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Successful Impeachment in the House of Alejandro Mayorkas

White House Republicans recently succeeded in impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

This was the second attempt to oust Mayorkas for his handling of the border after they reclaimed the House majority in 2022.

CNN Politics has more on how the Republicans were able to achieve the impeachment:

Momentum to plot a swift impeachment of Mayorkas picked up steam last month as key swing-district Republicans expressed openness to the idea amid a recent surge of migrant crossings at the southern border.

The border crisis has galvanized Republicans, unifying their party for more aggressive action on an issue central to the 2024 campaign, and a handful of the eight Republicans who voted with Democrats to scuttle an effort to impeach Mayorkas in November 2023 recently signaled they’d back impeaching him if it went through the committee process, which happened late last month.

Moderate Republicans, including ones in districts that President Joe Biden carried in 2020, also signaled more willingness to impeach Mayorkas than the president – a sign of the shifting political terrain on the issue.

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The impeachment of Mayorkas is a historic decision as it is only the second Cabinet impeachment since the establishment of the United States.

ABC News goes more into detail about the Republicans push for impeachment:

In a statement after Tuesday’s vote, Speaker Mike Johnson blamed Mayorkas for “fueling the worst border catastrophe in American history.”

“[He] deserves to be impeached, and Congress has a constitutional obligation to do so,” Johnson said. “Next to a declaration of war, impeachment is arguably the most serious authority given to the House and we have treated this matter accordingly.”

Republicans accuse Mayorkas of “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law” and “breach of public trust” amid a surge in unauthorized migrant crossings, according to the articles of impeachment against him.

House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, a Tennessee Republican who led the impeachment investigation, has cited Mayorkas discussing “operational control” of the U.S. border, which Congress previously defined as zero illegal crossings.

After the passing for impeachment succeeded in the House, it will now face the Senate.

The impeachment will need a two-thirds majority vote in order to convict and remove him from office.

CBS News provides some insight into the opposing side of the impeachment:

“Without a shred of evidence or legitimate Constitutional grounds, and despite bipartisan opposition, House Republicans have falsely smeared a dedicated public servant who has spent more than 20 years enforcing our laws and serving our country,” Mia Ehrenberg, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, said in a statement. “Secretary Mayorkas and the Department of Homeland Security will continue working every day to keep Americans safe.”

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In a statement, President Biden called the impeachment a “blatant act of unconstitutional partisanship that has targeted an honorable public servant in order to play petty political games.”

The three Republicans who voted last week against impeachment stuck with their decision this week.

  • Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado
  • Rep. Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin
  • Rep. Tom McClintock of California

Many people have taken to X to voice their opinions of the impeachment:

Despite passing in the House with a 214-213 vote, it is likely to fail in the Senate as the Democrats have control.


 

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