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In this May 12, 2021, photo, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the Senate Appropriations committee hearing, on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Biden administration will stop using immigration detention facilities in Massachusetts and Georgia that are the subject of abuse allegations. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Thursday announced that federal authorities will no longer use the jail facilities in Bristol County, Massachusetts and the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia. (Photo by Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)

DHS chief Alejandro Mayorkas bristles at Republicans’ border questions

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), Tuesday, June 15, 2021, in her ceremonial office on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

DHS chief Mayorkas: ‘Unfair’ to ask why Biden, Harris haven’t been to border

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas tours the City of Los Angeles Information Technology Agency (ITA) command center, responsible for the city's cybersecurity at the Emergency Operations Center in Los Angeles Thursday, June 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Victims of immigrant crimes demand say in ICE deportation rules

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks about aviation security ahead of the summer travel season during a news conference at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Tuesday, May 25, 2021, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

DHS chief Mayorkas says he’s bringing ‘dignity’ to undocumented immigrants

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks about aviation security ahead of the summer travel season during a news conference at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Tuesday, May 25, 2021, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

DHS to issue new deportation rules, DOJ tells federal judge

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Three young migrants hold hands as they run in the rain at an intake area after turning themselves in upon crossing the U.S.-Mexico border Tuesday, May 11, 2021, in Roma, Texas. The number of unaccompanied children encountered on the U.S. border with Mexico in April eased from an all-time high a month earlier, while more adults were found coming without families, authorities said Tuesday. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

DHS officially ends ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Migrants from Honduras wait in a Border Patrol truck after turning themselves in upon crossing the U.S.-Mexico border Monday, May 17, 2021, in La Joya, Texas. The Biden administration has agreed to let up to about 250 people a day in the United States at border crossings with Mexico to seek refuge, part of negotiations to settle a lawsuit over pandemic-related powers that deny migrants a right to apply for asylum, an attorney said Monday. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

DHS chief Alejandro Mayorkas tells Congress: ‘The border is closed’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Thursday, May 13, 2021, file photo, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, in Washington. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP, File)

Alejandro Mayorkas targets kids in bid to tackle disinformation

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Migrants line up for a free meal at a makeshift camp of migrants at the border port of entry leading to the United States, Wednesday, March 17, 2021, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) **FILE**

ICE’s new restrictions leading to fewer arrests of dangerous migrants, senior official testifies

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this Aug. 11, 2017, file photo, a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent escorts an immigrant suspected of crossing into the United States illegally along the Rio Grande near Granjeno, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Texas Border Patrol agents spend less than 50% of time patrolling border amid migrant surge

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the Senate Appropriations committee hearing to examine domestic extremism, Wednesday, May 12, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Alex Wong/Pool via AP)

Alejandro Mayorkas rejects terror threat at border

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this file photo, a Lady Justice statue with a face mask stands behind panels announcing COVID-19 protocols at an entrance to a Manhattan federal courthouse, Friday, March 12, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) **FILE**

Courthouses now off-limits for arresting illegal immigrants, DHS says

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President-elect Joe Biden's Homeland Security Secretary nominee Alejandro Mayorkas speaks at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

DHS cancels fines for illegal immigrants who refused to leave U.S.

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this July 8, 2019, file photo, a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers transfer a man in hand and ankle cuffs onto a van during an operation in Escondido, Calif. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said crimes against children are “a top public safety priority for the agency.” But child pornography isn’t an automatic target for deportation under new enforcement rules. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) ** FILE **

Child pornography not an automatic cause for deportation

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this March 1, 2021, photo, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

DHS secretary Mayorkas to visit southern border Thursday

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

President-elect Joe Biden's Homeland Security Secretary nominee Alejandro Mayorkas speaks at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Alejandro Mayorkas, Joe Biden DHS chief, vows to defend ICE, battle sanctuary cities

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Crews construct a section of border wall in San Bernardino National Wildlife Refuge, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, in Douglas, Ariz. Construction of the border wall, mostly in government owned wildlife refuges and Indigenous territory, has led to environmental damage and the scarring of unique desert and mountain landscapes that conservationists fear could be irreversible. (AP Photo/Matt York)

DHS may restart border wall construction to plug ‘gaps’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Smugglers dropped 2 young children from a 14 ft. border barrier in the middle of the New Mexico desert. The children, ages 3 & 5, were left miles from the nearest residence. (Customs and Border Protection)

Alejandro Mayorka praises Border Patrol for saving children’s lives

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Migrant families, mostly from Central American countries, wade through shallow waters after being delivered by smugglers on small inflatable rafts on U.S. soil in Roma, Texas, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. As soon as the sun sets, at least 100 migrants crossed through the Rio Grande river by smugglers into the United States. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

Team Biden tuned out Trump’s warnings, modeling on migrant surge

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Monday, March 1, 2021 file photo, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a press briefing at the White House in Washington. The Biden administration is turning to the Federal Emergency Management Agency for help managing and caring for record numbers of unaccompanied immigrant children who are streaming into the U.S. from Mexico. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says FEMA will support a government-wide effort over the next three months, Saturday, March 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

DHS to ‘fortify’ DACA; attempt to put program on firmer footing

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times