Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) said that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has a record number of illegal aliens awaiting deportation but not in federal custody. “He must be impeached,'' he said, accusing him of overseeing the incident. , reduction in deportations.
On Tuesday night, Marshall took to the Senate floor to call for a no-confidence motion against Mayorkas. Mr. Marshall will be joined by Sens. Eric Schmitt (R-MO), Rick Scott (R-FL), Mike Lee (R-UT), and Mike Braun (R-IN). State), joined by Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), resolved.
Senate Democrats ultimately blocked the resolution.
In his resolution, Marshall detailed Mayorkas' policy changes at DHS that have contributed to the explosive growth of the illegal alien population while watering down domestic immigration enforcement.
For example, the number of illegal aliens in deportation proceedings who were not detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) 6.2 million This is a record and nearly double the 3.2 million illegal aliens who were on ICE's non-custodial records in 2020. More than 1.2 million of these illegal aliens have received final deportation orders but have not yet been deported.
“The United States has never seen a cabinet member stand up to an ICE officer like Alejandro Mayorkas did to undermine the work of an ICE officer,” Marshall told Breitbart News.
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As Mr. Marshall noted, Mr. Mayorkas has overseen a significant reduction in deportations of illegal aliens living in the interior of the United States, while increasing the number of illegal aliens listed on ICE's non-custodial records. ing.
In fiscal year 2023, more than 3.2 million illegal aliens were encountered at the border, but only 142,580 illegal aliens were deported by ICE agents during the same period, and It shows that the chance of being deported is less than 5 percent.their arrival in the US
“Mr. Mayorkas has unilaterally dismantled ICE's deportation capabilities at every opportunity,” Marshall said. “For the first three years, this director has ignored federal immigration law and abused his power, all in an effort to strip ICE of its authority to enforce and maintain America's national security.”
Weakening ICE in this way is another example of the current administration's never-ending quest to erode border security, leading to the lowest arrest and deportation numbers in U.S. history,” Marshall said. He continued. “Secretary Mayorkas’ record clearly shows that he has been willing to participate in the far-left’s goals of defunding and ultimately destroying ICE. For this and a number of other reasons, He must be impeached.”
Similarly, Marshall said ICE currently detains only about 37,000 illegal aliens, even though it has enough beds to hold about 50,000 illegal aliens. He emphasized that he was doing it. The plan overseen by Mayorkas also considers closing ICE detention facilities in Louisiana and California.
“As Mr Mayorkas' impeachment proceedings are scheduled to begin today, his misconduct at the border is the focus of most attention,” RJ Howman, director of the National Center for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (NICE), told Breitbart News.
Marshall similarly cited the “Release and Report Management” (RRM) program to “increase illegal immigration by rewarding lawbreakers and significantly reducing the number of aliens subject to deportation.” He also mentioned Mr. Mayorkas' plan to implement the
The RRM program ensures that the more than 6 million illegal aliens on ICE's non-custodial records only need to “check in” with ICE annually after being released into U.S. soil. .
Mayorkas plans to work with the RRM program to roll out the ICE Secure Docket Card program, which will give newly arrived illegal aliens a photo ID card upon release into U.S. soil. These photo IDs will work in conjunction with the agency's case management pilot program, which provides taxpayer-funded benefits to illegal aliens in deportation proceedings.
“We cannot afford to overlook the complete dismantling of immigration enforcement in the Interior,” Haumann said. “Senator Marshall's resolution provides a scathing review of public data related to Mr. Mayorkas' policies, programs, and domestic enforcement, and finds that he continues to endanger public safety and undermine our national sovereignty. He must be impeached.”
John Binder is a reporter for Breitbart News. Please email jbinder@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter here.
