Sen. Ted Cruz said Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas won’t last six months in his job after Democrats have decided to blame him for the chaos at the border.
appeared before three committees last week and made his TV appearance. He said he is working to secure the border, declined to use the word “crisis” to describe the unprecedented chaos, and deflected blame.Democrats echoed those themes in their questions at the hearings. They also expressed concern over the flood of fentanyl pouring through the U.S.-Mexico border, killing their constituents.
They argued that fentanyl is separate from the illegal immigration chaos, saying most of the drug is being carried through border crossings by U.S. citizens.Democratic senators also pointed out that the northern border is joining in the chaos, with a surge in illegal crossings — in both directions — in northern New York and Vermont.
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