Senate Border Bill Hands Emergency Authority To DHS Secretary Who Refuses To Use The Word 'Crisis'

 The Senate border security bill released on Sunday would give exclusive authority to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to decide who can enter the United States in the event of an emergency.

The bill would give Mayorkas the sole authority to decide whether illegal aliens can enter or stay in the U.S. in the event of a "Border emergency."

"As to the substance of the 'border emergency authority,' it appears to be left to the discretionary whims of Secretary Mayorkas-who, I might add, is currently being impeached for failing to actually enforce existing law," Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee said on Monday.

The Senate border surrender deal is DOA in the House.

Mayorkas told NYT he blamed Republicans and former President Donald Trump for using "Inaccurate and harmful" rhetoric in describing the border crisis.

Trump has been publicly critical of the Biden administration's handling of illegal immigration and warned in late January that there is an "Invasion" at the southern border.

The House Homeland Security Committee marked up two articles of impeachment against Mayorkas on Jan. 31 over some lawmakers' perception that he has abandoned his duties to secure the border. 

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