{"id":2158050,"date":"2024-01-24T13:49:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-24T18:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-blues-house-sets-date-to-advance-mayorkas-impeachment\/"},"modified":"2024-01-24T13:54:19","modified_gmt":"2024-01-24T18:54:19","slug":"border-blues-house-sets-date-to-advance-mayorkas-impeachment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/border-blues-house-sets-date-to-advance-mayorkas-impeachment\/","title":{"rendered":"House schedules Mayorkas impeachment vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">10<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fborder-blues-house-sets-date-to-advance-mayorkas-impeachment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2158050&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Alejandro\u2064 Mayorkas Faces\u200c Impeachment Efforts as House Committee Moves Forward<\/h2>\n<p>A key House committee is set to take its impeachment efforts against Department of Homeland Security Secretary \u200cAlejandro Mayorkas to the next level. Lawmakers will mark up articles of impeachment against the Biden administration official later this month,\u2063 in a\u200c move that is sure to capture attention.<\/p>\n<p>The Homeland Security Committee will convene on Jan. 30 to debate\u2063 the charges before voting on\u2064 whether to advance the articles of\u2063 impeachment to \u2064the full House for a vote. The\u200d timing of \u2062the floor vote\u2064 is still uncertain, \u200bbut there is a strong possibility that \u2063lawmakers will push for a vote as early as next month.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Committee\u200c Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) emphasized the need for \u2062accountability:<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThis Committee has conducted \u200dextensive oversight \u2064and passed historic legislation to secure \u200dthe border. However,\u2063 the\u200c final remedy\u2064 for \u200cdealing directly with Secretary Mayorkas\u2019 willful\u2062 and systemic disregard for the\u200c rule\u2063 of law is\u200d impeachment. After three\u200b years of this crisis and a year \u2064of investigations\u2063 and proceedings, we must move forward with accountability.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The decision to proceed with impeachment follows \u2063a yearlong investigation led by Republicans into Mayorkas and his handling of\u200d the southern\u2064 border. Democrats have criticized \u2062these efforts,\u2064 accusing their GOP counterparts of using impeachment as a political\u2063 attack based\u200c on\u2062 policy differences.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement to \u2062advance\u2064 an impeachment \u200cresolution comes one week after \u200dRepublicans held their final hearing,\u2064 featuring testimony from \u201cvictims\u201d of the\u2063 surge in illegal immigration. Mayorkas was expected \u200bto \u200dtestify\u2063 during\u200d that hearing\u2063 but later declined, \u200bciting scheduling\u200b conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>His absence sparked tension between Republicans and the\u200d Department \u2062of Homeland Security, with Green accusing the secretary\u2062 of refusing to \u2063appear before the panel. However, DHS \u200dofficials pushed back on \u200cthose accusations, claiming \u200bthat the committee has failed to find\u200c a\u200c mutually agreeable date.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats on the committee sought \u2064to extend the inquiry, \u2063with ranking \u200dmember Bennie Thompson (D-MS) requesting an\u200b additional hearing that includes \u2063witnesses chosen by the minority party. \u2063Green opposed this request, arguing that House rules only require the majority\u200d party to allow \u2064minority witnesses, rather than dedicating an entire \u200bhearing to their defense.<\/p>\n<p>House conservatives have been pushing for\u2062 Mayorkas&#8217; removal from his top position in\u200b the Department of\u200b Homeland Security for \u200bmonths. Some members \u2064even introduced their own articles of\u2064 impeachment\u2064 last year. Rep. Marjorie Taylor\u2063 Greene (R-GA) has been particularly vocal in her support for impeachment, going as far\u200b as forcing her colleagues to\u200c vote \u2063on his removal. However, the effort \u2063failed\u2062 due to insufficient Republican support.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063latest development comes at a time when border security is a pressing issue for \u200bvoters, \u200cespecially as the 2024 election\u2062 approaches. Exit polls \u200bin Iowa and New Hampshire have shown that immigration is the top concern for GOP primary voters.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to \u2063read more from The Washington\u200d Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How has Mayorkas\u200d responded to accusations of creating a culture of incompetence and\u200d politicization within the Department of\u200d Homeland Security?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Border and immigration crisis. Lawmakers\u200b have accused Mayorkas of failing to \u200cuphold \u2064the\u200d rule of law and of implementing policies that have\u2062 led to an increase in illegal\u200b immigration and a lack of border security.<\/p>\n<p>One of the main issues \u200bthat has drawn the ire of lawmakers is the Biden administration&#8217;s handling of the \u2063border crisis. Since\u200b taking \u2063office, President Biden has rolled back \u200cmany of \u200bthe strict \u2062immigration policies put in place by the\u2063 Trump \u200cadministration, leading to a surge in illegal \u200bborder crossings. Critics\u200c argue\u200d that Mayorkas has not taken the necessary steps to \u200daddress the crisis and secure the border, resulting in\u2064 a humanitarian and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-america-first-republican-seeks-to-replace-mccarthy-in-congress\/\" title=\"California Republican seeks to replace McCarthy in Congress with an 'America First' agenda.\">national\u200d security disaster<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition,\u200c Mayorkas has faced \u200cscrutiny over\u200d his management of the Department of Homeland\u200d Security. Lawmakers\u2062 have\u200b accused him of \u2062creating a culture of\u2063 incompetence \u200band politicization within the department.\u200d They\u200c claim that he has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/majority-of-afghan-allies-not-out-of-afghanistan-state-department-says\/\" title=\"Majority of Afghan Allies Not Out of Afghanistan, State Department Says\">prioritized political considerations<\/a> over the security\u200d and well-being of the \u200cAmerican people.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bdecision to move forward\u200b with impeachment is \u2063seen by many \u2064as a significant step in holding Mayorkas accountable \u2064for \u200dhis\u2062 actions. While impeachment is a rare \u200band\u2064 serious\u200b measure, lawmakers believe it\u2063 is the appropriate response to the gravity of the situation \u200bat the \u2063southern border.<\/p>\n<p>If the articles of \u200dimpeachment are \u2064passed by the Homeland Security Committee \u2063and approved by the full\u200c House, Mayorkas will\u2062 be the \u200cfirst Biden administration official \u200cto \u2064face impeachment proceedings. The outcome \u200cof \u2064the impeachment effort remains uncertain, as it will require a two-thirds majority in\u200d the Senate\u200c to convict and\u2063 remove \u200cMayorkas from office.<\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas has defended his \u2062actions, arguing that\u2064 the administration inherited a \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-recruiting-gop-senators-for-amnesty-deal\/\" title=\"Democrats Recruiting GOP Senators for Amnesty Deal\">broken immigration system<\/a> and that they are working\u200b to address the underlying\u2063 issues. He has stressed the need for comprehensive \u200dimmigration reform and a more humane approach to immigration policy.<\/p>\n<p>The outcome\u2063 of the impeachment effort against Mayorkas will have far-reaching implications for \u2064the \u200cBiden administration and its handling of immigration and border\u200b security. It will also set a \u200bprecedent for how future administrations are held accountable\u200d for \u200ctheir\u200c actions.\u200d As the date of the\u2062 committee\u200c markup approaches, all eyes will be \u200bon the House of Representatives to \u2063see \u200chow\u2062 they proceed \u2062with this historic impeachment effort.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House committee plans to proceed with impeachment proceedings against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. 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