Ex-ICE officials push back on Mayorkas claim that illegal immigrants will be deported ‘promptly’
May 18, 2022 at 07:36 AM EDT
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has repeatedly claimed that illegal immigrants whose asylum claims fail will be “promptly removed” from the United States -- but former Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are pushing back, saying that there is little chance of that happening given the mass release of illegal immigrants into the U.S.