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Mayorkas says he doesn’t know ‘details’ of Biden’s border trip, despite joining him on the El Paso visit

by January 8, 2023
January 8, 2023
Mayorkas says he doesn’t know ‘details’ of Biden’s border trip, despite joining him on the El Paso visit

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas claimed he didn’t have access to the itinerary for President Biden’s trip to El Paso, Texas despite being on Air Force One with the president at the time.

Mayorkas made the statement during a back-and-forth with reporters while flying to Texas on Sunday on the way to the U.S.-Mexico border for Biden’s first visit of his presidency as border officials continue sounding the alarm at the ongoing crisis.

‘How closely will President Biden actually see some of the crowding that’s taking place in El Paso? Will he see any people in the streets in the downtown area, and will he actually be able to speak to any of the migrants who have crossed?’ a reporter asked.

‘Forgive me, I’m not that close to what exactly the details of the trip are,’ Mayorkas responded. ‘I know he’s going to see, as [White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre] mentioned, the port of entry, which I think is the second busiest port along the border.

‘But I don’t know the details of the itinerary,’ he added.

Biden’s visit comes as U.S. Customs and Border Protection has recorded 718,000 migrant encounters in the first 100 days of fiscal year 2023, beginning Oct. 1. October was the first month in U.S. history that the CBP recorded more than 230,000 migrant encounters, but each month since has also eclipsed that number, CBP sources told Fox News Digital.

The data show a shocking spike in migration compared to the same period in fiscal year 2022 when the CBP logged roughly 518,000 border encounters in the first quarter.

El Paso, the site of Biden’s visit, is the most active sector of the border, with 168,000 migrant encounters recorded since Oct. 1, according to CBP. The agency said it has also recorded 78,161 ‘got aways’ in that sector alone over the same period.

The U.S. has seen record-breaking number of border crossings throughout Biden’s tenure, and especially in the final months of 2022. The White House long sought to dismiss the surge as an annual occurrence, but historical data show the current crisis is far beyond traditional yearly surges.

The White House also unveiled a handful of policies aimed at stemming the flow at the border as Biden announced his visit. They include expanding a humanitarian parole program for Venezuelan nationals to include Haitians, Cubans and Nicaraguans, as well as increasing refugee resettlements.

Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox News Digital covering national politics and major breaking news events. Send tips to Anders.Hagstrom@Fox.com, or on Twitter: @Hagstrom_Anders.

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