WASHINGTON – Early this morning, House Republicans voted to advance impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. He faces charges of refusing to uphold the law and breaching the public trust, accused of mishandling the U.S. southern border.
Falling along party lines, the House Homeland Security Committee recommended the articles to the full House for a vote, which could come next week. Republicans are continuing to push forward despite significant Democrat opposition.
“If refusal to obey the law leads to death of your fellow Americans, you no longer deserve to keep your job. You’re breaking the public trust,” said Homeland Security Committee Chairman, Rep. Mark Green (R-TN).
The last cabinet member impeached came in 1876 under President Ulysses S. Grant. Corruption charges led to that outcome and Democrats maintain, that this attempt is over a policy dispute.
“In a process akin to throwing spaghetti at the wall and seeing what sticks, Republicans have cooked up vague unprecedented grounds to impeach Secretary Mayorkas,” said Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MISS)
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In a new letter to the committee, Mayorkas writes that the “false accusations do not rattle,” or “divert,”
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