{"id":2175593,"date":"2024-02-13T19:28:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T00:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alejandro-mayorkas-impeached-by-house-over-border-crisis-after-surviving-vote-last-week\/"},"modified":"2024-02-13T19:28:02","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T00:28:02","slug":"alejandro-mayorkas-impeached-by-house-over-border-crisis-after-surviving-vote-last-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alejandro-mayorkas-impeached-by-house-over-border-crisis-after-surviving-vote-last-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Alejandro Mayorkas impeached by House over border crisis after surviving vote last week"},"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\">26<\/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%2Falejandro-mayorkas-impeached-by-house-over-border-crisis-after-surviving-vote-last-week%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=2175593&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--><p>House Republicans have impeached\u00a0Homeland Security\u00a0Secretary\u00a0Alejandro Mayorkas in a contentious vote Tuesday evening, making the Biden administration official the first Cabinet member to be removed in nearly 150 years.<\/p>\n<p>The vote was the second attempt by House Republicans to impeach Mayorkas after they failed to do so last week in an embarrassing blow to House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).<\/p>\n<p>    Lawmakers voted by a narrow margin 214-213 to approve two articles of impeachment against Mayorkas, who was confirmed by the\u00a0Senate\u00a0in February 2021 to lead the department\u2019s 260,000 employees.<\/p>\n<p>    Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks at a news conference on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, ahead of the lifting of Title 42. (AP Photo\/Kevin Wolf)    Firebrand Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA)\u00a0brought\u00a0the impeachment charges against Mayorkas, which were drawn up by the House Homeland Security Committee. Mayorkas was impeached on two counts: willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law and\u00a0a breach of the public trust related to his handling of the border crisis.<\/p>\n<p>    \u201cHe\u2019s guilty of aiding and abetting the complete invasion of our country by criminals, gang members, terrorists, murderers, rapists, and over 10 million people from over 160 countries into American communities all across the United States,\u201d Greene said during a floor speech ahead of the first vote on Feb. 6.<\/p>\n<p>    Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) listens as Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee move to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas over the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)    Since Biden took office, more than 7.5 million illegal immigrants have been encountered attempting to enter the U.S., and 6 million of that figure entered illegally between ports of entry, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. The Biden figure far exceeds the number of illegal immigrants encountered during the Trump administration\u2019s four years and the Obama administration\u2019s eight years combined.<\/p>\n<p>    Republicans have called for Mayorkas\u2019s impeachment over the past three years, and Greene has\u00a0twice introduced\u00a0articles against Mayorkas and been a leader among House Freedom Caucus members who have called for his removal.<\/p>\n<p>    The House Homeland Security Committee has held more than 15 border-related hearings since 2023, when the GOP retook control of the House.\u00a0Five\u00a0of the hearings held last year focused specifically on investigating whether Mayorkas was derelict in his duties as leader of the 260,000-person department.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    The five investigative hearings examined how Mayorkas\u2019s actions had \u201cemboldened cartels,\u201d the human cost in terms of people killed as a result of illegal immigration and drug smuggling, the fiscal cost, and waste and abuse in the government\u2019s response.<\/p>\n<p>    \u201cAfter our nearly year-long investigation and subsequent impeachment proceedings, and having exhausted all other options to hold him accountable,\u00a0it is unmistakably clear to all of us \u2014 and to the American people \u2014 that Congress must exercise its constitutional duty and impeach Secretary Mayorkas,\u201d the committee said a statement last week. \u201cThe Secretary has consistently\u00a0willfully and systemically\u00a0refused to follow\u00a0the laws passed by Congress, abused his authority, and breached\u00a0the trust\u00a0of Congress and the American people\u00a0on numerous occasions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) delivers a statement as the House Rules Committee meets to prepare the articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for a floor vote at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)    The committee approved the two articles in a markup on Jan. 30.<\/p>\n<p>    Some House Republicans have remained adamant that impeachment was the wrong approach to resolving the border crisis.<\/p>\n<p>    McClintock told NewsNation in an interview Monday night that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) had tried to convince him since the first vote to flip, but he refused.<\/p>\n<p>    \u201cMike called me. I explained my reasons and he was very respectful of them and that was it. I have not had any pressure put on me. Maybe it\u2019s because, well, as Churchill said, they can\u2019t kick me around, I\u2019m not kickable,\u201d said McClintock. \u201cThe Constitution hasn\u2019t changed since last week so my vote is not going to change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    FILE \u2013 Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, attends a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing on worldwide threats to the United Statesy, Nov. 15, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin, File)    The Department of Homeland Security sought to cast doubt on Republicans\u2019 approach to impeachment, blasting out a statement early Tuesday morning that listed examples of Republicans who at times have questioned the need for impeachment, including Sens. James Lankford (R-OK), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), and Mitt Romney (R-UT).<\/p>\n<p>    \u201cHouse Republicans\u2019 baseless push to impeach Secretary Mayorkas has already failed once, with bipartisan opposition,\u201d the DHS said in a statement. \u201cIf Members of Congress care about our national security, they should listen to their fellow Republicans and stop wasting time on this pointless, unconstitutional impeachment \u2014 time that could be spent addressing the issue by advancing bipartisan legislation to fix our broken immigration laws and provide needed resources for border security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>    DHS has argued that its agency, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, has seized more fentanyl at the border year over year, including in 2023, and that rising seizures are evidence of its success in preventing the drug from entering the country from Mexico despite Republicans complaints that the Biden administration is not doing enough.<\/p>\n<p>    Republicans have alleged that although Mayorkas has not committed a statutory crime, he has blown up parole programs to admit illegal immigrants en masse when that outcome was not the intention of the law.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>    Still, Democrats have questioned the legal grounds for the impeachment. They charged Republicans with waging a politically driven show during an election year over nothing more than differences in opinion on immigration issues.<\/p>\n<p>    CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/p>\n<p>    The last Cabinet official to be impeached by the House was Secretary of War William Belknap in 1876.<\/p>\n<p> !function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(&#8220;has-featured-video&#8221;,&#8221;true&#8221;)})}();var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({&#8220;div&#8221;:&#8221;Brid_1554772&#8243;,&#8221;obj&#8221;:{&#8220;id&#8221;:&#8221;27789&#8243;,&#8221;width&#8221;:&#8221;1280&#8243;,&#8221;height&#8221;:&#8221;720&#8243;,&#8221;stickyDirection&#8221;:&#8221;below&#8221;,&#8221;video&#8221;:&#8221;1554772&#8243;}});<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>House Republicans have impeached\u00a0Homeland Security\u00a0Secretary\u00a0Alejandro Mayorkas in a contentious vote Tuesday evening, making the Biden administration official the first Cabinet member to be removed in nearly 150 years. 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