WELCOME TO AMERICA A migrant child jumps through a gap in the border fence near Lukeville, Arizona, one of an estimated 302,000 people who entered the U.S. illegally in December.
The decision to move forward came after a nearly yearlong investigation into Mayorkas. House Homeland Security Com-
mittee Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., and his panel released a fifth and final interim report on the matter at the end of 2023. The first impeachment hear-
ing was titled “Havoc in the Heart- land: How Secretary Mayorkas’ Failed Leadership Has Impacted the States.”
Lawmakers have also attempted
to tackle the issue legislatively. In May, House Republicans
passed a sweeping immigration pro- posal that involved restarting border wall construction, making it tougher for migrants to qualify for asylum, and cracking down on the employ- ment of illegal immigrants. While Biden threatened to veto
the bill, several key senators saw the package as a way to start bipartisan and bicameral negotiations. Despite the bill stalling in the Sen-
ate, some Democrats in the upper chamber seem willing to work on a solution. Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., has
Unless the Biden administration
“changes course immediately to seal the border and control immigra- tion,” Davidiuk expects to see more and louder pushback from others in the president’s party. The new pressure from Demo-
crats comes as the GOP coalesces to make immigration a top issue head- ing into the 2024 general election. House Speaker Mike Johnson and
several dozen House Republicans kicked off the new year with a trip to the southern border to call attention to the unchecked illegal immigration. During a news conference in Eagle
Pass, Texas, Johnson blamed Biden’s policies for the border bedlam. “Under President Biden, America
has laid out a welcome mat to illegal immigrants, smugglers, and cartels,” Johnson said. “He is responsible for the grave threat to our national secu- rity and our nation’s sovereignty that these policies have created.” The GOP visit came ahead of
House impeachment proceedings against Homeland Security Secre- tary Alejandro Mayorkas. Republicans have been looking to
oust Mayorkas since gaining control of the lower chamber last January.
signaled that he is willing to take a more moderate approach to immi- gration, telling NBC News that he can be pro-immigration while also backing policies that stop the unmiti- gated flow of migrants across the border.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., recently told reporters that there’s “virtually unanimous agreement among Dem- ocrats and Republicans” that the border needs to be fixed. “The longer we wait, the longer we
delay the closure and security of this border, the greater the crisis and the problem,” Johnson told reporters at the border.
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