OAN Staff Avril Elfie
6:20pm – Monday, November 25, 2024
According to the report, washington timesRepublican officials are debating a second impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, aiming to prevent him from holding office in the future.
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Mayorkas was impeached by House Republicans in February, but the Democratic-led Senate refused to hold a trial.
However, with Republicans expected to hold a 53-49 Senate majority in the 119th Congress, Republican aides are calling for stronger accountability, even if that means impeaching and convicting Mayorkas after he leaves office. We are considering.
“We're talking about it among our staff,” a longtime Republican aide told the Times. “Every time you think you've seen the most ridiculous thing imaginable that his department has done, they somehow manage to top it.”
A two-thirds vote is required for conviction in the Senate.
Nevertheless, some officials argue that a second impeachment is not enough.
Mark Morgan, former acting commissioner of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), said: new york times He argued that the Justice Department's perjury charges against Mayorkas were more appropriate than impeachment.
“He deliberately misled the American people and concealed the extent of the chaos and lawlessness at our border and its impact on our nation's safety and national security,” Morgan said. times. “He should be held accountable for those lies.”
A May investigation by the House Homeland Security Committee found that more than 11.5 million illegal immigrants (including 2 million “fugitives”) flooded the border into the United States during the Mayorkas administration.
But President-elect Donald Trump has said there may be more than 20 million illegal immigrants in the country right now, insisting he is consulting with top border officials with direct knowledge of the situation.
“He oversees the border. He's the Secretary of Homeland Security. He's Mr. Border Patrol. All of this falls under his responsibility. No one is being held accountable, he is in charge. “He's a big deal,” former U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Secretary Emilio Gonzalez told the Times about Mayorkas.
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