GOP Rep. Andy Biggs announces articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary Mayorkas
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The Arizonan unsuccessfully introduced articles of impeachment against Alejandro Mayorkas in 2021, when Democrats controlled the House.
Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., said Wednesday that he’s filing articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who has faced demands from top Republicans to resign over his handling of the southern border.
Biggs announced the move at a news conference flanked by several Republicans, including Reps. Lauren Boebert of Colorado and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia. He said Mayorkas has violated his oath of office.
“The founders said that you have impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors — that’s constitutional,” Biggs said. “They didn’t say you have to be convicted of a felony. What they said is you have a public official who has violated public trust, and there is nobody who typifies that more in my opinion than Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.”
Responding to threats of impeachment, Mayorkas appeared to dismiss the GOP’s effort in an interview Tuesday on MSNBC.
“Within a broken system, we are doing everything that we can to increase its efficiency, to provide humanitarian relief when the law permits and to also deliver an enforcement consequence when the law dictates,” he said. “That is exactly what we are doing. And as far as I am concerned, I will continue to do that with tremendous pride in the people with whom I work.”
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