Mayorkas: Black and Latino Communities Were Particularly Horrified by Images of Border Agents

Reporter With all due ░░░░░░░░ sir your statement that ░░░░░░░░ is not who we ░░░░░░░░ belies the actual treatment ░░░░░░░░ Haitian immigrants not just ░░░░░░░░ this administration but in ░░░░░░░░ of both parties going ░░░░░░░░ decades And you seem ░░░░░░░░ be distinguishing between violence ░░░░░░░░ violence What is the ░░░░░░░░ between the type MAYORKAS ░░░░░░░░ m sorry Reporter of ░░░░░░░░ that Haitians are fleeing ░░░░░░░░ Haiti and the type ░░░░░░░░ devastation and and other ░░░░░░░░ that they re fleeing ░░░░░░░░ compared to other immigrants ░░░░░░░░ asylum seekers Democrats left ░░░░░░░░ right up and down ░░░░░░░░ been talking about the ░░░░░░░░ that people have been ░░░░░░░░ Central America and South ░░░░░░░░ and the President even ░░░░░░░░ his campaign talked about ░░░░░░░░ fact that this created ░░░░░░░░ need to create a ░░░░░░░░ and an asylum system ░░░░░░░░ doesn t seem to ░░░░░░░░ the case when it ░░░░░░░░ to Haitians MAYORKAS Oh ░░░░░░░░ And in fact the ░░░░░░░░ are a true graphic ░░░░░░░░ of the way Haitian ░░░░░░░░ and immigrants of African ░░░░░░░░ have been treated not ░░░░░░░░ by this administration MAYORKAS ░░░░░░░░ I may I would ░░░░░░░░ disagree with you And ░░░░░░░░ me say Reporter inaudible ░░░░░░░░ the wrong side of ░░░░░░░░ U S immigration for ░░░░░░░░ last 20 years so ░░░░░░░░ have some experience with ░░░░░░░░ MAYORKAS Oh no no ░░░░░░░░ wasn t commenting on ░░░░░░░░ personal experience sir I ░░░░░░░░ an immigrant as well ░░░░░░░░ wasn t commenting on ░░░░░░░░ personal experience I was ░░░░░░░░ disagreeing with an assertion ░░░░░░░░ you made if I ░░░░░░░░ If I may an ░░░░░░░░ claim is determined based ░░░░░░░░ the facts that are ░░░░░░░░ in the individual case ░░░░░░░░ fact the Title 42 ░░░░░░░░ has been applied to ░░░░░░░░ migration since the very ░░░░░░░░ of this administration and ░░░░░░░░ and it has applied ░░░░░░░░ individuals from Guatemala Honduras ░░░░░░░░ Salvador and other countries ░░░░░░░░ has been applied equally ░░░░░░░░ the exceptions that I ░░░░░░░░ have been the exceptions ░░░░░░░░ have applied to all ░░░░░░░░ are three exceptions The ░░░░░░░░ against torture acute vulnerabilities ░░░░░░░░ as extreme medical needs ░░░░░░░░ operational capacity Those are ░░░░░░░░ three exceptions Title 42 ░░░░░░░░ has been applied irrespective ░░░░░░░░ the country of origin ░░░░░░░░ of the race of ░░░░░░░░ individual irrespective of other ░░░░░░░░ that don t belong ░░░░░░░░ our adjudicative process and ░░░░░░░░ do not permit in ░░░░░░░░ adjudicative process PSAKI Thank ░░░░░░░░ Reporter The whipping the ░░░░░░░░ the horse reins MAYORKAS ░░░░░░░░ that is something that ░░░░░░░░ something that horrified us ░░░░░░░░ And you know this ░░░░░░░░ I was on radio ░░░░░░░░ the interviewer said that ░░░░░░░░ was it troubled very ░░░░░░░░ the black and the ░░░░░░░░ American community and I ░░░░░░░░ one thing And this ░░░░░░░░ be clear Those are ░░░░░░░░ the only communities that ░░░░░░░░ horrified Those are not ░░░░░░░░ only communities that it ░░░░░░░░ Of course that concern ░░░░░░░░ be most acute given ░░░░░░░░ history in this country ░░░░░░░░ in other parts of ░░░░░░░░ world but all of ░░░░░░░░ is horrified to see ░░░░░░░░ those images suggest PSAKI ░░░░░░░░ you so much Secretary ░░░░░░░░ appreciate your time He ░░░░░░░░ come back I promise ░░░░░░░░ know there s lots ░░░░░░░░ questions but we have ░░░░░░░░ let him go back ░░░░░░░░ his job.”