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Alejandro Mayorkas

Secretary of the Department of Homeland Secretary. 3 claims checked by other fact-checking organisations, from 2020 to 2022. The ratings are theirs, in their own words.

Checked by Washington Post5 May 2022United StatesPolitics and government
Alejandro Mayorkas, Homeland Secretary Secretary

“You know what happens to these individuals? They are either expelled under the Title 42 of the CDC, or they are placed into immigration enforcement proceedings. They make their claims under the law. If those claims don’t prevail, they are promptly removed from the United States.”

Washington Post rated this: Three Pinocchios

Washington Post says: The numbers disprove his claim

Checked by PolitiFact24 Mar 2021United StatesImmigration
Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Secretary

“The border surge is “challenging” because the immigration system that had been in place for decades “was dismantled in its entirety by the Trump administration.”

PolitiFact rated this: Half True

PolitiFact says: Trump’s administration did make significant changes to the U.S. immigration system, but those changes are not wholly responsible for a surge in migration or the Biden administration's ability to deal with it.