Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors

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Ms. LEE of Florida. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of the resolution to impeach Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

We are here today to address one of the most serious responsibilities that we can undertake as Congress, the impeachment of Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

The Committee on Homeland Security has worked diligently to investigate and consider the causes and the consequences of the catastrophe at our southern border, and it has concluded that it is necessary and appropriate to pursue this impeachment.

Since President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas took office, there have been over 8.3 million illegal crossings nationwide. We have seen the devastating effects of human trafficking, of fentanyl trafficking, and what happens when we cede operational control of our southern border to the Mexican drug cartels.

Secretary Mayorkas has refused to enforce the duly enacted laws passed by this Congress. By doing so, he has endangered our homeland, a direct violation of his oath of office. Even in the face of irrefutable evidence to the contrary, he has given false testimony to Congress, claiming that the border is secure. He has defied court orders ordering the Secretary to abandon the illegal programs and policies that he has implemented, which incentivize illegal immigration.

House Republicans know that border security is national security, and the crisis at our border is a critical threat to our national security and the safety of the American people.

Secretary Mayorkas has willfully and deliberately refused to uphold the laws of the United States, he has violated his oath of office, and he has breached the public trust.

Congress has a constitutional duty to secure our border and to ensure our communities are safe. We cannot allow an executive branch agency head to defy the lawful authority of Congress and the courts in pursuit of policies that are contrary to law and endangering Americans. That is why Secretary Mayorkas must be impeached.

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