Republicans kick off investigation that could lead to impeachment of Homeland Security
Republicans kick off probe that could lead to IMPEACHMENT of Homeland Security secretary Mayorkas, saying he ‘blatantly lied’ to Congress 58 times
- Rep. Mark Green said Mayorkas demonstrated a ‘failure to understand what’s going on at the border’ and had ‘either violated or subverted’ at least 10 laws
- Asked specifically what the legal basis for the accusation was, Green said Mayorkas had lied to Congress and failed to do his job of securing the border
House Republicans are beginning their formal investigation into Alejandro Mayorkas‘ ‘dereliction of duty’ as they weigh whether to pursue impeachment of the Homeland Security secretary.
In a press conference Wednesday Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green said the secretary had demonstrated a ‘failure to understand what’s going on at the border’ and had ‘either violated or subverted’ at least 10 U.S. laws.
Asked specifically what the legal basis for the accusation was, Green said Mayorkas had lied to Congress and failed to do his job of securing the border.
‘Mayorkas has blatantly lied to the United States Congress under oath on multiple occasions and lied to the American people at least 58 times.’
House Republicans are beginning their formal investigation into Alejandro Mayorkas’ ‘dereliction of duty’ as they weigh whether to pursue impeachment of the Homeland Security secretary
Green predicted the investigation would wrap in about 11-12 weeks, but was hesitant to say whether it would end in pursuing impeachment.
He said his investigation has five phases. Once it’s complete, he’ll hand the findings off to the Judiciary Committee, which will decide whether to pursue impeachment.
‘We haven’t even gotten to that word, that process. Our goal here is we’re starting with what you have here, and we’re going to get more information.’
He said he hoped President Biden would fire Mayorkas instead.
In a press conference Wednesday Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green said Mayorkas had demonstrated a ‘failure to understand what’s going on at the border’ and had ‘either violated or subverted’ at least 10 U.S. laws
US doctors treated migrants on the southern border of Mexico, where they remain stranded in precarious conditions due to increasing immigration restrictions after almost a month of the end of the US Title 42
‘President Biden probably doesn’t know all the stuff we’re going to show in this report, and I hope when he hears all this when he sees all this, that he’ll act responsibly and take care of the problem.’
In a report laying out Mayorkas’ ‘failures,’ Republicans noted there have been 6.1 million apprehensions at U.S. borders since President Biden took office, plus another estimated 1.5 million ‘gotaways’ who evaded border detection.
Green blamed Mayorkas’ undoing of ’89 policies from two previous administrations.’
The House Homeland Security Committee is holding a Trump-era DHS officials on Wednesday.
‘Today’s hearing will begin the process of digging into all of the details — the cause and effect of Alejandro Mayorkas’s dereliction of duty,’ Green said.
Many had worried about a surge of migrants at the southern border in light of the expiration of Title 42, the pandermic-era policy allowing for immediate expulsion, while Mayorkas insisted DHS had other measures at the ready to secure the border.
Border apprehensions ticked up in April, before the policy’s end, to about 211,000 – around 20,000 higher than March. Those figures are still a drop from Decembers 250,000 apprehensions.