President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that he wants the Department of Justice (DOJ) to consider prosecuting former Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for his actions during the Biden administration’s immigration policies.
Trump made these statements during a tour of a new high-security migrant detention facility located in the Florida Everglades, which has been dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” due to its remote location.
When questioned by a supporter about accountability for Biden-era officials, Trump did not hold back his criticism of the previous administration’s approach to border security.
A reporter pressed the president on why no arrests had been made of former DHS officials: “Obviously you guys are cleaning up the mess that was made deliberately for the past four years… I guess I would ask you, why hasn’t he been held accountable or anybody?”
Trump responded by addressing the pardons issued by the previous administration.
“Well, you know, pardons were given out to many people and they shouldn’t have been given out,” Trump said.
“Like the unselect committee of political thugs was given a pardon because they destroyed all of the information from two years of hearings and they should be arrested but they were given pardons.”
The president indicated that without a pardon protecting Mayorkas, prosecution could be pursued.
“If he wasn’t given a pardon, I could see looking at that,” Trump continued.
Mayorkas faced significant congressional action during his tenure as Homeland Security Secretary.
The House of Representatives impeached him in early 2024 on charges related to immigration enforcement failures.
The impeachment centered on accusations of “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law” regarding immigration policies. However, the Senate ultimately dismissed these charges several months later.
Trump argued that following orders from the Biden administration does not excuse Mayorkas from potential legal consequences for his actions as secretary.
“He was really doing the orders. And you could say he was very loyal to them because it must have been very hard for him to stand up and sit up and talk about what he allowed to happen to this country and be serious about it,” Trump said.
The president emphasized that receiving orders from superiors may not provide legal protection.
“So he was given orders… but that doesn’t necessarily hold him harmless,” Trump stated.
During Mayorkas’s time in office, which began in February 2021, immigration numbers reached unprecedented levels according to official government data.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection recorded more than 10 million encounters with removable noncitizens during the Biden presidency.
This figure includes over 1.5 million known “gotaways” who successfully evaded capture by border authorities, Trending Politics outlined.
Fiscal year 2022 marked a particular milestone with 2.2 million border encounters, setting a new record for annual crossings.
The Biden administration’s policy changes drew significant criticism from immigration enforcement advocates.
The “Remain in Mexico” program, implemented during Trump’s first presidency, required asylum-seekers to wait across the border while their cases proceeded through the courts.
This policy was discontinued by the Biden administration without implementing an alternative system to manage asylum claims.
Critics argued this decision directly contributed to increased illegal border crossings.
Court orders eventually forced the Biden administration to temporarily reinstate the “Remain in Mexico” policy, though many viewed this response as inadequate given the timing and scope of implementation.
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