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Mayorkas tours border to prepare for asylum limits to end

Alejandro Mayorkas, United States Secretary of Homeland Security, shakes hands along a section of the border wall, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in La Joya, Texas. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP) Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas listens to Raul Ortiz, Chief, U.S. Border Patrol, as he tours the section of the border wall with Mexico, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in La Joya, Texas. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP, Pool) Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas listens as he tours the section of the border wall with Mexico, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in La Joya, Texas. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP, Pool) An aerostat used by DHS to monitor the border with Mexico flies in the distance, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in La Joya, Texas. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP) Immigrants detained by the US Border Patrol rest along the fence, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in La Joya, Texas. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP) Immigrants detained by the US Border Patrol rest along the fence, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in La Joya, Texas. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP) Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, second from right, looks up along with U.S Border Patrol agents as a drone flies overhead as he tours a section of the border wall Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Hidalgo, Texas. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP, Pool) Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas tours a section of the border wall with Mexico, Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Hidalgo, Texas. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP, Pool) Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, left, listens to Deputy patrol agent in charge of the US Border Patrol Anthony Crane as he tours the section of the border wall Tuesday, May 17, 2022, in Hidalgo, Texas. (Joel Martinez/The Monitor via AP, Pool)
Mayorkas tours border to prepare for asylum limits to end