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In February, the House of Representatives voted to impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on high and misdemeanor charges. We found that Secretary Mayorkas intentionally and systematically refused to comply with immigration laws and betrayed the public’s trust in responding to an unprecedented crisis at America’s borders.
Prior to this vote, the House Homeland Security Committee conducted a nearly year-long investigation into the crisis and presented a compelling body of evidence that necessitated an impeachment vote in the House.
The seriousness of the charges should force the Senate to fulfill its constitutional obligation and conduct a full impeachment trial, convict Mayorkas, and ultimately remove him from office.
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the Senate. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
Mayorkas refused to comply with the law. He is obligated by the Immigration and Nationality Act to detain inadmissible foreign nationals who arrive at the border. But he refused to follow that clear order and instead directed the release of millions of undocumented aliens into the United States.
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The Deputy Chief Patrol Officer for the Border Patrol’s Yuma District recently told my committee in a formal interview that “65 to 70 percent” of total encounters in the District since January 2021 have been released.
Jason Owens, the current head of the Border Patrol, told the committee in May 2023, “More people are being released to await immigration status than I’ve ever seen in my career. ” he said. The Secretary of State himself acknowledged earlier this year that about 85% of migrants are being released without being detained.
Mayorkas also abused his very limited statutory parole authority, which grants parole only on a case-by-case basis and on a temporary basis. Instead, he created a categorical mass parole program, in part against the express terms of the law, and in just three years he has overseen more than 1.7 million paroles.
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Doris Meissner, secretary of the Immigration and Naturalization Service under President Clinton, said last year that his parole was “unprecedented.”
Mayorkas has also repeatedly misled Congress, claiming he has operational control of the border as defined by federal law and claiming that the border is “more secure than ever.”
Despite the dire consequences of Mayorkas’ impeachable conduct, the Senate has failed to take meaningful action. HR2, the Border Security Act, has been stalled on the floor since May of last year. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York has refused to adopt the bill.
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Instead, a handful of senators negotiated an ill-fated proposal packed with provisions that experts say effectively legitimized crisis levels of illegal immigration and failed to eliminate perverse incentives created by Mayorkas. The subsequent backlash against the proposal resulted in a bipartisan Senate rejection of the proposal.
Senate Democrats are missing the moment to end this crisis and resolve the border chaos. The impeachment trial provides a unique opportunity to correct course.
For the first time in American history, the House of Representatives impeached a sitting Cabinet secretary. This impeachment is about more than policy differences, it’s about the executive branch’s willful rejection of the separation of powers and the rule of law.
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Congress should make clear to the executive branch that it will not tolerate such blatant disregard for the laws this agency has created, especially when such defiance has the consequences documented in our investigation. It is.
In every previous instance in which the Senate has had the opportunity to conduct an impeachment trial, it has conducted one. To dismiss the trial in any way would not only be an abdication of the Senate’s constitutional responsibility to take this issue seriously, it would be an insult to the millions of Americans suffering in the aftermath of the ongoing crisis. Dew.
Every state is being affected by the growing fentanyl epidemic due to a surge in drugs flowing across the Southwest border. More criminal aliens and individuals on terrorist watch lists are entering the United States than ever before. Every day, we see reports of the astronomical costs to communities across the country who are forced to cope with the surge of immigrants into their jurisdictions.
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Holding Secretary Mayorkas fully accountable for his misconduct is another important step in ending this ongoing crisis.
Leader Schumer has no excuse. He will hold the trial, render a verdict, and hold Mayorkas accountable.
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