House Homeland Security Committee Grills Mayorkas, Sets Case for Impeachment
PUBLISHED: Fri, APR 21st 2023 @ 1:06 pm EDT
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified before the House Homeland Security Committee Wednesday, where Republicans laid the groundwork for the Secretary's impeachment.
Chairman of the committee, Mark Green (R-Tenn.), even went as far as accusing the Cabinet official of high crimes and misdemeanors. According to the New York Times, Rep. Green had announced his plans to begin the impeachment process to a group of donors last week. Green made sure to follow through with his promise right off the bat.
In his opening statement, the Congressman lambasted Sec. Mayorkas for stating in a previous House hearing on April 28, 2022, that the Biden Admin. had "operational control" of the border. "Operational control" is a quantifiable term first defined in the 2006 Secure Fence Act.
Representative Green opened:
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