Marsha Blackburn: “earlier this month, House Republicans impeached Secretary Mayorkas because the Homeland Security Secretary refuses to…”

“earlier this month, House Republicans impeached Secretary Mayorkas because the Homeland Security Secretary refuses to carry out his constitutional duty of securing the homeland. More than 9 million illegal immigrants, including 1.7 million known ``got-aways,'' have entered our country under the Biden administration. Now, this number is larger than the population of 39 States. At the same time, hundreds of individuals on the Terrorist Watchlist have been caught on the southern border, including 58 since the start of fiscal year 2024. Just in January, there were more than 176,000 illegal crossings along the southern border. This is the worst January on record. Yet, under Secretary Mayorkas and President Biden, Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported just 142,000 people in all of 2023. That is less than 5 percent of illegal crossings. There is no doubt that this administration has abused both our asylum and our parole systems, but unlike asylum--you have parole, which is granted by DHS for different reasons, and President Biden has abused his parole authority to usher in millions of migrants who are unknown to us and who receive both public benefits and work authorizations. One thing is clear: The parole system is just another way for the Biden administration to circumvent congressional authority and make illegal immigrants legal.…”