House Panel to Weigh Mayorkas Impeachment Articles

Published on January 30, 2024

When the House Committee on Homeland Security (HCHS) convenes today to consider two proposed Articles of Impeachment against Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, a major point of contention will be four categories of statements in which Republicans claim he lied to Congress and the American public. The “mark-up session” on the two proposed articles follows two previous hearings by the committee in which Republicans, led by Chairman Mark Green (R-Tenn.), made their case for removing Mr. Mayorkas. Democrats have fought the process, calling it nothing more than “a political stunt.” The impeachment measure is H.Res. 863, the “Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for High Crimes and Misdemeanors.” The complete text can be read here....