Senators Ask Why Mayorkas’ DHS Withheld Visa Overstays, Afghan Evacuee Vetting Reports

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Senators Ask Why Mayorkas’ DHS Withheld Visa Overstays, Afghan Evacuee Vetting Reports

Two vital Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reports were not given to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs (HSGAC) despite being required by law to do so, according to two Republican senators.

The 2020 Entry/Exit Overstay Report on visas held by foreign individuals residing in the United States has been published on the DHS web site for each of the past five years. But Senators James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) want to know why DHS did not do so for the 2020 report.

DHS also failed to meet a November 30 deadline to submit a congressionally mandated report over its vetting of Afghan evacuees,”

Lankford and Hawley told DHS Secretary in the letter “These reports hold vital information for our oversight work of your department and for the public as the American people seek to assess the impact of the Biden Administration’s immigration enforcement efforts. Your continued delay in providing these reports violates the law and raises significant questions about your commitment to uphold the laws Congress enacts,”

“The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that over 6.5 million illegal immigrants would receive amnesty under the Build Back Better plan. The DHS estimates in the FY 2020 Entry/Exit Overstay Report may complicate existing estimates about the number of illegal immigrants who would receive parole under the Build Back Better plan,” the senators wrote, “and we are concerned that the department’s efforts to hide this number from the public are nothing more than a political cover for the Build Back Better plan’s radical, open border policies and provisions.”

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