Trump Demands Congressional Investigation Into the ‘Mayorkas Gag Order’ on Border Agents and ICE Officers

After Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas spent this morning defending the Biden administration’s handling of the illegal immigration surge at the U.S.-Mexico border, former President Donald Trump called for a congressional investigation into his “gag order” on border agents and ICE officers in a statement.

Mayorkas appeared on CNN’s State of the Union, Fox News Sunday, NBC’s Meet the Press, and ABC’s This Week, making headlines for blaming the Trump administration for the surge of migrants trying to enter the country rather than policies adopted by President Biden.

Trump began by pointing out how his administration “proudly handed the Biden Administration the most secure border in history” and that “all they had to do was keep this smooth-running system on autopilot.”

“The pathetic, clueless performance of Secretary Mayorkas on the Sunday Shows today was a national disgrace. His self-satisfied presentation — in the middle of the massive crisis he helped engineer — is yet more proof he is incapable of leading DHS. Even someone of Mayorkas’ limited abilities should understand that if you provide Catch-and-Release to the world’s illegal aliens then the whole world will come,” Trump continued.

Trump then demanded that “The Mayorkas Gag Order on our Nation’s heroic border agents and ICE officers should be the subject of an immediate congressional investigation. But it’s clear they are engaged in a huge cover-up to hide just how bad things truly are. The only way to end the Biden Border Crisis is for them to admit their total failure and adopt the profoundly effective, proven Trump policies.”

Jason Miller, who has recently been like a spokesperson for Trump, shared the statement and added in a tweet, “Mayorkas is a DISASTER!!!”

Also, Mayorkas is a DISASTER!!! https://t.co/lDrrttUMTc

— Jason Miller (@JasonMillerinDC) March 21, 2021

Mayorkas, however, has denied there being such a gag order limiting media access.

“We are focused on our operations in removing children from those crowded Border Patrol stations, to the Health and Human Services facilitates that can best shelter them and we are also working on providing access so the American public can, in a safe way, without jeopardizing our operations, see what is going on. We’re working on that,” Mayorkas said in one of the interviews with Meet the Press.

NBC News reported on Wednesday that the Biden administration is limiting the information U.S. Border Patrol can share with media outlets during the illegal immigration surge at the southern border.