President Biden on Tuesday condemned the 214 House Republicans who voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, insisting that “history will not look kindly on them.”
Mr. Biden, 81, praised Mr. Mayorkas’ “integrity” and “illustrious” career in law enforcement and public service in a statement released by White House, praising Mr. Mayorkas for his “honesty” and “illustrious” career in law enforcement and public service, which he submitted to the 64-year-old DHS secretary. He called the two articles of impeachment “baseless.” House.
“History will not look kindly on House Republicans for this blatant act of unconstitutional partisanship targeting honorable public servants for petty political maneuvering.” the president said.
“From his time at the Justice Department as a federal prosecutor, to his time as deputy attorney general, and now as secretary of homeland security, he has remained faithful to the rule of law and committed to the values that make our country great,” Biden said. They have shown deep commitment.” he continued.
The president argued that it would be better for Republican lawmakers who support Mayorkas’ impeachment to pass legislation that would give the administration “the tools and resources necessary to address the situation at the border.”
“This impeachment has already failed once on a bipartisan vote. Instead of staging a political stunt like this, Republicans who have real concerns about the border want Congress to provide more border resources and more We should want to provide strong border security,” Biden said. “Sadly, the same Republicans who are pushing this baseless impeachment are also pushing back against the bipartisan plan that Secretary Mayorkas and other members of my administration have worked so hard to strengthen border security.” He is refusing to do so in an instant, backing away from his own longstanding demands to pass stronger border legislation.”
“Abandoning real solutions when we need them most in order to conduct politics is not what Americans expect from their leaders.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) argued that House Republicans have already done their part, passing legislation last May to address border security that was not considered in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
Last week, he and other top Republicans on Capitol Hill defeated a bipartisan Senate bill that would have tied border security to aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, citing concerns that it did not do enough to address the border crisis.
In his own statement, Johnson accused Mayorkas of “deliberately and consistently” refusing to comply with U.S. immigration law and making “multiple false statements to Congress.”
“For nearly a year, the House Homeland Security Committee has taken a careful and methodical approach to this investigation, and the results are clear: Secretary Mayorkas intentionally and consistently “They are refusing to comply with immigration laws and are inciting compliance with federal immigration laws. The worst border disaster in American history.” the speaker of the house said. “He undermined public trust through multiple false statements before Congress, obstructed the Department of Homeland Security’s legal oversight, and violated his oath of office.”
“Alejandro Mayorkas deserves to be impeached, and Congress has a constitutional obligation to do so,” Johnson added. “Next to a declaration of war, impeachment is perhaps the most significant power vested in the House, and we have treated this matter accordingly. This Secretary has refused to do the job that the Senate has approved, so the House must act.” Must.”
Echoing Biden, Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Mia Ehrenberg said in a statement: “Rather than working to solve serious challenges at the border, House Republicans have trampled on the Constitution for political gain. It will go down in history.”
“Secretary Mayorkas was helping a group of Republican and Democratic senators develop bipartisan solutions to strengthen border security and ensure necessary resources for enforcement, while House Republicans “We’ve wasted months on this baseless and unconstitutional impeachment,” Ehrenberg said, insisting that “there is no impeachment.” Some of the evidence or legitimate constitutional grounds for impeaching Mr. Mayorkas.”
“Secretary Mayorkas and the Department of Homeland Security will continue to work every day to keep the American people safe.”
