[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 1091 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 1091

 Calling for the immediate resignation of Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, 
                    Secretary of Homeland Security.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 6, 2022

Mrs. Hartzler (for herself, Mrs. McClain, Ms. Herrell, Mr. Clyde, Mrs. 
 Miller of Illinois, Mr. Davidson, Mr. Gibbs, Mr. Rose, Mr. Bishop of 
  North Carolina, Mr. Biggs, and Mr. Duncan) submitted the following 
  resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security

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                               RESOLUTION


 
 Calling for the immediate resignation of Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, 
                    Secretary of Homeland Security.

Whereas the Biden administration willfully neglected the crisis at the United 
        States southern border and remains indifferent to the security of 
        Americans;
Whereas the Biden administration's open-border policies are fueling drug-related 
        deaths across the United States, and between October 2020 and September 
        2021, nearly 80,000 Americans died of an opioid drug-related overdose;
Whereas synthetic opioids such as fentanyl are primarily smuggled through our 
        southwest land border and ports of entry by cartels and dangerous 
        criminals;
Whereas Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas testified 
        there were 389,155 migrants who were not apprehended and got past border 
        agents during fiscal year 2021, further jeopardizing our national 
        security;
Whereas the Biden administration's refusal to enforce Federal laws, including 
        deporting criminals and maintaining order at the border, has put the 
        United States on the verge of a national security crisis;
Whereas U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) apprehended at least 23 people 
        coming across the southern border whose names are on the terror watch 
        list;
Whereas Biden administration officials refused to confirm whether suspected 
        terrorists, and individuals from adversarial nations such as Russia and 
        China, have been released into our communities;
Whereas the Biden administration's harmful rhetoric encourages unaccompanied 
        minors to travel to the United States, driving families to place their 
        children in the hands of smugglers and human traffickers;
Whereas the Biden administration allows criminal organizations to use the United 
        States-Mexico border as a pipeline to bring people to the United States 
        and subject them to human rights abuses;
Whereas the Biden administration claims they have ``effectively managed'' the 
        historic border crisis despite privately telling Border Patrol agents in 
        August that the situation was ``unsustainable'';
Whereas the Biden administration continually blames the prior administration for 
        the issues being faced at the border today despite dismantling 
        successful policies;
Whereas the Biden administration plans to rescind title 42, United States Code, 
        which enables the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to immediately 
        expel individuals who attempt to cross our southern border illegally;
Whereas the Department of Homeland Security estimates that up to 18,000 migrants 
        could be apprehended at the border each day if title 42 is rescinded;
Whereas the Biden administration's expedited and repeated rejection of the 
        successful Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) (the ``Remain in Mexico'' 
        policy) shows a willingness to embrace an open-borders agenda that 
        undermines United States safety;
Whereas the Biden administration has refused to administer the Remain in Mexico 
        program in good faith as required by a Federal court order;
Whereas the Biden administration has rescinded safe third country agreements 
        with Central American partners that gave asylum-seekers the chance to 
        apply for asylum in the first safe country which they entered;
Whereas the Biden administration has wasted taxpayer dollars by halting 
        construction of physical barriers along the southern border authorized 
        and appropriated by law;
Whereas more illegal aliens have crossed the border in 15 months under the Biden 
        administration than in 4 years under the previous administration;
Whereas the Biden administration has discussed plans to reassign Border Patrol 
        agents and Federal employees, including individuals from the Department 
        of Veterans Affairs, from their official duties to take care of the 
        exploding number of unaccompanied minors in Federal custody, potenially 
        taking resources away both from those securing the border and our 
        Nation's heroes;
Whereas the Biden administration has willfully ignored laws passed by Congress 
        requiring the Secretary of Homeland Security to take all actions 
        ``necessary and appropriate to achieve and maintain operational control 
        over the entire international land and maritime borders of the United 
        States'' as required by Public Law 109-367, the Secure Fence Act of 
        2006;
Whereas the Department of Homeland Security's proposed ``Disinformation 
        Governance Board'' creates serious ethical concerns that could suppress 
        free speech while further undermining the United States people's 
        confidence in the Department; and
Whereas the actions laid out above constitute a severe dereliction of duty and a 
        constitutional failure to fulfill the oaths of office taken by Alejandro 
        Nicholas Mayorkas: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that 
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas immediately 
resign from office.
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