By Josh Christenson and Jennie Taer
Published Sep. 17, 2024, 3:30 p.m. ET
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas “intentionally” opened the US border to millions of migrants with full awareness that he was flouting federal immigration law and undermining national security, according to a former Border Patrol chief under the Biden-Harris administration.
Rodney Scott, who led the agency until August 2021, testified earlier this year that Mayorkas’ tenure — contrary to his public statements — has not been about “a policy debate,” according to previously unreported congressional interview transcripts reviewed by The Post.
“Policy is simply how law is enforced,” Scott told members and staff of the House Homeland Security Committee on Jan. 22. “The decisions made by Secretary Mayorkas have been informed and intentional decisions with the stated objective of finding ways to allow more aliens into the US.”
“I assert that Secretary Mayorkas and his subordinate political appointees have and continue to intentionally conspire to undermine the security of the American people, as well as the letter and the intent of congressionally enacted US law,” the ex-Border Patrol leader said in his opening statement.
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas knew that doing away with key deterrence measures to discourage illegal immigration would invite a new influx of migrants, former Border Patrol chief Rodney Scott testified to a congressional committee in January.
A more than three-decade Border Patrol veteran, Scott added that Mayorkas’ moves as head of DHS have broken with all of his predecessors — and even with his actions while serving as deputy secretary under President Barack Obama.
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