Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news,
During a hearing Thursday, Senators Rand Paul and Josh Hawley grilled Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas concerning the open border and the murder of Laken Riley.
Mayorkas appeared very uncomfortable as Paul took him to task over the full scale invasion he has overseen at the border.
“You refuse to look at the facts and it’s still, I guess, insulting to all of us and insulting to the memory of Lake and Riley and to the memory of others who have been killed by people who came into this country,” Senator Paul urged.
Secretary Mayorkas SQUIRMS while Senator @RandPaul GRILLS him on Laken Riley’s killer for seven minutes straight!
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Paul reeled off a short list of examples of crimes committed by illegal immigrants recently, that represents a tiny fraction of the true scale of the problem.
He stated, “On March 2nd, an illegal alien who got into the country as a gotaway killed Washington State Trooper Christopher Gadd. A Haitian man who entered the US via the CHNV parole program was arrested for sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl. On March 21st. Illegal aliens in El Paso rushed the fence. You saw that on national television. An illegal alien on March 23rd murdered 25-year-old Michigan resident, Ruby Garcia.”
Paul continued, “A Chinese National, came across the border an illegally breached a military base in California. I mean, the stories go on and on and I think a lot of people in America are going to be appalled that you refuse to answer the questions.”
The Senator then turned to Jose Ibarra, charged with the murder of 22-year-old Augusta University nursing student Laken Riley. It has emerged that Ibarra was released into the US at the border via parole due to lack of detention space.
Paul asked Mayorkas “was it lawful to parole him? Was it lawful to let him in the country because you say the camp’s full?”
Mayorkas responded, “Ranking member Paul, as a former federal prosecutor for 12 years. I can say with tremendous conviction that individuals who commit criminal acts need to be held accountable for their crimes.”
“Well, that’s not much consolation if you wait until after he is murdered somebody,” Paul fired back.
“See, part of the problem is, and I think people would be aghast to know this, that when you come in, you just give people your name. It’s the honor system,” Paul continued, adding “There may be some databases you check, but certainly most of the domestic crimes in Venezuela probably are not in any kind of international database.”
“So if you waltz into the country through your generous parole programs and say, ‘I’m John Smith from Venezuela,’ you have no way of ascertaining that and you still let ’em go. So you say, ‘well, we’re going to make sure that they’re not a violent criminal.’ You have no way. You look in some databases, maybe they’re not in the database, but you have no way of even knowing that that’s their name,” the Senator further urged.
Paul continued, “Then you give biometric, you give them fingerprints. Now they have a new name and fingerprints. They essentially have been given a new identity by your agency.”
“I am just so sickened and sad by the families who have lost loved ones from this. I don’t see real remorse. I don’t see you’re willing to answer the questions,” he further charged.
“I mean, if it were me, I would be so upset by this. I would be doing everything possible to make sure that another Jose Ibarro doesn’t get in, but apparently you let his brother in too, and his brother’s got a rap sheet 10 times longer than Jose does,” Paul further asserted.
Mayorkas is the first cabinet official in American history to be impeached over high crimes and misdemeanors, including ‘aiding and abetting’ a foreign invasion and committing perjury before Congress, but he has so far managed twice to dodge an impeachment trial.
“All I can express is disappointment and bewilderment that the Democrats let you get away with it,” an exasperated Paul declared.
In a further grilling, Senator Josh Hawley ripped into Mayorkas regarding the release of Ibarra into the country, reading the parole report detailing his criminal history and exposing the amount of times the illegal committed offences and was let go before Laken Riley’s murder.
Mayorkas then had the gall to claim Hawley had “misstated some facts.”
“I have read from the parole file, which you have said you don’t recall,” Hawley shot back, adding “I have just read it into the record. And the reason is you have lied repeatedly to Congress and to the American people about this. They deserve to know. And the only way they’re going to know is if I tell them.”
“I’ve just told them it’s in the record. Now I’ve read it verbatim from the parole file, verbatim. I just want to know, why did you change your story so often? Why didn’t you just answer honestly to Congressman Bishop and Senator Brett?” Hawley further enquired.
Mayorkas glibly responded “Senator, I am I am confident that justice will be vindicated in the criminal prosecution of the case.”
“Well, hopefully he’ll get more of a trial than you got. Otherwise there’ll be no justice for anyone at all,” Hawley blasted back at Mayorkas.
Here is the full exchange:
Can anyone justify why Democrats keep saving this guy’s ass?
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As though Riley is the only American dead at the hands of an illegal. Why not grill Mayorkas with a comprehensive list of illegal alien perpetrators and their victims? Riley is now just a convenient football for political theatrics. Sad.
Unless someone is going to step up and actually arrest and imprison Mayorkas, this is just more theatre.
If they can charge Mr. Trump with misrepresenting the value of his properties in order to secure loans which were paid back in full and no one lost any money, surely some creative DA or state AG can find a way to lay criminal charges against Mayorkas.
Who is going to do that? Joe Biden? The Atty. General? Head of the FBI? There is a reason they stole the 2020 election and want to lock up Biden’s main political opponent.
Think about the word retribution they are complaining about Trump getting elected:
retribution: requital according to merits or deserts, especially for evil.
The Democrats are admitting they wronged Trump with evil.
Trump was persecuted, so they fear retribution.
persecute: to pursue with harassing or oppressive treatment, especially because of religious or political beliefs
I hope Trump somehow gets into office, puts good people into the aforementioned offices and charges these people with the crimes they have committed, prosecutes and finds them guilty and this time actually does lock them up. (Judges, DA’s, politicians for election interference, and H. Clinton and Adam Schiff for sedition. Biden and Clinton for classified documents. Biden for bribery and influence peddling.
I’m so sick of these bullshit politicians and their antics. This lying fuck secretary is going to continue to fuck over the people of the U S in broad daylight and get away with it and these 2 bullshit artists will do nothing but generate a few sound bites to use on the fools who elected them.
It is all theater. It is unlikely that Mayorkas will be convicted and removed, but even if he is convicted and removed he will just be replaced by someone else who is just as bad or worse. Just like McCarthy was replaced by Johnson who is even worse than McCarthy.
I know it is theater, because Hawley sucks ziocock at the professional level.
They all do
ur a piece of shit
Maybe the Secretary will get on Hillary’s Shit List and the problem will soon go away.
Please don’t tease us with thoughts of torching Mayorkas.
Cheap Hollywood production disguised as a legitimate government inquiry.
Theater of the absurd.
At some point the question and answer commentary NO LONGER MATTERS. WHAT THEY DO, is ALL One needs to account for. And they’ve Done enough. Time for Accountability.
Is there enough rope?
Quite frankly I’m shocked that a family member of an American who was raped/murdered/beaten/robbed by a multi-time deported/arrested/released illegal alien has not taken matters into their own hands yet and attempted to kill that motherfuckers smug ass is beyond me. He absolutely does not give a fuck about dead Americans killed by illegal aliens. Men, women, children, white, black, asian, gay, straight, whatever. He. Does. Not. Care.
GRILL MEANS SOMETHING. I want to hear screams and smell burning flesh. This is just lip flapping.
This.
Any indictment from this hearing? Yeah, thought so. It’s all kabucki theatre. Mayorkas is a POS of the first order, but sadly nothing will happen to him.
He’s a JEW on the board of a jewish NGO that imports turd worlders so I don’t think it’s possible to shame him.
Hawley on the criminal invader (FIFY), “Nothing is done to this guy.” Nothing will also happen to “this guy” either.
So what! Another worthless congressional hearing. Hawley is the new Gowdy. Acts indignant a lot but does NOTHING! This has been going on since the 80s. Illegal Immigration has only gotten worse. The one person who tried to stem the tide, Trump, is reviled by a large number of Americans (libs). Congress will do nothing. The sheeple will get the government they deserve. We are on our own sports fans. Congress is not going to save anyone. The rule of law is disintegrating right in front of us. Plan accordingly.
the ‘honorable’ mayorkas is pure, unadulterated, absolute bullshit. there is not one iota of honor in that arrogant, pompous cuban commie. replace ‘honorable’ (he has no honor) with ‘shithead’ (which he is full of) and it will read accurately.
as such, this repugnant asswipe is an absolutely typical bureaucrat.
Just once, I’d like to see a Senator like Hawley rip into Mayorkas by saying “I don’t know why you have “Honorable” in front of your name – there’s NOTHING honorable about you!!”
Just once.