially in the economy arena.