Mayorkas Shifts Blame Off Biden Border Policies, Says ‘Only The Criminal’ Is Responsible For 12-Year-Old Texan’s Death

OAN’s Brooke Mallory
12:04 PM – Thursday, June 27, 2024

Alejandro Mayorkas, secretary of the Department of U.S. Homeland Security, dismissed attempts on Wednesday to link the many tragic deaths of Americans at the hands of illegal aliens to Biden’s border policies, asserting that “the individual who is responsible for a heinous criminal act is the criminal” and no one else.

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His remarks were made in response to a query regarding 12-year-old Jocelyn Nungaray, who was raped and killed in Houston, purportedly by two Venezuelan migrants who were released into the U.S. earlier this year.

He was speaking at a press conference from a Border Patrol aircraft hangar in Tucson, Arizona, which is about 70 miles from the closest border.

“We screen and vet individuals when we encounter them,” Mayorkas added.

Mayorkas consistently claimed that the DHS was adequately screening those entering the U.S., but border officials promptly shot him down, maintaining that his remarks on Wednesday demonstrated that he was living in “fairytale land.”

“I don’t know what Mayorkas is smoking because it needs to be legalized,” said one Border Patrol source that reached out to The Post. “If by vetting he means fingerprinting and doing some half-a**ed background check that has access to almost nothing outside of the United States, then yeah it’s a great process,” the agent added sarcastically.

He further supported the border screening process while downplaying the fact that at least eight suspected terrorists with ties to ISIS were also recently able to evade U.S. detention and enter the country.

“Concerns were raised subsequently, we used our law enforcement authorities to apprehend and detain them and they are in removal proceedings as we speak,” Mayorkas continued.

Mayorkas’ remarks were made on the same day that NBC News revealed the DHS has identified over 400 migrants who were transported to the U.S. from Central Asia via a network of human smugglers linked to ISIS, with over 50 of them still unaccounted for.

According to sources, background checks are restricted not only by the fact that many nations refuse to share information about their citizens, but also because agents are rarely given enough time to thoroughly screen applicants before releasing them, which typically happens in a three day span.

“We run checks, but unless they have an actual database hit or have interactions with law enforcement in the U.S., we really don’t know,” another Border Patrol source said.

Additionally, these worries were confirmed by an ICE source, who mentioned that background checks frequently yield inaccurate or completely missing results.

“Not all checks come back completed or verified due to potential errors in time before a subject could be released, letting a potential criminal into the country prior to being completely vetted,” the second source continued. “Obviously, he knows that the vetting isn’t working, and the American people know that’s a false statement and that he’s just towing a political line.