Mayorkas on the Border Crisis: I Bear No Responsibility for a ‘Broken System’

MAYORKAS: “A bipartisan group of senators have now presented us with the tools and resources we need — bipartisan group — and yet, Congress killed it before even reading it.”
WELKER: “No doubt there is gridlock in Congress. But do you bear responsibility for what is happening at the border, what the president himself has called a crisis?”
MAYORKAS: “It certainly is a crisis, and, well, we don’t bear responsibility for a broken system, and we’re doing a tremendous amount within that broken system. But, fundamentally, fundamentally, Congress is the only one who can fix that.”
WELKER: “You testified for years, really, that the border is secure. And now, in recent comments, President Biden says it’s not secure. Do you now agree with President Biden’s assessment that it’s not secure?”
MAYORKAS: “Kristen, the challenges at the border have been long-standing. The president correctly noted that those challenges have existed for 10 years — “
WELKER: “So you agree with him?”
MAYORKAS: “ — in fact, even — even longer. There is no question that we have a broken system. There is no question that we have a challenge, a crisis at the border. And there is no question that Congress needs to fix it.”