Will Mayorkas Be Impeached and Removed from Office?

The U.S. House of Representatives began the process of removing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Today, at the beginning of the markup of two articles of impeachment against Mayorkas, Rep. Mark Green said that Mayorkas cannot “remain in office any longer.”

The markup session lasted all day as representatives discussed, debated, and offered amendments to the article of impeachment. According to Virginia Allen at The Daily Signal: 

The first article of impeachment asserts that Mayorkas has failed to enforce America’s borders and immigration laws, and has instead executed policies that incentivize illegal immigration.

The DHS secretary “has willfully and systemically refused to comply with federal immigration laws,” the article reads. Specifically, the article contends that Mayorkas has “repeatedly violated laws enacted by Congress regarding immigration and border security,” which is at least partly responsible for why “millions of aliens have illegally entered the United States on an annual basis with many unlawfully remaining in the United States.”

Under Mayorkas’ leadership within the Biden administration, Customs and Border Protection has encountered more than 8.5 million illegal aliens at America’s borders. The exact number of those illegal aliens who have been released into the U.S. is not publicly reported, but during a closed-door meeting with Border Patrol agents in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Jan. 8. Mayorkas reportedly said that more than 85% of the illegal migrants encountered at the border are released into the country.

The second article of impeachment contends that Mayorkas is in breach of public trust and has made false statements to Congress and to the American people.

“Mayorkas knowingly made false statements to Congress that the border is ‘secure,’ that the border is ‘no less secure than it was previously,’ that the border is ‘closed,’ and that DHS has ‘operational control’ of the border,’” according to the article text.

When 8 to 10 million immigrants cross the border illegally in a three-year period, the border is neither closed nor secure. While America has been invaded, the problem is with Joe Biden and his administration and not with one person, namely Mayorkas. With Democrats controlling the Senate, Mayorkas will most likely not be removed from office even if the House impeaches him.