Mayorkas was trying to fight off critics who have blamed the administration’s alleged lax border policies for the tragedy.
“We have said repeatedly and we continue to warn people not to take the dangerous journey,” Mayorkas said on“We saw so tragically in San Antonio, Texas, one of the possible tragic results of that dangerous journey, and so many people don’t even make it that far in the hands of exploitative smugglers.”
“They put their lives, their life savings, in the hands of these exploitative organizations, these criminal organizations that do not care for their lives and only seek to make a profit,” Mayorkas said. was found abandoned on the side of a remote road in San Antonio — and the bodies of dozens of dead migrants were found stacked inside, with several corpses also discovered on the ground nearby.
“They show the deadly consequences of his refusal to enforce the law,” the Republican governor added. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas listens to Deputy patrol agent in charge of the US Border Patrol Anthony Crane.People visit and commemorate as they leave flowers, candles and water, where dozens of dead migrants found in a truck in San Antonio, Texas, United States on June 29, 2022.Asked by CBS’ Margaret Brennan how the truck was able to cross into the US, Mayorkas said the smugglers have become more sophisticated over the past decades.
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