Mayorkas defends border policies, cites drop in crossings.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas claims that his agency is doing an "extraordinary" job on the migrant crisis, citing a drastic reduction in migrant encounters in the two days since the more restrictive pandemic emergency measure Title 42 expired. Mayorkas pushed back against border-state Democrats, pointing to a boost in border resources that his agency has deployed, including new asylum officers, border and processing agents, stations and detention facilities, and regional-processing centers. Mayorkas said he is not preoccupied with calls for his impeachment by some House Republicans.