Republicans have repeatedly accused Mayorkas of failing to enforce the nation’s laws as a record number of migrants arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border.
House Republicans released two articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday, formally unveiling the charges as they prepare to punish the secretary over the administration’s handling of the U.S.-Mexico border.
In a 20-page impeachment resolution, Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee accused Mayorkas of « willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law » and a « breach of public trust. » The committee is set to meet on Tuesday to consider the articles.
Republicans have repeatedly accused Mayorkas of failing to enforce the nation’s laws as a record number of migrants arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border. Democrats and the Department of Homeland Security have effort as a « baseless » political attack, citing experts who have testified that Mayorkas’ conduct did not rise to the level of « high crimes and misdemeanors, » the legal basis for impeachment under the Constitution.
The department responded to the articles in a 4-page memo on Sunday, calling the impeachment effort « a distraction from other vital national security priorities and the work Congress should be doing to actually fix our broken immigration laws. »
« They don’t want to fix the problem; they want to campaign on it, » the DHS memo said. « That’s why they have undermined efforts to achieve bipartisan solutions and ignored the facts, legal scholars and experts, and even the Constitution itself in their quest to baselessly impeach Secretary Mayorkas. »The Mayorkas impeachment articles
The first article — willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law — said hat Mayorkas « has repeatedly violated laws enacted by Congress regarding immigration and border security.
