The Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified on the Homeland Security budget in a Senate hearing Tuesday.
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In January, Mayorkas outlined how President Joe Biden's new border security plan will work. The administration planned to immediately begin turning away Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans who cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally, aiming to set up a more orderly asylum process.
WATCH: DHS Secretary Mayorkas outlines Biden's new restrictive immigration plan
"The border is not open," Mayorkas said. "We will continue to fully enforce our immigration laws in a safe, orderly and humane manner."