U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz joined in a letter questioning U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Attorney General Merrick Garland about the Biden administration’s dismissal of more than 350,000 illegal alien removal cases.
According to a press release Monday, the letter, signed by 20 other senators, stated that the Biden administration has “consistently downplayed” the border crisis and its “repeated failures” in addressing the border have created a “backlog of 3.5 million asylum cases” and increased risks of illegal alien crime.
“The American people deserve transparency and accountability regarding the administration’s handling of immigration and border security,” the senators wrote in the letter. “The current state of affairs at our southern border is unacceptable and demands immediate and effective solutions.”
The senators’ letter cited a recent article by the New York Post, which referred to the Biden administration’s dismissal of asylum cases as “mass amnesty.” The article stated that since 2022, immigration officials have dropped over 350,000 asylum claims by illegal aliens who were not seen as a threat to the United States. With their cases dropped, the illegal aliens would have the ability to remain in the country without being deported.
