Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday took the first official step toward an impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
The committee heard testimony from three state attorneys general and a constitutional law professor in an effort to build a case for removing Mayorkas from office. Republicans argued that Mayorkas willfully neglected his duties amid historically high migration at the U.S.-Mexico border that has strained government resources and called into question the Biden administration’s immigration policies.
The hearing comes after the committee’s yearlong, five-part investigation into the border situation, focusing on Mayorkas’ alleged misuse of taxpayer resources, failure to carry out immigration laws and efforts to mislead Congress.
