Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas rose out of his seat Wednesday during a tense hearing on Capitol Hill and turned to face the family of a grandmother and 7-year-old girl killed last m…
last month in a Texas car crash involving an alleged human smuggler.
Pfluger then demanded that Mayorkas apologize to the family for his “failure” to secure the border, which the lawmaker argued led to the death of the Tambungas. “Mr. Chairman, may I stand in turn?” Mayorkas asked, before addressing the family without a microphone.The DHS chief could be heard telling the group, “My heart breaks for your loss. My heart breaks for the loss of all victims of criminal activity.”
Gin Jespersen, aunt to Emilia and daughter of Maria, told The Post on Wednesday that Mayorkas followed through with his promise to meet with the family, during which they showed him images of the“We showed him a video of little Emilia’s head blown away,” Jespersen told The Post. After Mayorkas mentioned an immigration reform bill, Jespersen said she told him, “I don’t need an immigration reform bill. I need you to send 3,000 troops down there to secure the border and then talk about immigration reform.”
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