Articles of impeachment filed against DHS Secretary Mayorkas
A Texas Republican has filed articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
In the first week of the new GOP-led House, a Texas Republican has filed articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
Rep. Pat Fallon, in a document filed Monday night, accused Mayorkas of "high crimes and misdemeanors" in his role as homeland security secretary. The articles have been referred to the Judiciary Committee, chaired by Jim Jordan, R-Ohio.
Congressional Republicans have made immigration and the surge in border crossings a top issue since President Joe Biden took office. The administration has faced GOP criticism for moving to terminate Trump-era policies such as “Remain in Mexico,” aimed at restricting immigration at the southern border, and Title 42, a policy implemented near the start of the Covid pandemic that allowed U.S. authorities to turn asylum-seekers away at the border.
“It is unfortunate that we have gotten to this point, but it is necessary," Fallon said in a statement. "Secretary Mayorkas’s potential impeachment is not an accident. He has willfully abdicated his duties as Secretary of Homeland Security and actively misled Congress and the American people. To make any progress at our southern border, he must go.”
Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, at the Capitol on March 18.Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images fileIn response to a request for comment on the impeachment effort, Marsha Espinosa, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, said lawmakers “can do better than point the finger at someone else; they should come to the table and work on solutions for our broken system and outdated laws, which they have not updated in over 40 years.”
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