House committee unveils articles of impeachment for DHS Secretary Mayorkas

Alejandro Mayorkas: U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas holds a news conference at a U.S. Border Patrol station on Jan. 8, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas. Mayorkas visited Texas border areas where large numbers of migrants had been crossing over the Rio Grande from Mexico just weeks before. (John Moore/Getty Images)

By Jessica Goodman, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

House Republicans released two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas on Sunday.

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The impeachment articles charge Mayorkas with “refusing to uphold the law and breaching the public trust in his handling of a surge of migration at the U.S. border with Mexico,” according to The New York Times. Mayorkas is President Joe Biden’s top immigration official.

Democrats and Homeland Security claim that the move is “a politically motivated stunt lacking the constitutional basis to remove him from office,” the AP reported.

The House Homeland Security Committee is set to vote on Tuesday. Passage of the impeachment requires a House majority, the AP reported. The Senate would be the one to hold the trial and then a two-thirds vote is needed for a conviction.