[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 187 (Monday, November 13, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H5674]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




           ALEJANDRO NICHOLAS MAYORKAS IS FAILING AT HIS JOB

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from 
Georgia (Ms. Greene) for 5 minutes.
  Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, last Congress, and again on May 
17, 2023, I introduced Articles of Impeachment against Secretary 
Alejandro Mayorkas.
  We have been waiting for regular order for 6 months, and the 
committee of jurisdiction and Congress have failed to act. My Articles 
of Impeachment sit collecting dust with the others while Americans die 
every single day.
  The American people support impeachment. Members of Congress support 
impeachment. Even our esteemed majority whip,   Tom Emmer, has endorsed 
this impeachment resolution.
  Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has aided and abetted the complete 
invasion of our country by deliberately flooding our Nation with drugs, 
terrorists, and illegals from over 160 countries. How many more will he 
allow to invade our country?
  Rather than adhering to an oath he took to defend and secure our 
country and uphold the Constitution, Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas has 
engaged in a pattern of conduct that is incompatible with the laws of 
the United States. Since assuming office, he has allowed approximately 
10 million illegal border crossers to invade our country, 1.8 million 
of whom are known got-aways and have evaded U.S. authorities.
  Because of his open border policies, he has allowed more than 280 
people on terrorist watch lists to be caught while attempting to cross 
the border between ports of entry, as well as approximately 73,000 
special interest aliens, who are aliens from a nation that promotes 
terrorist activity, harbors terrorists, or poses a security threat to 
the United States.
  These numbers do not even account for the approximately 1.8 million 
known got-aways who are roaming the interior of our country. How many 
of them are terrorists?
  Just last fiscal year alone, the CBP arrested almost 18,000 
individuals with criminal convictions and over 110 MS-13 gang members. 
How many of the 1.8 million got-aways are gang members?
  Just last week, two constituents of mine were killed in a human 
smuggling pursuit caused by Secretary Mayorkas' open-border policies. 
Jose and Isabel Lerma's family will never get to see them again.
  His policies allow for approximately 300 Americans to die every 
single day from fentanyl poisoning. How many more days will this 
continue?
  His open border policies have allowed unaccompanied children to be 
exploited, and now, 85,000 of them are completely missing. Tens of 
thousands of illegal children have been forced into slave labor. 
Thousands of others are being recycled by predatory illegal border 
crossers, who use these children to become fake family units so they 
can receive expedited release into the interior of our country.
  Secretary Mayorkas has violated the law by directing DHS to mass 
parole illegal aliens into the U.S. when Federal law specifically 
prohibits this, and he has been providing bus tickets, plane tickets, 
and hotel rooms at the expense of the American taxpayers for these 
illegal aliens.
  He has violated the Secure Fence Act of 2006 by not maintaining 
operational control of the border as required by law. He has violated 
the Guarantee Clause as set forth in Article IV, Section 4 of the 
Constitution, which requires the Federal Government to protect States 
against invasion. The Guarantee Clause clearly dictates that the 
Federal Government has a constitutional duty and obligation to protect 
each of the States from invasion.
  As Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, he has violated 
his oath to uphold this constitutional duty by allowing the invasion of 
approximately 10 million illegal aliens across our borders. He has 
encouraged asylum fraud, abused the credible fear standard, and 
exercised mass catch and release policies.
  Article II of the Constitution requires that the executive branch, 
which includes the Secretary of Homeland Security, ensures the laws 
passed by Congress and signed into law by the President are faithfully 
executed. 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.
  Alejandro Mayorkas thus warrants impeachment and trial, removal from 
office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, 
trust, or profit under the United States.
  While some of my colleagues have argued that we need to proceed 
through regular order to pursue impeachment proceedings, the committee 
of jurisdiction and Congress have failed to act on the overwhelming 
evidence to impeach Secretary Mayorkas.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support my legislation to 
impeach Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The American people are ready.

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