{"id":158165,"date":"2021-01-19T22:24:52","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T19:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/biden-pick-mayorkas-says-he-will-stop-building-border-wall\/"},"modified":"2021-01-19T22:24:52","modified_gmt":"2021-01-19T19:24:52","slug":"biden-pick-mayorkas-says-he-will-stop-building-border-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/biden-pick-mayorkas-says-he-will-stop-building-border-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"#Biden pick Mayorkas says he will stop building border wall"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Biden pick Mayorkas says he will stop building border wall<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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President-elect Joe Biden\u2019s nominee to be Homeland Security secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, said Tuesday he will end construction of the Mexico border wall if he\u2019s confirmed by the Senate.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident-elect Biden has committed to stop construction of the border wall. It would be my responsibility to execute on that commitment, and I have not looked at the question of what we do with respect to the wall that already has been built,\u201d Mayorkas said.<\/p>\n

President Trump, who leaves office Wednesday, oversaw construction of 452 miles<\/a> of border wall, according to US Customs and Border Protection. Significant stretches of border remain unwalled, particularly along the Rio Grande in Texas.<\/p>\n

After a protracted government shutdown in 2018-2019, Trump declared a national emergency to redirect defense funds toward the wall. Congress also app<\/a>roved funds.<\/p>\n

Mayorkas admitted in response to a followup question from Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) that it may not be so simple to stop building the wall. Congress last month approved $1.4 billion in additional wall funds, Hawley pointed out.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I would need to do is to understand what the law provides with respect to the obligation of funds to construct the border wall and see what the opportunities are to discontinue any such obligations if in fact the law permits,\u201d Mayorkas said.<\/p>\n

The nominee, who was deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security under President Barack Obama, didn\u2019t stray far from Biden\u2019s publicly stated positions on immigration during the hearing. <\/p>\n

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Mayorkas admitted in response to a followup question from Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) that it may not be so simple to stop building the wall.<\/figcaption>
AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mayorkas was asked multiple times to comment on a large caravan of thousands of Central Americans marching toward the US border to seek asylum. He declined to say they will be turned away, saying it would depend on whether they were eligible for asylum.<\/p>\n

But Mayorkas also said the Biden administration\u2019s plan to end the Trump-brokered \u201cRemain in Mexico\u201d policy requiring Central Americans to await an asylum decision in Mexico won\u2019t necessarily happen immedia<\/a>tely.<\/p>\n

The policy change \u201ccannot be accomplished with just a flick of a switch,\u201d he said, indicating that asylum seekers in the current caravan may not be allowed into the US.<\/p>\n

Mayorkas stressed that he wanted to focus on the \u201cpush\u201d factors inspiring Central Americans to travel<\/a> to the US and confirmed \u201cI would not abolish\u201d U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a DHS agency that plays a key role in deportations.<\/p>\n

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President-elect Joe Biden\u2019s nominee to be Homeland Security secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, said Tuesday he will end construction of the Mexico border wall if he\u2019s confirmed by the Senate.<\/figcaption>
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