#shorts On 11/17/2022, Senator James Lankford (R-OK) questioned national security officials in a Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing entitled “Threats to the Homeland,” an annual hearing that seeks to address some of the most pressing issues facing US national security and the ways in which the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) work together to thwart potential threats. The panel consisted of FBI Director Christopher Wray, NCTC Director Christine Abizaid, and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

Sen. Lankford challenged Mayorkas to explain the Biden administration’s plan to deal with up to 18,000 migrants per day, “Secretary Mayorkas, you and I have talked about Title 42 for about 18 months, and I’ve asked you the question, ‘What happens when Title 42 goes away?’ and for 18 months you’ve said ‘We’re working on it. What’s the plan for dealing with this massive migration, illegal immigration coming now post Title 42?” Lankford asked. “A lot of people counting on these numbers coming down, and they’re not. They’re going up. With the end of Title 42 coming in 35 days, we expect it’s going to accelerate even higher.”

Mayorkas claimed that his agency has “been executing on the plan” the administration has had in place since April, which he said included, surging resources such as personnel, technology, and transportation, to the border; increasing Customs and Border Protection’s processing efficiency … strengthening nonprofit organizations and police at the local and state levels …” “What we are doing is precisely what we announced we would do in April of this year,” Mayorkas told the committee. “And we have indeed been executing on the plan.”

other clips of this published longer video is here:
https://youtu.be/fJnxYbBclNM
Q: Record high, for 18 months you’ve said ‘We’re working on it” A: we have indeed been executing on the plan