Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas joins Andrea Mitchell to discuss threats to homeland security, from surges in illegal border crossings to cyber attacks to domestic extremism. With illegal immigration reaching unprecedented levels, Secretary Mayorkas casts blame on the previous administration that "dismantled our capabilities to address" the issue. The secretary also touches on the administration's message to Cubans protesting repression, saying that while they stand with the Cuban people, they discourage anyone from taking the dangerous trip by sea to the U.S.
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Secy. Mayorkas: Trump Admin. 'Dismantled Our Capabilities' To Address Immigration
Trump’s only idea on controlling refugees at the border was to be as inhumane as possible. No one ever accused Trump of being competent.
@mike briganti all caps = bigger lies
@Florida Man oh look, FloridaMan everywhere in these comments like the loser he is. You’re not going to change anyone’s mind by how inept your orange god is.
Biden is still stuffing kids in cages with no social distancing.
@Exile so the virus exists when it is in illegals or those seeking assylm but you shouldn’t get vaccinated or wear a mask if a legal American Citizen, got it.
@John Yost – I was just pointing out the hypocrisy of the OP saying the way Trump handled the refugees at the border was inhumane as possible, when Biden is doing the same thing Trump and Obama did by stuffing kids in cages. If Trump was inhumane so is Obama and Biden.
There are millions of Trump cultists who believe Trump solved the problems at the border just because he said so.
@Kingmobmor Star Wars is dead and Disney killed it.
Or just from the extremely low illegal entry data.
@Trumpocalypse , with a healthy dose of “many people are saying” for good measure.
@Wark Mahlberg Won’t argue there, they’ll do the same to marvel.
@Ricky Bobby You know who constantly talks about State run media? Those from countries with State run media.
We don’t have that in this country so I suggest you go away.
Vladimir Putin could not have bought a better servant then Donald J Trump
@Eric H They stopped people from crossing their border and they let people stay there while they waited for their cases to be heard. Try and keep up with the real news.
@Emeraldforest Another clueless liberal that’s still pushing that debunked story.
@Fred A Wasn’t it President Trump, that stopped that pipeline from being built from Russia to Germany. And oddly enough Joe Biden, is letting them finish it. I wonder who Putin’s Puppet is? Joe Biden.
@Tim Kozlowski didn’t Rudy Giuliani drop off that laptop Trump’s Royal servant
@West House And? That effects you how?
disgraced trump incited an armed insurrection on january 6 2021 to overthrow a democratic election
@mike briganti You magats just can’t stop lying. It is *so* pathetic.
@D T ya. Trump’s neurosyphilis is taking its final lap.
@mike briganti someone sounds triggered
Election was a fraud. Everyone knows that .
According to tRUMP he had a bunch of friends over to redecorate the capital and give his best wishes to congress.
Basically Trump caused the escalation of the problem.
@ORANGE GENERAL <———— joined YT just 4 months ago, has over 1,000+ comments on this channel alone already. They’re also *IN ALL CAPS* lololol
nope… it was biden reversing Trumps border policies
@Paul Wilson <———— a Republican with over 1,000+ comments on this liberal news source’s channel…. 😬 You need a life, Paul. For comparison, I’m a Democrat and I don’t even have 300 comments on this channel. yikes, bud…..
@Fat Jason Momoa if you support the democrat party you are a socialist
@Paul Wilson name one thing Biden has done so far, that you would define as socialism.
They decimated the deep-knowledge and relationships with stakeholders, business and foreign interests of career civil servants at every agency.
The department of state is another one where the consequences could be dire and last a long time.
This is far worse and destructive than when George Bush stacked department of justice with liberty u law graduates.
@Gixellia yes, agreed, but who could have predicted an ignorant constituency the size we saw voting this would be dictator into office?
@Rian Draegon We could. What we could not predict is complicit R senate and lawmakers. There are no boundaries they would not let 45 cross.
@Gixellia Republicans can ALWAYS find a new worst.
EPA, too. The long-term damage from that destructive ignoramus will last for many years.
I don’t like saying this, buuuuut Hillary looks better and better every time I think of the past administration. A whole lot better for sure…
This is not the only thing Trump sabotaged on his way out.
@S.D. C unlike you Leftists I don’t believe everything anyone says. One of the reasons we’re in this mess is because you’ve been hoodwinked by a Authoritarian Oligarch.
@John_Smith Chiropractor the only authoritarian oligarch in this scenario Is DONALD “the busted career con” TRUMP
@John_Smith Chiropractor got nothing to do with left or right anymore.
Trumps a criminal.
@Joy M. You too. ✌️
@S.D. Csuch a hypocrite! geez you people are sick!
House Intelligence Committee releases “Whistleblower Reprisal Complaint” alleging serious misconduct by Senior Trump Administration officials to politicize, manipulate and censor intelligence to benefit Trump.
The Covid “optics” campaign…
🤣
Yessiree, that Trump is a real law and order patriot…, except his words don’t quite fit a damned thing that he did, as he tore apart our democratic process, broke a range of Constitutional laws and protocols and made a mockery of following our laws by breaking and challenging them at every turn. He lost any chance of gaining my allegiance when he proclaimed the first time, “The free press is the enemy of the people,” then repeated that insane statement probably hundreds of times.
I Am Not a Crook Richard Nixon also proclaimed the free press is the enemy of the people.
Project veritas
@Soapandwater6 True, but he didn’t grandstand on it like Trump. Nixon just whined, but I agree with your point. I’m an independent and I never recall the Republicans being too keen of democratic rights.
HeyDumbass
We are being invaded….
He lost me when he said, “Only I can fix it.” He announced himself king then – he’s certainly against EVERY value America is built on, and cooperation is a foreign concept to him.
There is a pandemic going on and a shortage of vaccines and work in Mexico and Central America, so how is it surprising that illegal immigration would spike?
All those conditions affect South America last year. But we didnt have this ridiculous spike. In fact we had a 20 year low.
Immigration spiked under the trump admiration.
@pareidolia no it didn’t.
When is postmaster Louis dejoy going to jail???
How many postmasters general have ever been sent to prison?
Imagine: compassionate processes for immigrants. God forgive us the last 4 years of cruelty.
@mike briganti who said that ?
@RDL Cliches are not logical, just lazy and racist.
@Randall Moore ao Randall, here is one of my favorites since you mentioned it. “Poor kids are as talented as white kids” funny ugh?
@RDL Depends, how much assistance does YOUR house collect? Are you paying for your Internet connection to be on here or am I?
I’m with you my sister. I see it as the second (? maybe higher) Holocaust.
I think we are fully aware of the destruction the prior administration did to a of things.
What we really need are walls around Alabama, Florida and Texas.
@Joe Mama they would have if the AG didn’t cheat for Trump.
@Simon Paine Floridians love Desantis bro. Check his approval 😂
Socialism is a good thing for America.
@Joe Mama inbred Floridians love Desantis, but not all are inbred
I agree. AND a no fly zone. Nobody gets past their walls.
Another excellent interview by a consummate journalist. Ms. Mitchell is a gift to the fourth estate.
Disgusting liberal lies.
@Kevin Maguire well, guess the fascistic authoritarian right wing lies are merely putrid, unpatriotic and contrary to any conception of democracy(small d)
So, apologies for my mendacity about Andrea Mitchell and the “lamestream” media.
I hope you understand scathing sarcasm.
I’m just sayin’…
Ive no doubtdump destroyed everything he touches….on purpose
Marmalade Messiah Cheeto Christ is the reverse Midas man everything he touches rots and dies
He followed Putin’s will. Now that hes gone, Putin has secretly pushed the migrants to go to US border .
@BlueDragonfox Pasons now that’s funny! If I decide to use your descriptor of agent orange should I get an ok from you? Don’t want to use or say something someone else should get credit for.
1st one comes to mind is agent orange taking credit for what the Obama administration did for us Veterans.
@Joe Bruno I know he did ride Obama’s economy until he ran into the ground
I know you don’t, that’s because you get all your news from MSNBC.
Was Trump’s idea of solving the border problem was having that fund raiser where that one guy kept the money?
In 2020, we only had 540k illegals caught. This admin has already topped a million in 7 months and on track for 2 million.
The Democrats were willing to give Trump $40 billion for more security. But Trump wanted the money to build his waste of money wall. So instead of spending a lot of money on the border with technology and manpower. Trump sold $8 million from the military and started building a wall in places where it’s not necessary to have a wall. Having Trump as president was like having a Child as president
trump has never had the slightest interest in solving *anything*. His only concerns during his entire reign were PR and grift.
It is so good to hear intelligent people speak about serious situations. It is so good to know a competent government is now in charge. It is not difficult to believe there is a huge trump mess to be cleaned up in all departments before movement forward can really take place. No records kept is not a surprise either. Thank God trump and his corrupt co-conspirators are mostly out of the White House.
And now you have out of control inflation, terrible job numbers, 10,000,000 about to be evicted, the growth of the Taliban, and the largest amount of illegal immigration in decades. Yes, congratulations on your “competent” government…🙄.
Seriously, you brainwashed MSNBC sheep are not acquainted with reality.
how great after 4 years to hear a coherent interview again!
Yeah… Lol. Biden speaks eloquently.🤣
I think we have bigger problems than our border at this point