House Republicans successfully impeached Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday night, leaving the U.S. Senate to decide his final fate.
President Joe Biden has historically been a proponent of impeachment when Republicans are in his crosshairs, but he has criticized those seeking to hold Mr. Mayorkas responsible for overseeing the illegal immigration of millions of aliens. vehemently criticized. As with the Department of Homeland Security, Mr. Biden called the impeachment vote for the head of the Department of Homeland Security “unconstitutional.”
Voting and Articles of Impeachment
Republican Reps. Ken Buck (Colorado), Mike Gallagher (Wisconsin), tom mcclintock (California), House Republicans managed to pass a resolution to impeach Mr. Mayorkas on Tuesday night by a vote of 214-213.
The first article of impeachment accuses Biden’s Cabinet secretaries of willfully and systematically refusing to comply with the law.
According to the newspaper, Mayorkas is accused of violating “his oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic, to swear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution, and to perform the duties of office steadfastly and faithfully.” It is said that there is. article.
The second article accuses the DHS Secretary of intentionally making false statements and obstructing DHS’s legal oversight.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection figures show In Mayorkas’ first nine months as DHS secretary, 1,516,650 illegal aliens crossed the southern border into the United States. quadruple The number of immigrants who entered the country during the entire previous fiscal year. Since then, about 6 million more people have entered the country.
The Democratic-controlled Senate will almost certainly reject Mayorkas’ charges, and the House vote will be largely symbolic.
Representative Mark Green (R-Tenn.), Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee; I felt stressed “The investigation and subsequent impeachment process demonstrated beyond a shadow of a doubt that Secretary Mayorkas intentionally and systematically refused to abide by U.S. law and betrayed the public’s trust,” the committee said.
“With this vote, Congress has made clear that it will not tolerate this type of illegal activity,” Green added.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) Said“Secretary Mayorkas has intentionally and consistently refused to comply with federal immigration law, fueling the worst border disaster in American history.”
“Alejandro Mayorkas deserves to be impeached, and Congress has a constitutional obligation to do so,” Johnson continued.
Biden slams
Biden wasn’t too happy about Republicans voting to impeach Mayorkas.
“History will not look kindly on House Republicans for this blatant act of unconstitutional partisanship in targeting honorable public servants for petty political maneuvering,” Biden was quoted as saying. long statement.
Biden is quick to bring up history in the abstract and paint the impeachment effort as frivolous, although he has previously defended impeachment when it meant the possibility of a Republican being removed from office.
Biden and other Democrats sought to impeach Trump over possible corruption by the Biden family over a phone call he had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Mr. Biden has incorporated these calls for Mr. Trump’s impeachment into his presidential campaign.
time report During the 2019 campaign, then-candidate Biden told a small audience in Rochester, New Hampshire, “Donald Trump violated his oath of office, betrayed this country, and committed impeachable acts. “This is to protect the Constitution, democracy, and our Constitution.” Based on basic integrity, he should be impeached. ”
Biden further asserted in Tuesday’s statement that Mayorkas “has demonstrated a staunch upholding of the rule of law and a deep commitment to the values that make our country great.”
Biden continued, “Instead of staging a political stunt like this, Republicans with real concerns about the border should want Congress to provide more border resources and stronger border security. ” he continued. “Sadly, the same Republican members of Congress who are pushing this baseless impeachment are rejecting at this time the bipartisan plan that Secretary Mayorkas and others in my administration have worked so diligently to strengthen border security. are doing.”
Contrary to the president’s suggestions, in recent weeks and months Mayorkas and others in the Biden administration have been fighting Texas’ efforts to secure its southern border, not illegal immigrants. Just last month, DHS threatened Texas after the Lone Star State took control of a high-traffic area along the Eagle Pass border.
a Letter of January 14th DHS General Counsel Jonathan Meyer directed Texas to “remove all barriers to access to the U.S.-Mexico border.”
In addition to casting Mayorkas as a duped man, Biden accused Republicans of “playing border politics.”
DHS aligns with Biden
DHS reversed the Democratic president’s talking points in its response to the impeachment vote. Focus on it“History will remember House Republicans for trampling on the Constitution for political gain, rather than working to solve serious challenges at the border.”
“Without piece of evidence “Without a legitimate constitutional basis and despite bipartisan opposition, House Republicans unfairly denigrated a dedicated public servant who has served our nation enforcing our laws for more than 20 years,” the DHS report said. said Officer Mia Ehrenberg.
Ehrenberg also insisted that Meirokas “continues to work every day to keep the American people safe.”
Congressional investigators behind the impeachment push have said in recent reports that Mayorkas’ “open borders” policy and the illegal immigration they ostensibly vouch for are impose a net annual contribution impacting the U.S. economy by hundreds of billions of dollars each year. Also It exacerbates the fentanyl crisis, negatively impacts public safety, contributes to increased human trafficking and exploitation of minors, and puts public health at risk.
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