[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 196 (Wednesday, November 29, 2023)]
[House]
[Pages H5944-H5945]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




   NOTICE OF INTENTION TO OFFER RESOLUTION RAISING A QUESTION OF THE 
                        PRIVILEGES OF THE HOUSE

  Ms. GREENE of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, pursuant to clause 2(a)(1) of 
rule IX, I seek recognition to give notice of my intent to raise a 
question of the privileges of the House.
  The form of the resolution is as follows:
  Resolution impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of

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Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors.
  Resolved, that Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland 
Security, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and that the 
following Articles of Impeachment be exhibited to the United States 
Senate:
  Articles of Impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in the name of itself and of the people of 
the United States of America against Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, 
Secretary of Homeland Security, in maintenance and support of its 
impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors.
  Article I. Rather than adhering to an oath he took to defend and 
secure our country and uphold the Constitution when he was sworn in as 
Secretary of Homeland Security, Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas has engaged 
in a pattern of conduct that is incompatible with the laws of the 
United States as follows:
  Article II of the Constitution requires that the executive branch, 
which today includes the Secretary of Homeland Security, ensures the 
laws passed by Congress and signed into law by the President are 
faithfully executed.
  The Secure Fence Act of 2006, Public Law 109-367, requires that the 
Secretary of Homeland Security ``maintain operational control over the 
entire international land and maritime borders of the United States.''

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  In his willful admittance of border crossers, terrorists, human 
traffickers, drugs, and other contraband, Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas 
has failed to maintain operational control of the border, thereby 
violating the Secure Fence Act of 2006.
  The Guarantee Clause set forth in Article IV, Section 4 of the 
Constitution dictates, ``The United States shall guarantee to every 
State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect 
each of them against iInvasion; and on application of the legislature, 
or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against 
domestic violence.''
  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, 
Alejandro Mayorkas has violated his oath to uphold this constitutional 
duty by allowing the invasion of approximately 10 million illegals 
across our borders. The ongoing invasion at our southern border is a 
direct national security threat against the States and against the 
citizens therein. Secretary Mayorkas has willfully abandoned his duty 
to secure the border and protect States against invasion, thereby 
violating Article IV, Section 4 of the Constitution.
  To wit, since Mayorkas has headed the Department of Homeland 
Security, there have been approximately 10 million illegal border 
crossers who have invaded our country at our border. This is broken 
down between 8 million encounters and approximately 1,800,000 known 
got-aways who have evaded United States authorities and are roaming the 
interior of the United States; at least 280 people on the terrorist 
watch lists caught while attempting to cross the border between ports 
of entry; approximately 400,000 unaccompanied illegal alien children 
encountered at the southern border, with at least 85,000 of these 
children having gone missing; at least 1,424 deaths of illegals at the 
southern border; approximately 73,000 special interest aliens arrested 
at our border, which are aliens from a nation that promotes terrorist 
activity, harbors terrorists, or poses a security threat to the United 
States. This is the number arrested at the border not counting however 
many of the 1,800,000 known got-aways are special interest aliens; 
approximately 659 special interest aliens from Iran; approximately 
6,386 special interest aliens from Afghanistan; approximately 538 
special interest aliens from Syria; approximately 3,153 special 
interest aliens from Egypt; approximately 12,624 special interest 
aliens from Uzbekistan; approximately 30,830 special interest aliens 
from Turkiye; approximately 1,613 special interest aliens from 
Pakistan; approximately 164 special interest aliens from Lebanon; 
approximately 185 special interest aliens from Jordan; approximately 
123 special interest aliens from Iraq; and approximately 15,594 special 
interest aliens from Mauritania.
  In fiscal year 2021, Customs and Border Patrol seized approximately 
11,200 pounds of fentanyl. In fiscal year 2022, CBP seized 
approximately 14,700 pounds of fentanyl. In fiscal year 2023, CBP has 
seized a record of approximately 27,000 pounds of fentanyl. Over 70,000 
Americans died from fentanyl in fiscal year 2022. Fentanyl is now the 
number one killer of Americans between the ages of 18 and 45. Fentanyl 
kills approximately 300 Americans a day. This is the amount of fentanyl 
that has been seized at the border, yet 300 Americans are being killed 
by fentanyl poisoning every day. The amount of unseized fentanyl has 
not even been taken into account.
  The Constitution also requires the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
observe the Immigration and Nationality Act, (8 U.S.C. 1101). This law 
requires Homeland Security to detain inadmissible aliens arriving in 
the United States or illegal aliens presently in the United States. 
Instead, the Department of Homeland Security under Secretary Mayorkas 
has practiced catch and release policies, whereby illegals are detained 
but then released without any mechanism to ensure they show up to court 
for processing.
  By terminating contracts for border wall construction, ending the 
migrant protection protocols, which is remain in Mexico, unlawfully 
granting categorical parole, and being complicit in ending title 42, 
Mayorkas has made it easier for illegal aliens and drugs to enter the 
United States, endangering American citizens, and has made it harder 
for CBP to expel such threats.
  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 Nicholas Mayorkas, in his failure to uphold the oath he 
took, has, by his actions, lost the trust of the citizens of the United 
States to faithfully execute the laws of the United States.
  Wherefore, Alejandro Nicholas 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.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under rule IX, a resolution offered from the 
floor by a Member other than the majority leader or the minority leader 
as a question of the privileges of the House has immediate precedence 
only at a time designated by the Chair within 2 legislative days after 
the resolution is properly noticed.
  Pending that designation, the form of the resolution noticed by the 
gentlewoman from Georgia will appear in the Record at this point.
  The Chair will not at this point determine whether the resolution 
constitutes a question of privilege. That determination will be made at 
the time designated for consideration of the resolution.

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