Mayorkas Pressed to Explain Terror-Listed Illegal Immigrants Released Into US

‘Serious red flags for the national security of the United States,’ a group of GOP lawmakers told Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the House Homeland Security Committee in Washington on Nov. 15, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is facing renewed pressure to explain the circumstances of inadmissible aliens on the terrorist watchlist being released into the United States rather than being held in custody until deportation.

A group of House Homeland Security Committee Republicans expressed serious concern in an April 3 letter to Mr. Mayorkas about unanswered questions regarding the DHS’s current practices in processing and releasing known or suspected terrorists into the United States.