{"id":2163627,"date":"2024-01-31T04:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-31T09:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-advance-mayorkas-impeachment-through-homeland-security-committee\/"},"modified":"2024-01-31T09:13:42","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T14:13:42","slug":"house-republicans-advance-mayorkas-impeachment-through-homeland-security-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-advance-mayorkas-impeachment-through-homeland-security-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"House Republicans move forward with Mayorkas impeachment in Homeland Security Committee"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fhouse-republicans-advance-mayorkas-impeachment-through-homeland-security-committee%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=2163627&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>First White House\u2062 Cabinet Official in Over a Century Faces Impeachment<\/h2>\n<p>President Joe Biden\u2019s \u200dsecretary for the\u2063 Department of Homeland \u200cSecurity (DHS) could \u2062be \u2062the first White\u2063 House cabinet official to be impeached since 1876.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, House Republicans on the\u200d Homeland\u200c Security Committee passed \u200dtwo articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the administration\u2019s disastrous open border. Lawmakers spent the day making their \u2062case \u200beither for or against impeachment proceedings\u200b as the <a title=\"Pelosi\u2019s Husband Makes Big Tech Stock Moves Again, Places Million Bet As Congress Looks To Rein In Silicon Valley\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pelosis-husband-makes-big-tech-stock-moves-again-places-6-million-bet-as-congress-looks-to-rein-in-silicon-valley\/\">committee moved forward<\/a> \u2062over the \u200c12-hour markup hearing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecretary Mayorkas is the very type of public \u200dofficial the framers feared,\u201d said GOP Chairman Mark \u2063Green of \u2064Tennessee. \u201cSomeone who would cast aside\u2063 the laws passed \u200dby a co-equal branch of \u200dgovernment, replacing those \u200bwith his\u200b own preferences \u2014 hurting his fellow Americans in\u200b the process.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>The House Homeland Security Committee is meeting now to markup the two impeachment articles against DHS \u200cSecretary Mayorkas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecretary\u2064 Mayorkas is the very type of public official the framers feared.\u201d \u2013 Chairman Mark Green <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zB06iceDlQ\">pic.twitter.com\/zB06iceDlQ<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Committee members advanced the articles with\u2063 a <a title=\"NC governor loses abortion veto override as GOP keeps supermajorities.\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/north-carolina-governor-loses-abortion-veto-override-battle-as-gop-supermajorities-hold\/\">late-night vote<\/a> of 18 to 15 on Tuesday. \u2064The articles, for \u201cWillful and \u200bSystemic\u200c Refusal to Comply With the Law\u201d and \u201cBreach of the\u200d Public Trust,\u201d will\u200c now move to a <a title=\"Jan. 6 Committee Threatens Contempt Referrals Over Defied Subpoenas\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jan-6-committee-threatens-contempt-referrals-over-defied-subpoenas\/\">full chamber vote<\/a> \u200bthat will determine whether the Senate\u2062 will convene a trial. Removal from office requires two-thirds\u200d of the Senate rendering a guilty verdict,\u2064 which is unlikely given that the upper chamber is dominated\u2062 by Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>Several House Republicans remain\u2064 on the\u2062 fence about the DHS chief\u2019s impeachment, which could \u2062jeopardize the \u2064success of \u200ba full\u200c chamber vote. Axios reported Tuesday that at least four GOP members are undecided, or at least closed-lipped,\u200d with Republicans only\u2062 holding a slim six-seat majority. Members\u200b include Tom\u2063 McClintock of California, David Joyce of Ohio, Dan Newhouse of Washington, and \u2062Ken Buck of Colorado. Buck, who announced \u2062in November he would not seek reelection this fall, told\u200b Punchbowl News he \u201cleans no\u201d on the \u2064secretary\u2019s impeachment.<\/p>\n<p>Republicans argue Mayorkas has established\u200c programs that run contrary to his constitutional obligation to provide effective security along the border. Examples include the expansion of the CBP One App,\u2063 which\u2063 allows migrants to enter the country after merely \u2063scheduling an appointment with\u2062 officials, and the\u2063 prioritization of family reunification parole processes with policies that enable foreigners to wait within the country for visas. Since President Biden took office, an estimated 1.7 million known\u2064 \u201cgotaways\u201d have come into the country undetected, according to the House Judiciary Committee, \u200bbringing the estimated\u200b number of illegal border crossers under this administration to about 10 million or more.<\/p>\n<p>In article two, Republicans charged\u2063 Mayorkas with evading congressional oversight and misleading the public about the status of the border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt every turn, our Democrat colleagues have met these oversight efforts with mockery,\u201d Green charged\u200c on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, House Democrats have written off the impeachment proceedings as\u200d a \u201cpolitical stunt\u201d by \u201cextreme MAGA \u200cRepublicans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a process akin to throwing spaghetti at the wall and seeing what sticks, Republicans have \u200bcooked up vague, unprecedented grounds to impeach Secretary Mayorkas,\u201d said Mississippi Rep. Bennie \u200bThompson, the panel\u2019s \u2062top Democrat, at Tuesday\u2019s hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas defended his tenure in office with \u2063a \u200csix-page \u2062letter to the House Homeland Security Committee as lawmakers moved \u200dforward with their charges.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u200b have \u2063provided Congress \u200cand your Committee hours of testimony, thousands of documents, \u2062hundreds of \u2064briefings, and \u200bmuch\u200b more information \u2062that \u200cdemonstrates quite clearly how we are enforcing \u2062the law,\u201d Mayorkas wrote. \u201cI assure you that your false accusations do not rattle \u200bme and do not\u2063 divert me from\u200b the law enforcement and broader public \u200bservice to which I \u2064remain \u2064devoted.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Tristan Justice is the western \u200dcorrespondent for The Federalist \u2062and the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on \u2062culture, health, and \u200dwellness. He\u2063 has\u2062 also written for\u2062 The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been \u200bfeatured in Real Clear\u2062 Politics and Fox News. Tristan\u2062 graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him \u2064at\u200b Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign\u200c up for Tristan&#8217;s email \u200dnewsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>What \u200cmeasures has Mayorkas \u200cimplemented to improve border security and manage migration effectively?<\/h2>\n<p>Mmittee \u200bRepublicans. \u2064They also highlight the increase in drug smuggling, human trafficking,\u200d and gang activity at the border under Mayorkas&#8217;\u2063 leadership.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats, on the other\u2063 hand, argue \u200dthat Mayorkas is being targeted unfairly\u200c and that the \u200cimpeachment \u2063proceedings are politically motivated. They contend that the administration is doing its \u2064best to address the complex issue of\u2064 immigration and that\u200c Mayorkas has implemented various\u2062 measures to improve \u2064border security and manage migration effectively. They point to \u200cthe reduction\u200c in migrant detention\u2063 numbers and the processing of\u200c asylum-seekers as evidence of the administration&#8217;s commitment to a\u200d more humane approach.<\/p>\n<p>This impeachment effort against\u200d Mayorkas is part of \u200ba broader Republican\u2062 campaign to criticize\u2062 the Biden administration&#8217;s handling of immigration and border security. \u200cRepublicans have consistently accused the administration of being weak on border control and overly\u200d lenient towards \u200bmigrants. They argue that Mayorkas&#8217; impeachment is necessary to hold the administration accountable for its failures.<\/p>\n<p>If the full chamber\u2062 vote results in \u200cimpeachment, it will lead\u200d to a\u2062 trial in the Senate, where Democrats are expected to protect\u2064 Mayorkas from removal. However, the political implications of \u2064a White \u200cHouse \u2062cabinet official facing impeachment are significant. It reflects the deep divisions and partisan tensions surrounding immigration policy\u2063 and adds another layer of controversy \u200bto an already contentious\u200b topic.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of\u2064 the outcome, this impeachment\u2062 process underscores the\u200b challenges \u200cand complexities of immigration policy in\u2064 the\u200b United States.\u2062 It highlights the <a title=\"Zimbabwe's Electric Grid Collapses, Causing Nationwide Blackout\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zimbabwes-electric-grid-collapses-causing-nationwide-blackout\/\">high stakes involved<\/a> in securing the nation&#8217;s\u2063 borders while also addressing humanitarian concerns and \u200bupholding constitutional principles.<\/p>\n<p>As the debate continues, both Democrats and Republicans must <a title=\"Rep. Jim McGovern, a House Democrat, finds it ironic to receive a lecture on civility from MTG\" href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-democrat-jim-mcgovern-says-its-rich-to-get-a-lecture-on-civility-from-mtg\/\">prioritize finding common ground<\/a> \u2063and working \u2063towards comprehensive immigration reform that\u200d addresses the \u2062concerns of all stakeholders. The future of border security and immigration policy will depend on\u2062 bipartisan cooperation and innovative solutions that\u2063 uphold America&#8217;s values\u2063 while ensuring the safety and well-being of \u200dits citizens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden&#8217;s DHS secretary may become the first White House cabinet official impeached since 1876. House Republicans passed two impeachment articles against Alejandro Mayorkas for the administration&#8217;s failed border policies. 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