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Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a press interview on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a press interview on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a press interview on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a press interview on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a press interview on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a press interview on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

FILE - Migrants are pat down by Border Patrol agents as they enter into El Paso, Texas from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, May 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File)

FILE - Migrants are pat down by Border Patrol agents as they enter into El Paso, Texas from Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, May 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton, File)

Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a press interview on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a press interview on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a press interview on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a press interview on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a press interview on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

Outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during a press interview on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)

FILE - Border patrol agent Pete Bidegain looks from a hilltop on the U.S. side of the US-Mexico border in Nogales, Ariz., June 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool, File)

FILE - Border patrol agent Pete Bidegain looks from a hilltop on the U.S. side of the US-Mexico border in Nogales, Ariz., June 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool, File)

FILE - Men seeking asylum, including Peruvians, line up as they wait to be processed after crossing the border with Mexico nearby, on April 25, 2024, in Boulevard, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

FILE - Men seeking asylum, including Peruvians, line up as they wait to be processed after crossing the border with Mexico nearby, on April 25, 2024, in Boulevard, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

FILE - Members of the California National Guard listen during a news conference near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry along the border with Mexico, Dec. 5, 2024, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

FILE - Members of the California National Guard listen during a news conference near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry along the border with Mexico, Dec. 5, 2024, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)