GOP Leader McCarthy calls on Homeland Security Secretary to resign over border issues

Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy called on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to resign, warning the House will investigate and could impeach him if he doesn't step down.

Appearing with Republicans in El Paso, Texas, House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday called on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to resign for failing to secure the southern border.

If Mayorkas does not resign, McCarthy warned, House Republicans will investigate him and his department to determine whether to launch impeachment proceedings.

Specifically, McCarthy pointed to recent suicides of Border patrol agents; the Biden administration’s decision to end the "Remain in Mexico" policy, a Trump-era program designed to restrict immigration at the southern border; and Biden’s efforts to end Title 42, a Trump-era Covid policy that allowed authorities to limit asylum-seekers from crossing the border.

“His actions have produced the greatest wave of illegal immigration in recorded history. Our country may never recover from Secretary Mayorkas’s dereliction of duty,” said McCarthy, flanked by fellow House Republicans. “This is why today I am calling on the Secretary to resign. He cannot and must not remain in that position.

“If Secretary Mayorkas does not resign," McCarthy continued, "House Republicans will investigate every order, every action and every failure [and] will determine whether we can begin impeachment inquiry.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-leader-mccarthy-calls-homeland-security-secretary-resign-border-is-rcna58451


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