Texas Rep. Pat Fallon moves to impeach Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas

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U.S. Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Sherman, has filed articles of impeachment towards U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

The decision accuses Mayorkas of not “maintaining operational control” over the U.S. border. Fallon cites the secretary’s try to eradicate Title 42, ending the Migrant Protection Protocols and terminating contracts for added border wall building.

The articles of impeachment got here in late Monday however had been initially filed Jan. 3. They had been delayed due to the extended House speaker vote.

The transfer comes days after President Joe Biden visited the border and introduced a brand new immigration plan that will permit 30,000 migrants from 4 nations — Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela — to enter the U.S. month-to-month, however provided that they apply from their house nation and may discover somebody to assist them economically within the U.S.

Biden additionally introduced that immigration brokers would broaden using the emergency well being order often called Title 42 to expel the identical variety of migrants from these 4 nations to Mexico in the event that they try to enter the U.S. illegally.

Mayorkas is assembly with officers in Mexico this week on a wide range of points, together with the Biden administration’s shared migration settlement, through which Mexico would additionally settle for 30,000 migrants every month from these 4 nations.

Fallon’s decision additionally claims Mayorkas lied to the House Judiciary Committee and the House Homeland Security Committee in 2022 by testifying that the southern border was beneath management.

“Secretary Mayorkas has violated the law and has implemented policies that undermine law enforcement activities at our southern border. … His willful actions erode our immigration system, undermine border patrol morale, and imperil American national security. He must be removed from office,” Fallon’s workplace stated in a press release.

The decision was anticipated beneath GOP management of the House however received’t transfer ahead with out additional motion from celebration management.