Jen Psaki said the Department of Homeland Security [DHS] has still not made the numbers available on how many migrants were released into the U.S. this year after a massive mostly Haitian caravan arrived over the last few weeks.
The White House press secretary vowed during her press briefing Wednesday that she would release the figures later in the day, but no such numbers were shared.
When asked Wednesday evening when they would be made available, Psaki told DailyMail.com: 'As soon as it is available form [sic] DHS.'
As of Thursday morning, neither the White House or DHS had released any figures related to the number of migrants released into the U.S. since President Joe Biden took office.
Up to 15,000 mostly Haitian migrants camped out under the Del Rio International Bridge in Texas and as of Tuesday, according to DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, that number dropped to 10,000.
Several removal flights have taken planes full of these migrants back to their homeland as DHS ramped up deportation efforts – but thousands of others were released into the U.S.
This year alone, around 1.3 million migrants were apprehended by Customs and Border Protection, but it is still unclear what the fate of these illegal border jumpers is.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki told DailyMail.com that she still does not have the figures from DHS on how many Haitian migrants were released into the U.S.
At Psaki's daily press briefing on Wednesday, Fox News reporter Peter Doocy confronted her on the yet-to-be-released numbers after Mayorkas revealed during a Senate hearing on Tuesday that he did not know the figures.
'So who else can we ask?' Doocy asked.
When the press secretary attempted to direct him back to DHS, Doocy replied, 'He says he doesn't know.'
'I am confident that he wanted to have the most up-to-date numbers and we will venture to get you those – I promise, this afternoon,' Psaki vowed.
In a follow-up question Doocy asked if the issue is that the administration doesn't know or if they don't want to reveal figures because 'a lot more people are being released into the U.S. than are being sent out.'
'That is certainly not the issue,' Psaki said.
It is still not clear when those figures will actually become public.
Psaki (left) told a Fox News reporter Peter Doocy (right) that he'll get updated numbers on the migrant crisis this afternoon after he grilled her on immigration reform
Mayorkas, meanwhile, was at the Capitol Wednesday for his second day of back-to-back congressional hearings – this time before a House committee.
Republican Florida Representative Carlos Gimenez asked Mayorkas today about how many of the migrants apprehended at the border this year were detained, returned or 'dispersed.'
'I would be pleased to provide you with specific data subsequent to this hearing, congressman,' Mayorkas answered.
Gimenez accused Mayorkas of being unprepared for the hearing, to which the DHS chief snapped about his long work hours.
'I work 18 hours a day, OK? So when I returned from yesterday's hearing, I actually focused on mission. We will get that data, both to the senator who posed it yesterday and to you, congressman, today,' he said.
It follows on from Tuesday's hearing before the Senate when Mayorkas still could not provide migrant data.
'I want some numbers here. Of the 1.3 million people that we've apprehended, how many people have been returned? How many people are being detained? How many people have been dispersed to all points around America?' Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin asked the secretary during a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing.
DHS Secretary Mayorkas was grilled by lawmakers in back-to-back congressional hearings on Tuesday and Wednesday
'Senator, I would be pleased to provide you with that data — ' Mayorkas said before he was cut off.
'I want them now,' Johnson demanded. 'Why don't you have that information now?'
'Senator, I do not have that data before me,' Mayorkas replied.
'Why not? Why don't you have that basic information?' the senator asked.
'Senator, I want to be accurate,' Mayorkas said.
The secretary revealed Tuesday that around 5,000 migrants have been removed from the encampment surrounding the Del Rio International Bridge as DHS launches a probe into agents on horseback using what appeared to be whips against the mostly Haitian migrants.
'How many migrants have crossed into the United States in Del Rio over the past week?' Missouri Republican Senator Josh Hawley asked Mayorkas.
'So last
