Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas fended off Republican attacks on his fiscal 2025 budget request Wednesday as he braced for a Senate impeachment trial next week.
Republicans on the House Homeland Security Appropriations Subcommittee tore into his $62.2 billion budget request at a morning hearing, saying it lacks the funding needed to shore up the U.S. southern border.
“This request is not serious,” said Subcommittee Chairman David Joyce, R-Ohio, who pointed to a proposed 7,500-bed cut in detention capacity and the lack of new funding for a border wall, among other concerns.
