Deputy Kat Cammack, R-Fla., And the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Alejandro Mayorkas, got into a tense discussion about the increase in migrants on the southern border, with the DHS chief asking the congressman a question. ” extraordinarily disrespectful “.
Mayorkas was on the hot seat during a hearing by the House’s Internal Security Committee on Wednesday, entitled “The Way Forward in Homeland Security”. Cammack used his time to question the secretary about the migration crisis at the border.
“I just want to bring it home a little bit,” said the Florida congresswoman about the border crisis. “See, I am from a small town in the West and a month before I finished high school – which was in 2006 – one of my colleagues was kidnapped by an illegal person who was deported several times.”
Cammack said he believed that when there are “policies” that “encourage” illegal immigration and there are “no adequate mechanisms to protect our borders”, the “impact” would have “resounding effects”.
The Florida congresswoman then asked “how many more people” as her friend “have to be kidnapped across America” before Mayorkas decides to “act”.
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Mayorkas responded to Cammack, saying he considered the Florida congresswoman’s question “extraordinarily disrespectful”.
“Disrespectful not only to me, but disrespectful to the men and women of the Department of Homeland Security and to all frontline personnel across the country who are dedicated to the safety and protection of the American people,” continued Mayorkas.
“I’m sorry you feel that way,” Cammack fired back. “I am sure that the American people feel very disrespected about the situation on the border that they are facing now.”
At the beginning of the exchange, the congresswoman asked Mayorkas if “it would be logical” that the country was in an “emergency” since the Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) had been sent to the border.
Mayorkas said the agency was “facing” the “very serious challenge” on the US-Mexico border, but declined to call it an “emergency”.
“Therefore, since FEMA is the emergency management administration, they are dealing with emergencies and are now being sent to the border,” said Cammack. “And isn’t it an emergency? Is that what I’m hearing?”
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Mayorkas replied that “FEMA’s men and women have tremendous operational capacity” to deal with the “challenges” that arise in missions.
The tense exchange came as the Biden government faces a growing crisis on the southern border – a situation that the president and his head of internal security refuse to call a “crisis”.
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During a Tuesday appearance on “Good Morning America”, President Joe Biden told potential illegal immigrants not to come to the United States, saying the government was “sending people back”.
“Yes, I can say clearly: don’t come,” said Biden in the interview, adding later: “Don’t leave your city or community.”