Fox's first appearance: Central region state attorneys general testified Wednesday at DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' first impeachment hearing about the impact the ongoing immigration crisis has had on states despite their distance from besieged areas. FOX News Digital reported that he plans to give an explanation. border.
Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen, Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, and Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey weighed in on how the crisis has affected their states and the legal actions they have taken against the Biden administration's policies. He is scheduled to testify on the challenge. They are also expected to explain how they believe Mr. Mayorkas is not enforcing the law.
Wednesday's hearing, titled “Chaos at the Center: How Secretary Mayorkas' Failed Leadership Affected the States,” examined approximately three responses by the House Homeland Security Committee. This is the first impeachment hearing after a year of investigations and reports. – year's immigration crisis.
House Homeland Security Committee sets first impeachment hearing for Mayorkas
Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.) holds a press conference ahead of a House Homeland Security Committee hearing “investigating Secretary Mayorkas' dereliction of duty'' Wednesday, June 14, 2023, in Cannonville. . (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc, via Getty Images)
The House voted to refer the articles of impeachment to a committee in November, and the committee will begin its process on Wednesday. This comes as the number of border crossings reached a new record, with more than 302,000 migrants encountered in December.
“Secretary Mayorkas' unprecedented and intentional border crisis is impacting every city and state in our country,” Chairman Mark Green said in a statement to FOX News Digital. “The chaos and devastation at the border and in our communities is the result of Alejandro Mayorkas’ failure to fulfill his oath of office as Secretary of Homeland Security. His primary responsibility is to ensure the security of our homeland, but he I neglected that.”
Republicans say Mr. Mayorkas has failed to enforce immigration laws, including parole, deportation and detention of illegal immigrants, and created new programs that violate Congress.
“Who better to testify about the aftermath of this crisis than the top law officer of our central state?” Greene said. “These officials speak not only about the impact of this crisis on their states, but also about the various legal challenges they have posed in response to Mayorkas' failure to do his job and enforce the law. I look forward to their testimony.”
The Biden administration and House Democrats are pushing back against Republican impeachment efforts. While Republicans blame the historic crisis on Biden-era policies and rollbacks of Trump policies like building a wall and toughening enforcement, the administration is addressing a hemispheric crisis and is pushing for more funding and comprehensive immigration. It says reform is necessary. meeting.
The Department of Homeland Security told Fox News Digital last week that “the House majority is losing valuable resources by pursuing a baseless political campaign that has been rejected by members of both parties and has already failed on bipartisan votes.” “We're wasting time and taxpayers' money.”
Press Secretary Mia Ehrenberg said, “As senior members of the House majority have attested, there is no legitimate basis to impeach Secretary Mayorkas, and this extreme impeachment push violates our nation's critical national security priorities.'' It is a harmful distraction from the matter.” “Secretary Mayorkas and the Department of Homeland Security continue to work every day to keep the American people safe.”
Ranking Member Bennie Thompson said the “radical MAGA Republican effort” to impeach Mayorkas is “totally baseless.”
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July 26, 2023: DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the House Judiciary Committee. (screenshot)
“They just showed the American people that this is nothing more than a political stunt that has no basis in the Constitution. This was never intended to be a legitimate investigation, it's just a MAGA spectacle,” he said. Stated.
Meanwhile, discussions in Congress continue on the White House's supplemental funding bill, which would include money for the border, Ukraine and Israel.
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Republicans in both chambers are pushing for funding to include limits on asylum and the release of migrants inland. The administration is reportedly willing to make some concessions, but it's unclear whether that will be enough for House Republicans, who are pushing for it to be fully included in the Republican border security bill passed last year.
