Thirteen Republican senators have called on Republican leader Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to press ahead with a formal impeachment trial of President Joe Biden’s pro-immigration border chief, Alejandro Mayorkas. ing.
Mayorkas was impeached on February 13 for refusing to enforce border laws. But Democrats and some pro-establishment Republican senators have indicated they intend to ignore the House indictment and not try Mr. Mayorkas in the Senate.
of the senators letter Mr. McConnell said:
We urge you to abandon this approach of constant avoidance by Democrats, let the Senate conduct a proper trial, and let all senators, Republican and Democratic, rule on this issue when the Senate returns. We invite you to join us in our efforts to ensure that
The Senate’s decision to ignore the House’s indictment “is an action rarely considered in our nation’s history and never taken by the United States Senate,” the Republican letter said, adding: .
It remains to be seen whether Senate rules would even allow us to ignore our obligations in this way, but if Senate Republicans were to attempt a similar strategy while we occupied the White House and Republicans held the majority, it remains to be seen. If so, one thing is certain. , opposition will be fierce and the voices from Democrats will be deafening.
The 13 Republican senators include Mike Lee (R-UT), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Ron Johnson (R-WI), Rick Scott (R-FL), and Roger – Includes Marshall (R-Kansas) and Ted Budd (R-Texas). (North Carolina) and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN).
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) rejected impeachment. “House Republicans have failed to produce any evidence that would amount to an impeachable offense…This is a new low for House Republicans.”
Republican leaders must move forward with an impeachment trial for Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas.
We cannot allow Chuck Schumer to sweep the Biden administration’s border invasions under the surface. pic.twitter.com/qg1EFCdoF3
— Mike Lee (@SenMikeLee) February 20, 2024
the house was indicted Mr. Mayorkas has refused to implement a Congressional law that would require migrants to be detained at the border until their asylum claims are completed.
Immigration advocates, including Mr. Mayorkas, refer to their alternative, the catch-and-release policy, simply asprosecutorial discretion”
But the policy encourages illegal immigration by showing would-be immigrants that they can get the American jobs they need to pay their smuggling debts. Poor immigrants can now safely mortgage their homes and farms to get jobs in the United States.
The policy also gives business associations of smugglers, drug cartels, and labor traffickers a semi-legal conveyor belt to funnel customers into the United States and refund customers’ wages to foreign bank accounts. It is something.
This tacit cooperation between smugglers and the White House has succeeded in extracting large amounts of human resources from poor countries.Imported workers, consumers, and renters boost stock prices on Wall Street By lowering American wages, subsidizing less productive businesses, raising rents, and inflating real estate prices.
Under Biden and Mayorkas, at least 6.2 million immigrants were imported through colonialist-like policies. It killed many Americans and thousands of immigrants, many of whom were immigrants. Taxpayer-funded jungle trail Passing through the Darién Canyon in Panama.
But deadly and destructive cooperation has long been supported by a large bloc of D.C. officials and lawmakers who have gradually and quietly dismantled the nation’s border defenses. Mayorkas, for example, has repeatedly called on Congress to fund a reduction in detention beds.
Similarly, McConnell’s border bill catch and release highway For all immigrants who have simply committed to applying for asylum. The bill, which had been negotiated in secret, died once the Republican caucus learned how it would open the border.
Schumer’s border deal stopped short of securing the border, but that was entirely intended. pic.twitter.com/rgD0BartSN
— Sen. Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) February 20, 2024
Reports suggest McConnell may be trying to avoid Mayorkas’ trial CNN coverage From February 15th:
McConnell said he has not yet taken a position on Mayorkas’ trial or whether he will vote to dismiss the charges.
“I haven’t really thought about that,” McConnell said, noting that Democrats would move quickly to halt the proceedings. “So I don’t think there will be another round of endless trials like we’ve had recently.”
Mr. Lee and Mr. Cruz are trying to get senators to codify the rules for whether or not to hold a trial.
Axios.com report February 20th:
Mr. Lee and Mr. Cruz met quietly with senators a week ago, insisting that Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York could not simply ignore the historic articles of impeachment so early in the process. Lee told Axios.
The lawmaker, whose job it is to interpret Senate rules and precedent, has yet to provide any formal response.
Lee told Axios that while he doesn’t know what the Republican leadership will ultimately do, he hopes they won’t “join in with Democratic efforts to just file motions as if it’s a childish second-grade exercise.” He said he hopes so.
Mr. Mayorkas is also trying to ignore his own impeachment by the House, which is only the second impeachment of a presidential cabinet member.of new yorker report February 17th:
That morning, Mayorkas was having a normal day. There was a “morning meeting” at headquarters in Washington, followed by a session in a secure location, where they received the president’s daily report. Later that day, he was in a boardroom in Mountain View, Calif., meeting with Silicon Valley executives about artificial intelligence. An official called him and called him. “Okay, thank you,” the chief said firmly when he heard the news of the vote. His face showed no emotion. He returned the phone, closed the boardroom door, and resumed the meeting.
But Mayorkas, a pro-immigrant zealot, also boasted to the nation. new yorker He said he has minimized enforcement of Congressional laws mandating the deportation of illegal immigrants: “I haven’t heard of ICE.” [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] Picking up grandma…even during the Obama administration, that was a big deal. We changed the landscape. ”
