Sec. Mayorkas Refuses to Call the Border Crisis a Crisis: ‘I’m Not Spending Any Time on the Language We Use’

‘I’m spending time on operational response to the situation at the border’

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KATKO: "OK. Now, a couple quick questions, if you agree with the facts that we set out, I appreciate your candor, and you said earlier in your testimony that the situation at the border is undoubtedly difficult. Given the tremendous rise and surge of individuals coming to the border, wouldn’t it be fair to call it a crisis? Because that’s what your agents are calling it."
MAYORKAS: "Mr. Ranking Member, first of all, if I may, I didn’t necessarily agree with all the statistics that you cited. Mr. Ranking Member, I'm not spending any time on the language that we use, I am spending time on operational response to the situation at the border."

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