McCarthy Requires Mayorkas to Resign Over ‘the Collapse of Our Border’

• Rep. Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday known as for the resignation of DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
• Citing circumstances on the border, McCarthy mentioned he’d examine Mayorkas if he does not step down.
• Investigations may result in Mayorkas’ impeachment.

Citing circumstances on the US-Mexico border, California Rep. Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday known as for the resignation of DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, saying he would examine the Biden-appointed official if he doesn’t step down.

McCarthy mentioned throughout a go to with U.S. Customs and Border Safety personnel in El Paso, Texas, with six different Republicans that the nation has by no means been extra in danger as a consequence of unlawful border crossings, calling it the “worst border disaster” in US historical past.

Final yr, US Border Patrol recorded the highest-ever variety of southwest border interactions with migrants, according to Pew Research Center. US Customs and Border patrol has consistently recorded over 150,000 illegal crossings each month this yr. Migrants from Mexico, Venezuela, and Guatemala have more and more been making the damaging journey towards the US northern border, risking their lives to flee poverty, local weather change and political instability.

McCarthy particularly took purpose on the coming finish of title Title 42 as trigger for concern on the border. The Trump-era coverage that enables migrants to be turned away on the border as a consequence of COVID-19 issues is about to be discontinued subsequent month after a U.S. District Courtroom choose declared the coverage illegal, CBS reported.

As a Biden-appointed cupboard member to the Division of Homeland Safety, Mayorkas oversees the nation’s border coverage and counter-terrorism measures. In April, Mayorkas expressed his support for ending the general public well being measure and reverting to the standard Title 8 procedures for processing migrants that the nation has traditionally relied on. 

“If Secretary Mayorkas doesn’t resign,” McCarthy said in a press convention, “Home Republicans will examine each order, each motion and each failure. We’ll decide whether or not we will start impeachment inquiry.”

—Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) November 22, 2022

McCarthy is the frontrunner to become Speaker of the House within the subsequent Congressional session, when Republicans will retake management of the Home following this yr’s midterm elections. Following the 2 impeachments of former President Trump, GOP representatives have said there is pressure to impeach Biden and members of his administration.

If Mayorkas is impeached, his can be the second ever impeachment of a presidential cupboard member, the Washington Post reported. William Belknap, president Ulysses S. Grant’s secretary of battle, was impeached in 1876 for accepting bribes.

“We by no means do impeachment for political functions,” McCarthy mentioned Tuesday, showing to go off criticisms that GOP leaders could politicize the impeachment course of to problem Biden appointments and insurance policies in an effort to stall his administration’s progress. “If the investigation results in an impeachment inquiry, we’ll observe by.“

Representatives for McCarthy and the Division of Homeland Safety didn’t instantly reply to Insider’s requests for remark.