Former Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas made headlines this week—not for answering tough questions about the border crisis he helped create, but for running from them. When confronted by a journalist and asked to explain the disastrous border policies under his leadership during the Biden administration, Mayorkas refused to answer and walked away without a word.
The encounter took place shortly after new reports confirmed a stunning 95% drop in illegal border crossings since President Donald Trump returned to office and re-implemented strict immigration enforcement measures. The contrast could not be starker: under Mayorkas and Biden, the southern border descended into chaos, with record numbers of illegal crossings, overflowing detention centers, and criminal cartels exploiting every gap in enforcement. Under Trump, the border is once again under control.
But instead of facing accountability, Mayorkas chose to flee—much like he did from his responsibilities as DHS Secretary. The brief exchange, caught on video, shows the former Biden official turning his back on the question and briskly walking away, ignoring the reporter’s remarks about the dramatic success of the current administration’s immigration policies.
National Correspondent @Julio_Rosas11 asked former DHS Secretary Mayorkas about President Trump securing the southern border: pic.twitter.com/FFr2T8Prkm
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) April 4, 2025
This is the same Alejandro Mayorkas who repeatedly insisted during Congressional testimony that the border was “secure,” even as millions of illegal aliens poured into the United States under his watch. Now, with that narrative falling apart and Trump restoring law and order at the border, Mayorkas has nothing to say.
Critics argue that his silence is more than just embarrassing—it’s telling. It reveals the complete failure of the Biden administration’s open-border agenda and the unwillingness of its architects to take responsibility. Under Biden and Mayorkas, American communities were flooded with illegal drugs, human trafficking surged, and countless lives were lost due to preventable violence.
By contrast, Trump’s return to the White House has brought back the border wall expansion, “Remain in Mexico” policies, and strong support for ICE and Border Patrol—all policies that were dismantled by the Biden team and are now being restored with immediate results.
Mayorkas’s retreat from accountability is symbolic of the entire Democratic approach to border security: deny, deflect, and disappear. But under Trump, that era is over. The American people demanded secure borders and real leadership—and they’re finally getting it.
As for Mayorkas, his silent exit may be the loudest admission of failure yet.