Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on threats to the homeland, Oct. 31, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans voted Feb. 13 to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, saying he “willfully and systematically refused to comply with immigration laws,” and “breached public trust” by falsely telling Congress the border was secure.
This is the second time in U.S. history that a Cabinet member has been impeached; the first was in 1876, when Secretary of War William Belknap wassay Mayorkas did or did not do and found the articles misconstrued what is possible under immigration law and congressional appropriations.House Republicans said Mayorkas"willfully and systematically" refused to comply with the law by refusing to enforce a detention mandate.
"I do, and Congressman, I think the Secretary of Homeland Security would have said the same thing in 2020 and in 2019," Mayorkas responded."Do we or don’t we" have operational control, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., asked Mayorkas. As evidence, the articles of impeachment cite Mayorkas’ termination of Migrant Protection Protocols. The Trump-era program, also known as"Remain in Mexico," sent some migrants seeking asylum back to Mexico to await immigration court proceedings.House Republicans cited a lower court’s ruling forcing Biden to restart the program as evidence that Mayorkas failed to fulfill his duty to secure the border, and that ending the program increased illegal immigration.
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