Moreover, responding to a senator’s question about the Biden administration’s record on illegal immigration, he said the administration has “expelled and removed approximately 1.4 million people from the southern border-I believe that’s the most ever.” Secretary Mayorkas said his department is working to use non-intrusive technology to curb the amount of fentanyl coming through the border, most of which, according to Secretary Mayorkas, is trafficked through legal ports of entry and not by illegal immigrants. Republican senators grilled him with several questions relating to issues about the southern border.
T20:01:10-04:00 Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified at an oversight hearing held by the Senate Judiciary Committee.
