Ex-ICE officials push back on Mayorkas claim that illegal immigrants will be deported ‘promptly’
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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has repeatedly claimed that illegal immigrants whose asylum claims fail will be “promptly removed” from the United States -- but former Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are pushing back, saying that there is little chance of that happening given the mass release of illegal immigrants into the U.S.
In media appearances and in front of multiple congressional hearings, Mayorkas has repeated his claims about what happens to migrants at the southern border.
"They are either expelled under the Title 42 of the [Centers for Disease Control], 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," he said on "Fox News Sunday."