Call to dump DHS chief Mayorkas, dubbed ‘cartel co-conspirator’

Published May 19, 2021 12:00am ET



Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is facing a new call to quit from immigration hard-liners outraged with his dismantling of the Trump-era border crossing policies that have led to historic levels of illegal crossings, packed holding cells, and the release of thousands of migrants into U.S. towns.

In a sharply-worded demand, the Federation for American Immigration Reform also charged that the secretary is a defacto “cartel co-conspirator” for instituting President Joe Biden’s open border policies that have helped fatten the wallets of human trafficking gangs.

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