House Republicans move forward with Mayorkas impeachment

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – The U.S. House of Representatives could vote Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

House Republicans say Mayorkas is responsible for the high border crossings and should be removed from office, but House Democrats call the impeachment efforts a waste of time.

“Mayorkas has refused to comply with federal immigration laws and acted in a manner subversive to the rule of law,” said Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.).

The House rules committee met Monday to advance the measure.

Tennessee Republican Congressman Mark Green and Oklahoma Republican Congressman Tom Cole blame Mayorkas for high border crossings and drug trafficking across the southern border.

” We will take action against one of the principal architects of this crisis,” said Cole.

Mississippi Democratic Congressman Bennie Thompson says Mayorkas’s record does not meet the threshold for impeachment.

“Republicans have failed to make a constitutional viable case for impeachment,” said Thompson.

Pennsylvania Democratic Congresswoman Mary Gay Scanlon and Massachusetts Democratic Congressman Jim McGovern say House Republicans are playing politics.

“The clowns are running the circus around here and we’re wasting hours and hours of time,” said McGovern.

If the measure passes it could make Mayorkas the first cabinet secretary to be impeached in nearly 150 years.

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