Rep. Bucshon Votes to Impeach DHS Secretary Mayorkas
Washington,
February 13, 2024
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Immigration
WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Representative Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-IN-08) voted to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. The House Committee on Homeland Security released two articles of impeachment following a nearly year-long comprehensive five-phased investigation into the causes, costs, and consequences of the unprecedented border crisis. Dr. Bucshon released the statement below following his vote to impeach Secretary Mayorkas last week: “For the last three years, the Biden administration has acted with willful disregard for U.S. immigration laws, resulting in the worst border crisis in American history,” said Dr. Bucshon. “As the top ranking official at the Department of Homeland Security, Secretary Mayorkas bears responsibility for the ensuring that our borders are secure and that immigration laws are enforced. Unfortunately, he has declined to do so, leaving impeachment as the only reasonable recourse to ensure future administration officials cannot ignore the law with impunity. Secretary Mayorkas has breached the public’s trust, misleading both Congress and the American people. His failure to enforce the law has empowered criminal cartels, incentivized unprecedented mass illegal immigration, put massive financial costs on cities and states throughout the nation, and sparked a humanitarian catastrophe. It is clear Secretary Mayorkas is responsible for the chaos and devastation at the southern border, and his impeachment is necessary to re-establish the rule of law at the border.” BACKGROUND Throughout the investigation by the House Committee on Homeland Security, Secretary Mayorkas refused to cooperate with requests to appear before the Committee to provide testimony in defense of his refusal to comply with U.S. immigration laws and his breach of the public trust.
Dr. Bucshon has continually supported common-sense policies that strengthen our border and national security. He has visited the southern border, spoken on the House floor, and met with key stakeholders in order to give law enforcement the tools needed to keep our communities safe and reform our failing immigration system. In May 2023, Dr. Bucshon voted to pass H.R. 2, the Secure the Border Act, as a meaningful first step to securing our southern border and addressing the national security and humanitarian crisis. H.R. 2 would, in part:
As a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Representative Bucshon has advocated to stop the flow of fentanyl into the United States via our southern border. He was a leading voice to pass the HALT Fentanyl Act (H.R. 467) ensuring law enforcement has the tools they need to keep extremely lethal and dangerous drugs off American streets. The bill also ensures practitioners can research fentanyl-related substances (FRS) to better understand its overall effects on people’s health. In a hearing this summer on the HALT Fentanyl Act, Representative Bucshon pressed a witness to admit that the southern border is the primary way illicit fentanyl is entering the United States. Illicit fentanyl poisonings are now the number one cause of death among adults 18-49 in the United States, more than cancer, heart disease, and car accidents. If Congress did not pass the HALT Fentanyl Act, and the emergency class-wide scheduling order expired:
In 2022, Dr. Bucshon co-sponsored the Early Migration Alert Program (EMAP) Act (H.R. 7462) which prohibited the Biden administration from terminating Title 42 until at least 60 days after the Covid-19 public health emergency has ended. He also co-sponsored the Transit Notification Act (H.R. 6592) to require the Biden administration to notify state and local officials before placing illegal immigrants in their jurisdiction. Congressman Larry Bucshon, M.D. represents Indiana’s 8th Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives and is a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. ### |