Global Courant
The Mayorkas department is charged with preventing terrorist attacks at home and abroad. It monitors threats from weapons of mass destruction, protects infrastructure and ensures we are protected from cyber-attacks.
What many of the DHS agencies have in common is that you often don’t hear much about them unless something really bad has happened.
So even if Mayorkas didn’t also oversee immigration, the most fraught political issue, being secretary of the DHS – responsible for defending the nation against terrorism, computer hackers, nuclear weapons and natural disasters – can often be a thankless job.
And despite his best efforts, it is Mayorkas management of Border Patrol, ICE and Immigration Services that has dominated his tenure and made him the main target of the GOP in the Biden cabinet.
In this episode of Deep Dive, Ryan and Sec. Mayorkas discusses how the terrorist threat has changed over the past two decades, the challenges of confronting domestic extremism, why the end of Title 42 didn’t lead to the border crossing many predicted, the future of TSA, the fentanyl crisis, the prospects of impeachment, and how he’s been through the meat grinder of DC politics.