‘Remain in Mexico’ policy will continue for several weeks, Mayorkas says

Mayorkas mentioned the “Remain in Mexico” program “has endemic flaws and causes unjustifiable human tragedy.”

In the meantime, migrants will continue to undergo immigration enforcement proceedings, Mayorkas instructed CBS’ Margaret Brennan.

“Their proceedings will continue in immigration court, where they will pursue their claims for asylum. And if those claims are unsuccessful, they will be swiftly removed from the United States,” he mentioned.

On each TV packages, Mayorkas reiterated the administration’s plea to migrants to not make the damaging journey to the U.S. and pointed to the 53 migrants who died from extreme heat in a truck that transported them into San Antonio. Critics have argued the Biden administration is simply too welcoming to migrants.

When requested by Raddatz if it was true that the automobile was waved by way of at a checkpoint as a result of visitors was backed up, Mayorkas mentioned “the facts are still under investigation” and that 4 people have been charged.

Mayorkas went on to say that smuggling operations have change into “extraordinarily sophisticated,” past the human smuggling instances he prosecuted in the Nineties in Los Angeles.

He additionally mentioned that the administration is working with Mexico and different Latin American international locations to attempt to curb the inflow of individuals risking their security to journey to the border. In fiscal yr 2022, the division has stopped greater than 400 automobiles and rescued greater than 10,000 migrants from legal smuggling operations, Mayorkas mentioned.

Raddatz additionally requested if Mayorkas thought the Biden administration’s technique for the border was working.

“I think that we are doing a good job, we need to do better,” Mayorkas mentioned.

He additionally pointed to the truth that Biden’s fiscal yr 2023 price range calls for 300 extra border patrol brokers and that the division is hiring case processors.

“We are addressing this issue vigorously and aggressively to address the amount of — the number of encounters that we are experiencing at the southern border,” Mayorkas mentioned.