WASHINGTON (NEWSnet/AP) — House Republicans on Sunday released two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, claiming failure to manage the U.S.-Mexico border situation.
Democrats and the agency slammed the move as a politically motivated stunt lacking the constitutional basis to remove him from office.
Republicans contend Mayorkas is guilty of “high crimes and misdemeanors” that amount to a “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law” on immigration and a “breach of the public trust.” Impeachment, they say, is “Congress's only viable option.”
“Alejandro N. Mayorkas willfully and systemically refused to comply with the immigration laws, failed to control the border to the detriment of national security, compromised public safety, and violated the rule of law and separation of powers in the Constitution, to the manifest injury of the people of the United States," the impeachment resolution says.
Some Republicans have moved with rapid speed against Mayorkas after a series of hearings in recent weeks.
U.S. House Homeland Security Committee is set to vote Tuesday on the articles of impeachment. Speaker Mike Johnson has said the House will move forward as soon as possible with a vote.
Passage requires a majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Senate would hold a trial, and a two-thirds vote is required for conviction.
As the House is taking steps to remove Mayorkas from office, he has been engaged in negotiation with senators seeking to reach a bipartisan deal on border policy.
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