Republicans Blast Mayorkas Budget ‘Slush Fund’ to Process Illegal Immigrants by Darlene McCormick Sanchez – US Politics News

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas defended his $108 billion 2025 budget request today in an appearance before the same House committee that recommended his impeachment.
Republican members of the House Homeland Security Committee grilled the secretary on April 16 concerning his proposal to slice $250 million from the Border Security Operations budget while setting up a “slush fund” of $4.7 billion to facilitate illegal immigration.
It was Mr. Mayorkas’s first appearance before the committee, coming just hours before the House was set to refer two articles of impeachment against him to the Senate.
House Republicans blame Mr. Mayorkas’s policies under the Biden administration for the crisis on the U.S. southern border. More than 9 million illegal immigrant encounters have occurred since President Joe Biden took office….