House Republicans Say Homeland Security Chief’s $60 Billion Budget Concedes Border Cannot Be Secured

Cars head to Mexico at the border crossing at San Luis, Ariz. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

Any federal department head with a $60.4 billion annual spending request is going to see fiscal hawks on Congressional panels flash their budget-cutting knives in appropriations hearings.

But when it comes to embattled United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas—literally, the face of President Joe Biden’s much-maligned border and immigration policies—House Republicans don’t want to trim his budget, they want his head on a platter.