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Sen. Mike Lee: administration "refuses to enforce the law" on border
Summary
Senator Mike Lee told a Sunday interview he blames the Biden administration and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for failing to enforce immigration laws and said the Senate's handling of impeachment weakened Republican leverage to force executive action.
Senator Mike Lee said Sunday that the Biden administration has "refus[ed] to enforce the law" on immigration and blamed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for not acting as a "gatekeeper." The remarks came during a televised interview about border security and recent congressional maneuvering.
Lee said the executive branch, which has primary responsibility for enforcing federal immigration law, has been doing "exactly…
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