Joe Kernen jumped on Alejandro Mayorkas suggesting there may have been internal "disagreements" on President Joe Biden's southern border policies.

CNBC hosts Andrew Ross Sorkin and Joe Kernen pressed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Friday about President Joe Biden’s role in immigration policy mistakes. Biden signed 89 executive orders in his first year as president that reversed or started undoing President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas argued that his administration “quickly” took executive action to stem illegal immigration, despite that order only coming after years into the nationwide border crisis.

Department of Homeland Security employee morale is significantly better as Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas leaves office. Will that continue under Donald Trump?

President Joe Biden is leaving office with several immigration-related milestones under his belt, including the lowest number of deportations in

Biden and his aides have spent their final days in office announcing dozens of moves — on topics from immigration to offshore drilling — aimed at tying up President-elect Donald

I thought we had left the President Joseph Robinette Biden administration on November 5th, but with Robert Wise’s “The Coming Kakistocracy,” (Northside Sun, November 22, 2025) we had reason to recall it and put a name on it all.

In one of his last interviews in office, Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas reflects on immigration’s role in Trump’s return to power and the relentless threats facing the homeland.

December saw a significant drop in daily encounters along the U.S.-Mexico border, reaching the lowest average since July 2020, according to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The total number of migrant encounters for the month clocked in at 96,000.

In the waning days of the Biden administration, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas defended his ... initially skyrocketed under President Joe Biden before falling sharply last year.

Mayorkas, who said he plans to stay on the job until Monday at noon, told ABC News he has had "substantive and very productive and very collegial" conversations with Trump's pick to be the new DHS secretary, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem.

President-elect Donald Trump, who has pledged to take swift action against illegal immigration on his first day in office, has selected South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem to lead the Department of Homeland Security.