House of Representatives Democrats are decrying the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as a “political” stunt.
Representative Anna Eshoo, D-C.A, stated that Mayorka’s historic impeachment on Tuesday was a “political stunt” and that there was “no evidence of wrongdoing.”
“With no evidence of wrongdoing, House Republicans voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas today after the House rejected an identical resolution last week,” Rep. Eshoo stated. “This is an abuse of the solemn power of impeachment which the Constitution reserves for extraordinary circumstances when officials have engaged in serious misconduct. Secretary Mayorkas is the first cabinet secretary impeached in nearly 150 years and the first ever impeached without evidence of impropriety.”
“Astonishingly, House Republicans took this drastic step while refusing to even consider the bipartisan border security bill proposed by Senate negotiators. It’s long past time for Republicans to abandon their harmful political stunts and instead work to advance real solutions to our nation’s challenges,” the Representative continued.
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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is anticipated to face a House impeachment vote. (Getty Images)
Representative Pramila Jayapal, D-W.A, a member of the Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement Subcommittee, stated that the “do-nothing” Republicans proceed to “waste time and resources” on “baseless, partisan attacks.”
“Today, the ‘do-nothing’ Republican Party continues to waste time and resources that could be spent working for the American people on baseless, partisan attacks of Biden Administration officials as they take up this sham impeachment vote of Secretary Mayorkas for the second time in two weeks, after an embarrassing failure last week,” Rep. Jayapal stated in an announcement.
“There is no question that the immigration system is broken – and what the American people want and deserve is an orderly and humane system that properly processes people and modernizes an outdated immigration system that has not been updated in over 30 years to reflect for the needs of our American economy, communities, and families. The situation that we’re seeing at the southern border is a direct result of this failure to address the underlying system, compounded by the extreme policies of the Trump Administration,” she continued.
The US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. House Republicans plan to strive once more to question Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, after a vote on the impeachment decision failed final week. (Al Drago/Bloomberg through Getty Images)
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., beforehand known as the case in opposition to Mayorkas a “sham impeachment” and a “new low for House Republicans.”
“This sham impeachment effort is another embarrassment for House Republicans,” Schumer stated. “The one and only reason for this impeachment is for Speaker Johnson to further appease Donald Trump.”
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas holds a press convention at a U.S. Border Patrol station on January 08, 2024 in Eagle Pass, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images)
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stated that the vote moved ahead “without a shred of evidence or legitimate Constitutional grounds.”
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“House Republicans will be remembered by history for trampling on the Constitution for political gain rather than working to solve the serious challenges at our border,” DHS spokesperson Mia Ehrenberg stated in an announcement. “While Secretary Mayorkas was helping a group of Republican and Democratic Senators develop bipartisan solutions to strengthen border security and get needed resources for enforcement, House Republicans have wasted months with this baseless, unconstitutional impeachment.
Dingell warned that recent polling in Michigan shows a “downside” for President Joe Biden’s re-election. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
President Joe Biden blasted House Republicans immediately after the vote.
“History is not going to look kindly on House Republicans for his or her blatant act of unconstitutional partisanship that has focused an honorable public servant as a way to play petty political video games,” he said.
Biden said that Republicans have pushed Mayorkas’ “baseless impeachment” and rejected bipartisan plans.
“Instead of staging political stunts like this, Republicans with real considerations in regards to the border ought to need Congress to ship extra border assets and stronger border safety. Sadly, the identical Republicans pushing this baseless impeachment are rejecting bipartisan plans Secretary Mayorkas and others in my administration have labored onerous on to strengthen border safety at this very second — reversing from years of their very own calls for to go stronger border payments,” Biden continued.
The US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. House Republicans plan to try again to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, after a vote on the impeachment resolution failed last week. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
Biden said that Congress has to give his administration the tools to address the southern border and that the House GOP has to “resolve whether or not to hitch us to unravel the issue or hold enjoying politics with the border.”
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“Giving up on actual options proper when they’re wanted most as a way to play politics just isn’t what the American individuals count on from their leaders. Congress must act to provide me, Secretary Mayorkas, and my administration the instruments and assets wanted to deal with the state of affairs on the border. The House additionally must go the Senate’s nationwide safety supplemental instantly. We will proceed pursuing actual options to the challenges Americans face, and House Republicans must resolve whether or not to hitch us to unravel the issue or hold enjoying politics with the border,” Biden stated.
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)
The Democrat’s assertion got here after Mayorkas was impeached by the House of Representatives on Tuesday afternoon.
A Cabinet secretary has not been impeached by the U.S. Congress since 1876.
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The 214-213 vote was all the time anticipated to be tight; Mayorkas narrowly escaped impeachment final week when each single House Democrat confirmed as much as defend him, together with Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, who quickly left the hospital the place he was recovering from surgical procedure to solid his vote.
Three Republicans additionally voted down the trouble: Reps. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis., Ken Buck, R-Colo., and Tom McClintock, R-Calif.
Reps. Anna Eshoo, Pramila Jayapal, Sen. Schumer and the Department for Homeland Security didn’t instantly reply to Fox News Digital’s request for remark.
