House Republicans are poised to make another attempt at impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of the southern border. This follows a failed impeachment vote last week, which ended in a defeat for the GOP. While House Republicans claim that Mayorkas has committed high crimes and misdemeanors, constitutional experts argue that the evidence does not meet the threshold required for impeachment. It is worth noting that the House has not impeached a member of a president's cabinet in nearly 150 years.
Congresswoman Beth Van Dyne, a Republican from Texas, supports the impeachment effort and has criticized Mayorkas for his approach to immigration enforcement. Van Dyne argues that there is no need for new laws but rather the enforcement of existing laws. She points to H.R. 2, a bill she voted for, as a means to enforce the existing laws ignored by the current administration. The purpose of H.R. 2 was to compel the administration to stop disregarding the laws and enforce them accordingly.
