Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) is again pushing for the impeachment of Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas by presenting her second privileged resolution in the space of a month.
The Georgia firebrand presented the resolution on Nov. 29, a move that will compel a vote within two legislative days.
Since the failure of Ms. Greene’s last attempt to expel Mr. Mayorkas, the Homeland Security Committee was tasked with looking into the senior Biden administration official’s handling of the U.S.–Mexico border.
Eight House Republicans and all Democrats voted to send her last resolution to the panel instead of voting to impeach the official last month.
According to Ms. Greene’s comments from the House floor, under the tenure of Mr. Mayorkas, approximately 10 million individuals have attempted to enter the country unlawfully. That figure includes encounters with authorities at the border, totaling around 8 million, as well as an estimated 1.8 million known “gotaways,” who managed to evade U.S. authorities and are now dispersed throughout the interior of the country.
The Georgia Republican went on to say that at least 280 individuals on terrorist watch lists have been apprehended while attempting to cross between ports of entry. There have also been approximately 400,000 encounters with unaccompanied illegal immigrant children, with a troubling 85,000 of them reported missing, raising serious questions about their safety and well-being.
Greene’s Comments
“Today, I reintroduced my articles of impeachment against Secretary Mayorkas because impeachment is EXACTLY what the founders intended for the House to do when a member of the executive branch intentionally violates the laws written by the legislative branch,” Ms. Greene said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.“While some members, like [Rep.] Tom McClintock, want to bloviate endlessly while imagining themselves wearing a powdered wig, the American people want action. These members whine about ‘due process’ while protecting Mayorkas from facing accountability for his violation of our border security laws.
“Impeachment is due process. It would put Mayorkas in front of the Senate to face trial. We’ve seen the evidence of him breaking the law. It’s time for the Senate to try him for it.”
She also offered statistics regarding the flow of drugs into the United States, saying that in fiscal year 2021, Customs and Border Protection seized about 11,200 pounds of fentanyl, a number that surged to approximately 14,700 pounds in fiscal year 2022, and in fiscal year 2023, the agency has already seized a record-breaking 27,000 pounds of this deadly synthetic opioid.
According to Ms. Greene’s statements, more than 70,000 deaths in fiscal year 2022 were attributed to fentanyl, making it the leading cause of mortality among Americans aged 18 to 45.
During the reading of the articles of impeachment, she went on to say that “Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, in his inability to enforce the law has engaged in a pattern of conduct that is incompatible with his duties as a civil officer of the United States.”
DHS Response
A spokesperson for the DHS responded to The Epoch Times’s request for comment via email.“Secretary Mayorkas continues to be laser-focused on the safety and security of our nation,” the spokesperson wrote. “This baseless attack is completely without merit and a harmful distraction from our critical national security priorities.”
The spokesperson also asserted that the DHS has been both transparent and accessible, as demonstrated by Mr. Mayorkas’s repeated testimony before Congress, which has been more frequent than any other Cabinet secretary.
In 2022 alone, the DHS reportedly responded to nearly 500,000 Freedom of Information Act requests, surpassing the number handled by the entire federal government for that year.
Amid the challenges faced by the immigration system, the DHS spokesperson asserted that comprehensive immigration reform is the only viable solution. Acknowledging the longstanding issues with the current system, last substantially updated in the 1980s, the spokesperson emphasized that these challenges aren’t novel and require the attention of Congress for meaningful resolution.
“Every day, the men and women of the Department of Homeland Security work tirelessly to keep America safe,” the DHS spokesperson said. “They need Congress to stop wasting time and do its job by reforming our broken immigration system, reauthorizing vital tools for DHS, and passing the Administration’s supplemental request to properly resource the Department’s critical work to stop fentanyl and further secure our borders.”
