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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 **

Alejandro Mayorkas: No plans in place to fly migrants to northern border but ‘all options on table’

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., speaks as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, not pictured, testify during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, in Washington. (Al Drago/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Sen. Tom Cotton insists ‘the border is wide open’ after Mayorkas claims border is secure

By Valerie Richardson - 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 **

Alejandro Mayorkas, DHS chief, faces call to resign over border situation

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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

DHS secretary Alejandro Mayorkas: ‘Our border is secure’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

In this March 14, 2021, file photo, migrant children and teenagers are processed after entering the site of a temporary holding facility south of Midland, Texas. Migration flows to the U.S. from Mexico are surging for the third time in seven years under Republican and Democratic presidents — and for similar reasons. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File)

Alejandro Mayorkas, DHS chief, admits ‘mistakes made’ in failing to test migrants for COVID-19

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A Department of Homeland Security officer waits for the arrival of migrant children and teenagers from the southern border of the United States at the site of a temporary holding facility that opened Sunday, March 14, 2021, south of Midland, Texas. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP)

Alejandro Mayorkas, Homeland Security secretary: Suspected terrorists crossing through ‘land border’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sunday, March 14, 2021, file photo, migrant children and teenagers are processed after entering the site of a temporary holding facility south of Midland, Texas. Teenagers began arriving Sunday at a converted camp for oilfield workers where volunteers from the American Red Cross will care for them. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File)

Homeland Security head spars with Congress over border surge

By BEN FOX and NOMAAN MERCHANT - Associated Press

In this Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, file photo, asylum seekers receive food as they wait for news of policy changes at the border, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Alejandro Mayorkas, DHS secretary: Illegal immigration on border at highest rate in two decades

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., holds a news conference on passage of gun violence prevention legislation, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 11, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Nancy Pelosi, Democrats push citizenship for millions of illegal immigrants amid border 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)

Child border crossings surging, straining US facilities

By BEN FOX and ELLIOT SPAGAT - Associated Press

In this Jan. 12, 2021, photo, President Donald Trump tours a section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall in Alamo, Texas. During the Trump administration's final weeks, the Department of Homeland Security quietly signed agreements with at least four states that threaten to temporarily derail President Joe Biden's efforts to undo his predecessor's immigration policies. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Andy Biggs challenges claim that Trump ‘gutted’ DHS

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas gestures during a media tour at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Center City Philadelphia on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. Mayorkas was in Philadelphia for the media tour of the FEMA Community Vaccination Center. (Alejandro A. Alvarez/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

DHS retreats on ‘public charge’ rule to make immigrants self-supportive

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Asylum seekers receive food as they wait for news at the border, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull) ** FILE **

Alejandro Mayorkas to testify before Congress amid border surge

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A migrant family crosses the border into El Paso, Texas, in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. After waiting months and sometimes years in Mexico, people seeking asylum in the United States are being allowed into the country as they wait for courts to decide on their cases, unwinding one of the Trump administration's signature immigration policies that President Joe Biden vowed to end. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)

DHS secretary blames Donald Trump for new border surge

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, DHS secretary, says agency will prioritize combating ransomware ‘epidemic’

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

Men stand in a U.S. Immigration and Border Enforcement detention center in McAllen, Texas, Friday, July 12, 2019, during a visit by Vice President Mike Pence. Acknowledging "this is tough stuff," Pence said he was not surprised by what he saw as he toured the McAllen Border Patrol station Friday where hundreds of men were kept in caged fences with no cots amid sweltering heat. (Josh Dawsey/The Washington Post via AP, Pool)

DHS warns ICE to ‘Prepare for border surges now’

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary nominee Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during his confirmation hearing in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Joshua Roberts/Pool via AP)

Senate confirms Mayorkas as Biden’s homeland security chief

By BEN FOX - Associated Press

Homeland Security Secretary nominee Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during his confirmation hearing in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Bill Clark/Pool via AP)

Alejandro Mayorkas, DHS nominee, clears filibuster hurdle

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Homeland Security Secretary nominee Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during his confirmation hearing in the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Bill Clark/Pool via AP) **FILE**

Alejandro Mayorkas clears committee vote; Biden’s DHS pick overcomes ethics accusations

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times