Biden Immigration Chief Blasts Trump for ‘Gutted’ System
- He said Trump administration entered ‘unlawful’ contracts
- Mayorkas urges migrants to wait before traveling to U.S.
Alejandro Mayorkas at the White House on March 1.
Photographer: Drew Angerer/Getty Images
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President Joe Biden’s Homeland Security secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, accused the Trump administration of gutting the U.S. immigration system, complicating his job as he tries to meet demands from Democrats to roll back his predecessors’ policies.
“The prior administration dismantled our nation’s immigration system in its entirety,” Mayorkas said Monday at a White House press briefing. “The entire system was gutted.”