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if you're so sure that secretary mayorkas, under secretary mayorkas' leadership customs and border protection hasn't dramatically decreased its vetting process for allowing chinese immigrants to cross our border, including military-aged chinese males, then let's hold a trial. if you believe that we haven't seen a dramatic increase in the known terrorist encounters at our border, then let's hold a trial. if you're confident that secretary mayorkas hasn't allowed enough fentanyl to flow across the southern border to kill every man, woman, and child in this country, then let's hold a freaking trial. madam president, these are not victimless crimes. the tragic case of laken rile reilly you a life cut short by an illegal alien. secretary mayorkas allowed to enter our country illegal lay, unchecked, unveted is, is an abdication of his duty. laken isn't alone. her case represents hundreds of thousands of families across the nation -- across this nation whose lives have been upended by the invasion that our leaders allowed to happen. think about that for a minute. they allowed it to happen, not by ne
if you're so sure that secretary mayorkas, under secretary mayorkas' leadership customs and border protection hasn't dramatically decreased its vetting process for allowing chinese immigrants to cross our border, including military-aged chinese males, then let's hold a trial. if you believe that we haven't seen a dramatic increase in the known terrorist encounters at our border, then let's hold a trial. if you're confident that secretary mayorkas hasn't allowed enough fentanyl to flow across...
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mayorkas inherited what his first key u.s. border patrol called quote, arguably the most effective for security in our nation's history, end quote. alejandro n. mayorkas however proceeded to abandon effective border security initiatives without engaging in adequate alternative initiatives. without engaging in adequate alternative efforts that would enable dhs to maintain control of the border and guard against illegal entry, and despite clear evidence of the devastating consequences of his actions he failed to take action to fulfill his statutory duty to control the border. according to his first chief of the u.s. border patrol, alejandro n. mayorkas quote come masummarily rejected, end quote, the quote multiple options to reduce the illegal entries through proven programs and consequences, end quote. provided by civil service staff at dhs. despite clear evidence of the devastating consequences of his actions, he failed to take action to fulfill his statutory duty to control the border, and that among other things alejandro n.
mayorkas inherited what his first key u.s. border patrol called quote, arguably the most effective for security in our nation's history, end quote. alejandro n. mayorkas however proceeded to abandon effective border security initiatives without engaging in adequate alternative initiatives. without engaging in adequate alternative efforts that would enable dhs to maintain control of the border and guard against illegal entry, and despite clear evidence of the devastating consequences of his...
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-- alejandro mayorkas. article 1 charges him with willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law. article 2 charges him with the breach of public trust. since secretary mayorkas took office, we've all watched the unprecedented crisis a at our -- at our borders unfold. we've seen the chaos. under secretary mayorkas' watch, c.b.p. has reported more than 8.5 million encounters at our borders, including more than seven million apprehensions at the southwest border. even more terrifying is the president 1.8 million known gotaways that border patrol agents detect but are unable to apprehend. millions of those inadmissible aliens are eventually released into our communities. this has never happened before in the history of the country. and it doesn't happen by accident. for nearly a year, the house committee on homeland security conducted a thorough, fair and comprehensive investigation into the causes, costs and consequences of the border crisis. our members saw firsthand numerous parts of the southwest bord
-- alejandro mayorkas. article 1 charges him with willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law. article 2 charges him with the breach of public trust. since secretary mayorkas took office, we've all watched the unprecedented crisis a at our -- at our borders unfold. we've seen the chaos. under secretary mayorkas' watch, c.b.p. has reported more than 8.5 million encounters at our borders, including more than seven million apprehensions at the southwest border. even more terrifying is the...
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what secretary mayorkas has been doing with regard to parole. maybe they think it's bad too and don't want to have to defend it. whatever the reason, if our leader does not have a trial, it will be the first time this has happened is happened. it will be unprecedented. and we will be bringing breaking again another norm. for the u.s. senate. impeachment is serious. these charges are serious. the american people deserve an answer. we need to have a trial. i call on my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to insist upon a trial, uphold our constitutional authority. let's have a trial so that we can hear and determine the guilt or innocence. that is what the american people deserve. madam president, i yield back. >> madam president. >> senator from oklahoma. >> we are scheduled to begin a trial of the secretary of homeland security. doesn't begin a conversation about homeland security in the country, that conversation started three years ago now. the american people are frustrated with what they are seeing on the southern border and keep sayin
what secretary mayorkas has been doing with regard to parole. maybe they think it's bad too and don't want to have to defend it. whatever the reason, if our leader does not have a trial, it will be the first time this has happened is happened. it will be unprecedented. and we will be bringing breaking again another norm. for the u.s. senate. impeachment is serious. these charges are serious. the american people deserve an answer. we need to have a trial. i call on my colleagues on the other...
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mayorkas' migrant crisis. and city officials fear it will spend another $12 billion over the following three fiscal years causing painful budge cuts to important city services. three, alejandro n. mayorkas' unlawful mass release of apprehended aliens and grant of categorical parole to aliens have enticed an increasing number of aliens to make the dangerous journey to our southwest border. consequently, according to the united nations' international organization for migration, number of migrants intended to illegally cross our border who have perished along the way either enroute to the united states or at the border almost doubled during the tenure of alejandro n. if mayorkas as secretary tear of homeland security from an average of about a 700 a year during fiscal years 2017-2020 to an average of about 1300 a year during fiscal year 2021-2023. alien -- four. alien smuggling organizations is have gained the tremendous wealth al man degree n. mayorkas' tenure as secretary of homeland security with their estimat
mayorkas' migrant crisis. and city officials fear it will spend another $12 billion over the following three fiscal years causing painful budge cuts to important city services. three, alejandro n. mayorkas' unlawful mass release of apprehended aliens and grant of categorical parole to aliens have enticed an increasing number of aliens to make the dangerous journey to our southwest border. consequently, according to the united nations' international organization for migration, number of migrants...
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mayorkas: yes. david: ok, and so that did not convince you that this is a complicated area and you should not want to come back as secretary? sec. mayorkas: complicated, difficult, challenging, and extraordinarily fulfilling. david: all right. so you go back -- after president obama leaves office, you go back. you join blumer hale in what city? sec. mayorkas: here in washington, d.c. david: ok. so you are a partner there. how did you get connected to the biden administration? did they remember you from the obama administration? sec. mayorkas: they did. david: they call you up and said guess what, we liked you as deputy, now you can be the secretary? sec. mayorkas: i would not say it was in that way, but i was extraordinarily proud to be contacted by the incoming president, the president-elect, to be considered for the secretary. david: and did your family say you are making a lot of money here, you are way up here in compensation, and you are going to go down here again? and that was a factor? sec.
mayorkas: yes. david: ok, and so that did not convince you that this is a complicated area and you should not want to come back as secretary? sec. mayorkas: complicated, difficult, challenging, and extraordinarily fulfilling. david: all right. so you go back -- after president obama leaves office, you go back. you join blumer hale in what city? sec. mayorkas: here in washington, d.c. david: ok. so you are a partner there. how did you get connected to the biden administration? did they remember...
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secretary mayorkas. so who shall be impeached ? quite rightfully so, secretary mayorkas. mr. austin knudsen are , in your position, sir, and i am sorry for what you, your people, your community, your state are going through. on behalf of this congress, that has been unable to take action, as of yet. i am sorry for what you are going through. do you concur with the things that i have spoken on? >> i absolutely concur. i think this body is completely within its constitutional, legal right to bring proceedings here. >> mr. drummond? >> i also concur. >> mr. baylor? >> the secretary is in dereliction of duty, and he should be held accountable. >> i thank the chairman for his leadership on this issue. he has been calm and patient and judicious in our procedure. we have laid out the case for the impeachment of secretary mayorkas. we have promised the american people that we will fulfill that solemn duty and we shall. mr. chairman, i giggled. >> the gentleman yields. i now recognize mr. pain, the gentleman from new jersey, with his five minutes of questioning. >> thank you, mr. chai
secretary mayorkas. so who shall be impeached ? quite rightfully so, secretary mayorkas. mr. austin knudsen are , in your position, sir, and i am sorry for what you, your people, your community, your state are going through. on behalf of this congress, that has been unable to take action, as of yet. i am sorry for what you are going through. do you concur with the things that i have spoken on? >> i absolutely concur. i think this body is completely within its constitutional, legal right...
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mayorkas, head of the homeland security department. and that is about to be reported to the senate and we have constitutional responsibilities when it is reported. in this situation we are waiting for the actual report to arrive. i think it will be momentary, perhaps this week or next, and we will take up this matter as we're required no do. the -- required to do. the house homeland committee engaged in a year long investigation of secretary mayorkas and his alleged now administration of the border of the united states. this committee in the house held 12 hearings, testimony from more than two dozen witnesses, producing nearly 400 pages of re reports. the senate when sitting as a court of impeachment is not responsible for making the case on behalf of the impeachment managers. we are the jury. we are the ones who will decide the impeachment. our duty is to make the determination based on the articles of impeachment and the facts at hand. we are not a fact finding -- fact-finding operation. my friend from utah is also on the floor. duri
mayorkas, head of the homeland security department. and that is about to be reported to the senate and we have constitutional responsibilities when it is reported. in this situation we are waiting for the actual report to arrive. i think it will be momentary, perhaps this week or next, and we will take up this matter as we're required no do. the -- required to do. the house homeland committee engaged in a year long investigation of secretary mayorkas and his alleged now administration of the...
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when it comes to secretary mayorkas, we are well beyond that point. this is not about policy differences at all. we certainly objective secretary mayorkas' policies but this goes far deeper. according to the democrat led committee investigating iran-contra, quote, government officials must observe theat la, even whenn they disagree with i, end quote. or, when they think that, oh, congress is to play for passing laws that were counted to administration policy, end quote. the case we would you do wity is that simple. secretary mayorkas has put a political preferences about following the law. honoring our posts to the constitution, respecting the framers intent and following congressional president including the president sent by house democrats, it is therefore our obligation to hold secretary mayorkas accountable. which brings me to today's proceedings. today is a grave day. if not approach this day or this process lightly. secretary mayorkas' actions have forced our hand. we cannot allow this border crisis to continue. we cannot allow fentanyl to flow
when it comes to secretary mayorkas, we are well beyond that point. this is not about policy differences at all. we certainly objective secretary mayorkas' policies but this goes far deeper. according to the democrat led committee investigating iran-contra, quote, government officials must observe theat la, even whenn they disagree with i, end quote. or, when they think that, oh, congress is to play for passing laws that were counted to administration policy, end quote. the case we would you do...
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mayorkas: it is the latter. it should not be surprising to anyone that we are seeing not quite a merger, i would say, but a synthesis of transnational criminal organizations and smuggling organizations. there is so much money coming in. david: people who are now coming over, are we separating families? under the trump administration there was controversy over children being separated from parents. it is that happening? sec. mayorkas: that was a legitimate practice to deter families from reaching the southern border. it was a separation of them condemned across the board. cruelty is not something that is an instrument of a value-based country. we will have eliminated that practice. it was actually eliminated, in all fairness, towards the end of the trump administration. we issued a policy preventing it. the president created a family reunification task force that i chair that is reuniting separated families. david: president trump first campaign for president on creating a wall. i guess some part of the wall was
mayorkas: it is the latter. it should not be surprising to anyone that we are seeing not quite a merger, i would say, but a synthesis of transnational criminal organizations and smuggling organizations. there is so much money coming in. david: people who are now coming over, are we separating families? under the trump administration there was controversy over children being separated from parents. it is that happening? sec. mayorkas: that was a legitimate practice to deter families from...
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what secretary mayorkas wants to do is a separate matter. i understand your view, and i understand the ranking member has a different view. i am sure we will get all of the effort letters in the record. i have an article here saying that the dhs letter contradicts the gop claim that mayorkas refused to testify, which i had entered by unanimous consent. but we are just talking right now about the impeachment process, and in this committee where it has never been done before, normally in the judiciary committee, that there has to be a minority day with minority determined witnesses. >> i appreciate the letter, and we will take it into consideration. and ranking member, you are recognized for the remainder of your opening statement. >> well, unanimous consent, that that would be included in the record. >> without objection, so ordered. >> mr. chairman, rule 11 does not mention anything about having a minority witness in any given hearing. it would only provide for minority date. i refer the chair to page 599 of the house rules manual. >> were y
what secretary mayorkas wants to do is a separate matter. i understand your view, and i understand the ranking member has a different view. i am sure we will get all of the effort letters in the record. i have an article here saying that the dhs letter contradicts the gop claim that mayorkas refused to testify, which i had entered by unanimous consent. but we are just talking right now about the impeachment process, and in this committee where it has never been done before, normally in the...
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mayorkas says the border is closed . mayorkas takes heat for repeating the border is secure during house hearings. dhs treats the secure border claim alive. mayorkas is accused of lying under oath . my favorite, mr. chairman, mayorkas latest litany of lies on the border puts desantis to shame. these are the headlines and these are what is being talked about. he has been untruthful for congress. he comes in here and he raises his hand and then he lies when he says the border is secure. he lies when the says the border is not open and we are allowing over 370,000 immigrants to flood across the border last month alone. we want to talk about what house republicans have done. we are doing this again for political theater. last year we passed hr 2, the most comprehensive package that i have seen during my time in congress. we talked about funding. what have we done on funding? the house appropriations bill, dealing with funding went above and beyond this request from the president. the president requested a set amount. we adde
mayorkas says the border is closed . mayorkas takes heat for repeating the border is secure during house hearings. dhs treats the secure border claim alive. mayorkas is accused of lying under oath . my favorite, mr. chairman, mayorkas latest litany of lies on the border puts desantis to shame. these are the headlines and these are what is being talked about. he has been untruthful for congress. he comes in here and he raises his hand and then he lies when he says the border is secure. he lies...
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secretary mayorkas claims he's come to oto -- secretary mayorkas claims -- he's come to the senate and claimed that the border is secure. people laugh knowing how untrue it is. it is a lie to the senate. a lie to the house. such a serious matter, though, it's hard to laugh. meanwhile our country is losing control of our borders to the cartels and to the criminals. every fair-minded person knows that these are serious charges. and the senate must hold a full and fair trial. it is our constitutional duty. the house has done its job. yet senate democrats, each and every one of them it are refusing to do theirs. it seems this week that the senate democratic leader is scheming to bury these charges without a full and fair trial. the constitution demands there be one. the senate majority leader's actions would turn the senate from the world's greatest deliberative body into the world's quickest dismissal body. the senate majority leader is not here on the floor today. seems to be afraid of allowing the case against the lawless actions of the secretary of homeland security to even be presente
secretary mayorkas claims he's come to oto -- secretary mayorkas claims -- he's come to the senate and claimed that the border is secure. people laugh knowing how untrue it is. it is a lie to the senate. a lie to the house. such a serious matter, though, it's hard to laugh. meanwhile our country is losing control of our borders to the cartels and to the criminals. every fair-minded person knows that these are serious charges. and the senate must hold a full and fair trial. it is our...
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if you're so sure that secretary mayorkas, under secretary mayorkas' leadership customs and border protection hasn't dramatically decreased its vetting process for allowing chinese immigrants to cross our border, including military-aged chinese males, then let's hold a trial. if you believe that we haven't seen a dramatic increase in the known terrorist encounters at our border, then let's hold a trial. if you're confident that secretary mayorkas hasn't allowed enough fentanyl to flow across the southern border to kill every man, woman, and child in this country, then let's hold a freaking trial. madam president, these are not victimless crimes. the tragic case of laken rile reilly you a life cut short by an illegal alien. secretary mayorkas allowed to enter our country illegal lay, unchecked, unveted is, is an abdication of his duty. laken isn't alone. her case represents hundreds of thousands of families across the nation -- across this nation whose lives have been upended by the invasion that our leaders allowed to happen. think about that for a minute. they allowed it to happen, not by ne
if you're so sure that secretary mayorkas, under secretary mayorkas' leadership customs and border protection hasn't dramatically decreased its vetting process for allowing chinese immigrants to cross our border, including military-aged chinese males, then let's hold a trial. if you believe that we haven't seen a dramatic increase in the known terrorist encounters at our border, then let's hold a trial. if you're confident that secretary mayorkas hasn't allowed enough fentanyl to flow across...
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mayorkas to appear. at that a time, ironically enough, he was meeting with a mexican delegation to try to formulate a better working relationship to secure the border, and he was unable to testify. his staff made it very clear to this committee that he was willing to testify on a date, ar letter was very clear, and the house republicans, the majority of this committee did not follow up with an offer of any date. my way or the highway. that is how this republican majority works. you show up when i tell you to, or you don't show up at all. you come all the way to my most extremist, draconian, xenophobic legislative bill, h.r. 2, or nothing. we will not negotiate, we will not compromise if in a divided government where two of the three entities are controlled by the opposite party. ms. lee said we have a duty the takection. that is correct. we have a duty to take action to address the problems at the border, not to have a sham political impeachment designed to help a presidential candidate in an election. a
mayorkas to appear. at that a time, ironically enough, he was meeting with a mexican delegation to try to formulate a better working relationship to secure the border, and he was unable to testify. his staff made it very clear to this committee that he was willing to testify on a date, ar letter was very clear, and the house republicans, the majority of this committee did not follow up with an offer of any date. my way or the highway. that is how this republican majority works. you show up when...
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mayorkas not to appear here today. someone else's loved one in the united states will die in the same five minutes that i get to speak. because of fentanyl. over the next 24 hours, loved ones in this country will die from fentanyl. 50% of that fentanyl is coming through my state with open border. the beautiful state of arizona today will lose five people to fentanyl. five. you see, arizona recognizes that fentanyl is a weapon of mass destruction. while you see her beautiful smile and almond shaped eyes scroll across the screens, more often than not i remember her differently. every time i close my eyes i see all of the tubes when it is quiet i hear all the machines that were keeping her alive. you see, my husband and i had to sit for 86 hours in the icu. while we were begging god, because yes, we are christians, and we are conservative, we are from arizona. we were begging god, we were pleading god. bargaining that she would just breathe. over the last 32 months, ashley did not celebrate her son's fifth, sixth, or seve
mayorkas not to appear here today. someone else's loved one in the united states will die in the same five minutes that i get to speak. because of fentanyl. over the next 24 hours, loved ones in this country will die from fentanyl. 50% of that fentanyl is coming through my state with open border. the beautiful state of arizona today will lose five people to fentanyl. five. you see, arizona recognizes that fentanyl is a weapon of mass destruction. while you see her beautiful smile and almond...
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let's go after secretary mayorkas. no evidence that he's engaged in wrongdoing, committed a crime or violated the constitution, but let's go after secretary mayorkas. maybe that will satisfy the quest for revenge of the puppet master, because when the puppet master, donald trump says jump, extreme maga republicans say how high. we just got evidence over that the last few weeks. maga republicans have been lecturing america that we have to deal with the challenges at the border. we agree, a bipartisan process has been underway in the senate for months to try to fix our broken immigration system. but as soon as donald trump says no, we actually don't want to do anything about the challenges at the border because politically that might not be good for us, you've walked away from working together in a commonsense fashion to fix our broken immigration system. instead, what you have to offer the american people is this sham impeachment, this political stunt, this waste of time. but you will not fool the american people. you w
let's go after secretary mayorkas. no evidence that he's engaged in wrongdoing, committed a crime or violated the constitution, but let's go after secretary mayorkas. maybe that will satisfy the quest for revenge of the puppet master, because when the puppet master, donald trump says jump, extreme maga republicans say how high. we just got evidence over that the last few weeks. maga republicans have been lecturing america that we have to deal with the challenges at the border. we agree, a...
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dhs chief mayorkas said there is no border crisis. homeland security secretary mayorkas tells the border is not open. mayorkas says the border is closed, defends biden's immigration strategy. mayorkas takes heat for repeating border is secure during house hearings. they go on to say this is nonsense. dhs treats alejandro mayorkas secure border claim lie, cvp official says. mayorkas accused of lying under oath, playing shell game with data by former border official. and my favorite, mr. chairman, mayorkas latest litanies of lies on the border puts santos to shame. these are the headlines and these are what are being talked about because secretary mayorkas has been untruthful with the american public and he has been untruthful for congress. he comes in here and he raises his hand and he swears to tell the truth and then when he lies when he says the border is secure, he lies when he says the border is not open and we are not allowing, as we know, over 370,000 immigrants to flood across the border last month alone. i want to talk about w
dhs chief mayorkas said there is no border crisis. homeland security secretary mayorkas tells the border is not open. mayorkas says the border is closed, defends biden's immigration strategy. mayorkas takes heat for repeating border is secure during house hearings. they go on to say this is nonsense. dhs treats alejandro mayorkas secure border claim lie, cvp official says. mayorkas accused of lying under oath, playing shell game with data by former border official. and my favorite, mr....
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and in doing so, they are targeting secretary mayorkas. a public servant who spent his distinguished 30 year career serving our country as a federal prosecutor and in leadership positions across the department of homeland security. the facts show, secretary mayorkas is doing his job across the departments many critical homeland security missions including border security and immigration enforcement. despite what republicans would have americans believe, secretary mayorkas is enforcing immigration law. according to a recent analysis by the cato institute, someone who crosses the border under the current administration is more likely to be removed from the u.s. and someone who crossed under former president trump. republicans don't care about that. this impeachment saying clearly it is not about the law, it is about pure and simple politics. just look at those whose impeachment resolutions have been referred to this committee. consider what kind of backroom deals republican leadership must have made with the most extreme members, or as one r
and in doing so, they are targeting secretary mayorkas. a public servant who spent his distinguished 30 year career serving our country as a federal prosecutor and in leadership positions across the department of homeland security. the facts show, secretary mayorkas is doing his job across the departments many critical homeland security missions including border security and immigration enforcement. despite what republicans would have americans believe, secretary mayorkas is enforcing...
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host: on the mayorkas impeachment? caller: yes. in the words of president roosevelt, a day which will live in infamy fits the narrative on this case. that is what i have to say. host: and why do you feel that way, anthony? caller: if you can lie to congress multiple times, like mayorkas did come and get away with it, others no -- mayorkas did, and get away with it, there's no -- in other words, there's no reason to be impeached again. nobody will be impeached. host: let's hear from bill in newburgh, new york, independent. good morning. caller: i just want to comment on the previous caller from north carolina saying the military does not cook their own food. that is not true. they certainly do. we learn how to wash our own close in the marine corps by hand with scrub brushes, so he's not accurate. i don't know what branches of service he was in but the social service does not count. mayorkas lied to the american people, saying that the border was closed and secured, neither of which is true. he's just doing when his boss told him to
host: on the mayorkas impeachment? caller: yes. in the words of president roosevelt, a day which will live in infamy fits the narrative on this case. that is what i have to say. host: and why do you feel that way, anthony? caller: if you can lie to congress multiple times, like mayorkas did come and get away with it, others no -- mayorkas did, and get away with it, there's no -- in other words, there's no reason to be impeached again. nobody will be impeached. host: let's hear from bill in...
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number one alejandro mayorkas refused to comply with the detention set for in 235. anita: a of the immigration and nationality act requiring all applicants for admission who were not clearly and beyond a doubt entitled to be admitted shall be detained for removal proceeding, instead of complying with the requirement mayorkas implemented a catch and release scheme were such aliens are unlawfully released even without effective mechanisms to ensure appearances before the immigration courts removal proceeding order to ensure removal of aliens order to be removed, mayorkas refused to comply with the tented mandate set forth in another section of federal law 235b1. anita: of such act and alien who is placed in the expedited removal proceeding determined to have a credible fear prosecution shall be detained for further consideration of the application for asylum instead of complying with this requirement mayorkas implemented a catch and release scheme were such aliens are released even without effective mechanisms to ensure appearances before the immigration courts for re
number one alejandro mayorkas refused to comply with the detention set for in 235. anita: a of the immigration and nationality act requiring all applicants for admission who were not clearly and beyond a doubt entitled to be admitted shall be detained for removal proceeding, instead of complying with the requirement mayorkas implemented a catch and release scheme were such aliens are unlawfully released even without effective mechanisms to ensure appearances before the immigration courts...
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mayorkas: i do. i think the department and the homeland security enterprise writ large has matured and advanced tremendously. david: today, who are the best at cyber terrorism? is it china, north korea? who do you think has the greatest capabilities of doing damage to our country in terms of foreign countries through cyber? sec. mayorkas: i would say there are four. china, russia, iran and north korea. david: in our country, you can go if you are really good at cyber, you can work for a intrafirm, make lots of money and so forth. if you work in the u.s. government, you are not going to get paid as much. is the u.s. government able to get top-flight cyber people who can compete with the people from overseas or do we not have the best people in our government working on these problems because we cannot pay them enough? sec. mayorkas: we have the best people in the government. they are the best -- there are the best people in the private sector as well. you raise an issue where we had a debate internall
mayorkas: i do. i think the department and the homeland security enterprise writ large has matured and advanced tremendously. david: today, who are the best at cyber terrorism? is it china, north korea? who do you think has the greatest capabilities of doing damage to our country in terms of foreign countries through cyber? sec. mayorkas: i would say there are four. china, russia, iran and north korea. david: in our country, you can go if you are really good at cyber, you can work for a...
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-- alejandro mayorkas. article 1 charges him with willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law. article 2 charges him with the breach of public trust. since secretary mayorkas took office, we've all watched the unprecedented crisis a at our -- at our borders unfold. we've seen the chaos. under secretary mayorkas' watch, c.b.p. has reported more than 8.5 million encounters at our borders, including more than seven million apprehensions at the southwest border. even more terrifying is the president 1.8 million known gotaways that border patrol agents detect but are unable to apprehend. millions of those inadmissible aliens are eventually released into our communities. this has never happened before in the history of the country. and it doesn't happen by accident. for nearly a year, the house committee on homeland security conducted a thorough, fair and comprehensive investigation into the causes, costs and consequences of the border crisis. our members saw firsthand numerous parts of the southwest bord
-- alejandro mayorkas. article 1 charges him with willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law. article 2 charges him with the breach of public trust. since secretary mayorkas took office, we've all watched the unprecedented crisis a at our -- at our borders unfold. we've seen the chaos. under secretary mayorkas' watch, c.b.p. has reported more than 8.5 million encounters at our borders, including more than seven million apprehensions at the southwest border. even more terrifying is the...
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mayorkas . in fact, we don't have anything that reaches the constitutional standard that we have been discussing here today. and we mentioned -- missed titus put that article in a few minutes ago but he says all of that is inappropriate here, and that mr. mayorkas is a good public servant in a tough job. with that i yield back and thank you for the time. >> the gentleman yields. i now recognize mr. kane for a five minute discussion on the ans. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to yield my time to the chairman after saying that my name is actually crane. >> and you are from texas, right? >> the gentleman yields to me. i just want to clarify here, we have got 400 pages of a report from five different phases of several months of digging into this. two imply that it was three states attorneys general that are the only witnesses that have come before the committee and talked about the failure of the secretary to adhere to the laws passed by this congress, you know, that is not fair. >> the gentleman
mayorkas . in fact, we don't have anything that reaches the constitutional standard that we have been discussing here today. and we mentioned -- missed titus put that article in a few minutes ago but he says all of that is inappropriate here, and that mr. mayorkas is a good public servant in a tough job. with that i yield back and thank you for the time. >> the gentleman yields. i now recognize mr. kane for a five minute discussion on the ans. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to...
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when it comes to secretary mayorkas, we are well beyond that point. this is not about policy differences at all. we certainly object to secretary marcos's policies, but this goes far deeper. according to the democrat led committee investigating iran-contra. quote, government officials must observe the law, even when they disagree with it. end quote. or when they think that, quote, congress is blame for passing laws that run counter to administration policy. end. quote. the case we're dealing with today is that simple. secretary has put his political preferences above following the law honoring our oath to the constitution, respecting the framers intent and following congressional precedent, including the precedent set by housethe law, honoring arabs to the constitution and respecting the framers intent and following congressional precedent, including those set by house democrats. it is therefore our obligation to hold secretary mayorkas accountable which brings me to today's to defend his record in person each time he delayed. we even offer to accept
when it comes to secretary mayorkas, we are well beyond that point. this is not about policy differences at all. we certainly object to secretary marcos's policies, but this goes far deeper. according to the democrat led committee investigating iran-contra. quote, government officials must observe the law, even when they disagree with it. end quote. or when they think that, quote, congress is blame for passing laws that run counter to administration policy. end. quote. the case we're dealing...
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secretary mayorkas. so who shall be impeached ? quite rightfully so, secretary mayorkas. mr. austin knudsen are , in your position, sir, and i am sorry for what you, your people, your community, your state are going through. on behalf of this congress, that has been unable to take action, as of yet. i am sorry for what you are going through. do you concur with the things that i have spoken on? >> i absolutely concur. i think this body is completely within its constitutional, legal right to bring proceedings here. >> mr. drummond? >> i also concur. >> mr. baylor? >> the secretary is in dereliction of duty, and he should be held accountable. >> i thank the chairman for his leadership on this issue. he has been calm and patient and judicious in our procedure. we have laid out the case for the impeachment of secretary mayorkas. we have promised the american people that we will fulfill that solemn duty and we shall. mr. chairman, i giggled. >> the gentleman yields. i now recognize mr. pain, the gentleman from new jersey, with his five minutes of questioning. >> thank you, mr. chai
secretary mayorkas. so who shall be impeached ? quite rightfully so, secretary mayorkas. mr. austin knudsen are , in your position, sir, and i am sorry for what you, your people, your community, your state are going through. on behalf of this congress, that has been unable to take action, as of yet. i am sorry for what you are going through. do you concur with the things that i have spoken on? >> i absolutely concur. i think this body is completely within its constitutional, legal right...
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secretary mayorkas said he thinks they are doing a good job. november, 2022, secretary mayorkas, do you continue to maintain that the border is secure? secretary mayorkas said yes. it goes on and on. 32 times. suddenly, mr. goldman, and others have said it, it's not tenable. maybe it's because eric adams of new york said you are destroying new york city. maybe it's because the mayor of chicago said you've got to send more money, we are in crisis, or denver, or any other number of democrat run cities. that's the news. that's the news. this impeachment, these articles of impeachment present a narrow question, which no one wants to seem to follow the line of reasoning long enough to get to. the supreme court said in the united states versus texas, that congress, 20 years ago, mandated restriction of the administrations process doyle -- prosecutorial authority. in certain cases you will be detained and detained until you have been removed. secretary mayorkas has brazenly flouted and disobeyed those laws. those saturable laws, statutory law. he wrot
secretary mayorkas said he thinks they are doing a good job. november, 2022, secretary mayorkas, do you continue to maintain that the border is secure? secretary mayorkas said yes. it goes on and on. 32 times. suddenly, mr. goldman, and others have said it, it's not tenable. maybe it's because eric adams of new york said you are destroying new york city. maybe it's because the mayor of chicago said you've got to send more money, we are in crisis, or denver, or any other number of democrat run...
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and secretary mayorkas must be held accountable. the house of representatives was completely correct to impeach secretary mayorkas and now the senate has a duty under the constitution to hold a trial. unfortunately, this has become a familiar process for a majority of our senate colleagues, both 2019 and 2021, the democratic-controlled house impeached president trump. at the time my republican colleagues and i criticized the motivation and process behind these impeachment inquiries, but those concerns didn't impact the process on the senate floor. to cite our views about the actions, the senate carried out our constitutional duty to convene a court of impeachment. in both cases senators were sworn as jurors, we listened patiently to both sides presented as they presented their arguments, in the end we had a fair guilty or not guilty vote. prior to the impeachment of secretary mayorkas the house had sent impeachment to the senate 21 times and the senate has held a full trial in all but four instances. in three cases, all of whom were
and secretary mayorkas must be held accountable. the house of representatives was completely correct to impeach secretary mayorkas and now the senate has a duty under the constitution to hold a trial. unfortunately, this has become a familiar process for a majority of our senate colleagues, both 2019 and 2021, the democratic-controlled house impeached president trump. at the time my republican colleagues and i criticized the motivation and process behind these impeachment inquiries, but those...
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or is it secretary mayorkas? >> the constitution, no matter which official. >> miss pearlstein, i asked you is at the president or secretary mayorkas? is it the biden administration open border policies or is it se5$ federal law? one or the other. the statistics are clear. are you capable of answering that question? >> am not sure. that is about four questions. >> it is one or ■5 is it secretary biden or secretary mayorkas? the daughters of these womehave murdered. it we are talking about over -- nearly 100,000 unaccompanied minors missing in this countr c members everywhere and controlling the southern border. we are talking about the 9c maof the other. it is either open border policy or it is secretary >> we look at constitutional law -- >> okay. we are a little over. the gentle lady yields. >> i know recognize mr. ivey for his five minutes of questions. >> thank you. we are going to show a clip from an interview that involved former secretary churn of and i wanted to play that now if we can. >> i would like
or is it secretary mayorkas? >> the constitution, no matter which official. >> miss pearlstein, i asked you is at the president or secretary mayorkas? is it the biden administration open border policies or is it se5$ federal law? one or the other. the statistics are clear. are you capable of answering that question? >> am not sure. that is about four questions. >> it is one or ■5 is it secretary biden or secretary mayorkas? the daughters of these womehave murdered. it...
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mayorkas here today. we have tried for months and months to get him to come and testify on the border issues. the only time he's, is when he's constitutionally or legally mandated to present the nationl threats briefing. he came with the director. i was glad he was here for that. he has not worked with me to be here. in fact, today he decided to meet with some mexican officials who have come from mexico instead of being present at this hearing. that ought to tell you where his priorities are. now, some people have suggested of course we could pass more legislation. well again i did say what's the use ifg. he's not going to abide by it? but you know what? ahrq sits over the■>m on the other side of the building -- h.r. two -- actually it's that way. i'm not directionally challenged. way. amended it. take thehe part you don't like t of it. i think that's the process, and then he comes back over, we go to conference committee and we work it out. sit and read sitting on the desk and say you're not writing le
mayorkas here today. we have tried for months and months to get him to come and testify on the border issues. the only time he's, is when he's constitutionally or legally mandated to present the nationl threats briefing. he came with the director. i was glad he was here for that. he has not worked with me to be here. in fact, today he decided to meet with some mexican officials who have come from mexico instead of being present at this hearing. that ought to tell you where his priorities are....
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mayorkas. secretary mayorkas, whether he's fit for the job. and what really baffles me, mr. thompson, i think you said give more resources as if that's a -- reason -- problem we have at the border is because they haven't had resources. if secretary mayorkas is not going to let the border patrol do their job, why would you give them more money? they are just not going to do it. you would agree with that, money's not going to cure this you mentioned electronic devices. it's only under this president that had we opened our borders up to anybody from any country anywhere in the world. it's because of this administration. to compare donald trump's i think i heard mention of 700 -- a number with him. compared to the 12 million to 15 million we have in this country today is really absurd even bringing up the different topics to try to divert the attention. i think the ranking member mentioned that secretary mayorkas doesn't deserve impeachment. neither does the american people deserve what's going on right now. what's interesting -- what the words are not going to be able to explai
mayorkas. secretary mayorkas, whether he's fit for the job. and what really baffles me, mr. thompson, i think you said give more resources as if that's a -- reason -- problem we have at the border is because they haven't had resources. if secretary mayorkas is not going to let the border patrol do their job, why would you give them more money? they are just not going to do it. you would agree with that, money's not going to cure this you mentioned electronic devices. it's only under this...
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that has secretary mayorkas, differences at all. this goes far deeper. according to the democrat-led committee investigating iran- contra, quote, government officials must observe the law, even when they disagree with it, end quote, or when they think that, quote, congress is to blame for passing laws counter to administration policy, end quote. the case we are dealing with today is that simple. secretary mayorkas has put his political preferences above following the law, honoring arabs to the constitution and respecting the framers intent and following congressional precedent, including those set by house democrats. it is therefore our obligation to hold secretary mayorkas accountable which brings me to today's to defend his record in person each time he delayed. we even offer to accept his testimony in connection with our last hearing. there? took us up on it 4:48 a.m. this morning. this demonstrate the lack of seriousness with which secretary mayorkas views his responsibilities. that part of the reason we are here is because on november 1320 23, 201 d
that has secretary mayorkas, differences at all. this goes far deeper. according to the democrat-led committee investigating iran- contra, quote, government officials must observe the law, even when they disagree with it, end quote, or when they think that, quote, congress is to blame for passing laws counter to administration policy, end quote. the case we are dealing with today is that simple. secretary mayorkas has put his political preferences above following the law, honoring arabs to the...
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or is it secretary mayorkas? >> the constitution, no matter which official. >> miss pearlstein, i asked you a question. is at the president or secretary mayorkas? is it the biden administration open border policies or is it secretary mayorkas breaking federal law? one or the other. the statistics are clear. are you capable of answering that question? >> am not sure. that is about four questions. >> it is one or the other? is it secretary biden or secretary mayorkas? the daughters of these women sitting next to you have been murdered. it we are talking about over -- nearly 100,000 unaccompanied minors missing in this country. we are talking about cartel members everywhere and controlling the southern border. we are talking about the massive increase in statistics. it is one of the other. it is either open border policy or it is secretary mayorkas . >> we look at constitutional law -- >> okay. we are a little over. the gentle lady yields. >> i know recognize mr. ivey for his five minutes of questions. >> thank you.
or is it secretary mayorkas? >> the constitution, no matter which official. >> miss pearlstein, i asked you a question. is at the president or secretary mayorkas? is it the biden administration open border policies or is it secretary mayorkas breaking federal law? one or the other. the statistics are clear. are you capable of answering that question? >> am not sure. that is about four questions. >> it is one or the other? is it secretary biden or secretary mayorkas? the...
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mayorkas . in fact, we don't have anything that reaches the constitutional standard that we have been discussing here today. and we mentioned -- missed titus put that article in a few minutes ago but he says all of that is inappropriate here, and that mr. mayorkas is a good public servant in a tough job. with that i yield back and thank you for the time. >> the gentleman yields. i now recognize mr. kane for a five minute discussion on the ans. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to yield my time to the chairman after saying that my name is actually crane. >> and you are from texas, right? >> the gentleman yields to me. i just want to clarify here, we have got 400 pages of a report ve different phases of several months of digging into this. was three states attorneys general that are the only witnesses that have come before the committee and talked about the ure of the secretary to adhere to the laws passed by this congress, you know, that is not fair. >> the gentleman yields? >> no, not going to
mayorkas . in fact, we don't have anything that reaches the constitutional standard that we have been discussing here today. and we mentioned -- missed titus put that article in a few minutes ago but he says all of that is inappropriate here, and that mr. mayorkas is a good public servant in a tough job. with that i yield back and thank you for the time. >> the gentleman yields. i now recognize mr. kane for a five minute discussion on the ans. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to...
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mayorkas and mayorkas is responsible for station and the implementation of the failed biden for policies that have led to a crisisies nationwide. our country is experiencing full-fledged invasion w >> illegal immigrants pouring across our orders in record numbers. since stepping foot in the oval office, there have been over 8.3 one million illegal crossings nationwide. crisis is not going away. hi single mom and history from northern to the souther border, every community has been turned into a border community and district countless americans in the process. whether through fentanyl poisoning, crime or displacing. resignations history and the northern border has soon and you want leaders like to force taxpayers to show up 2.4 billion is subsidized joe biden's carla democrats failed the american people making priorities crystal clear. illegal immigrants come first in the american people come last in america's. if used to do the job in addition to pursuing mayorkas, or born this week committed to addressing bodies border crisis. i will pass it over. >> today house for my security committe
mayorkas and mayorkas is responsible for station and the implementation of the failed biden for policies that have led to a crisisies nationwide. our country is experiencing full-fledged invasion w >> illegal immigrants pouring across our orders in record numbers. since stepping foot in the oval office, there have been over 8.3 one million illegal crossings nationwide. crisis is not going away. hi single mom and history from northern to the souther border, every community has been turned...
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mayorkas. our constitution gives the senate the responsibility and the duty to try all impeachments, and it requires a vote of two thirds of the senate present before the federal officer is convicted. that is a pretty high standard for a constitutional process. for every impeachment in the history, the senate has held some form of a trial. unless the federal officer has resigned prior to the trial. this time, it should be no different. under president biden and secretary mayorkas, there've been more than 9.2 million illegal crossings along the countries southern borders. or to put it another way, the average monthly encounters have increased 400% under the biden mayorkas dhs. the record illegal crossings, and this past in february of 189,922 marks the seventh consecutive month of the highest numbers of encounters that these months have ever seen, and on top of this, there have been 36 straight months with higher encounters at the southern border than any other month under the trump administrati
mayorkas. our constitution gives the senate the responsibility and the duty to try all impeachments, and it requires a vote of two thirds of the senate present before the federal officer is convicted. that is a pretty high standard for a constitutional process. for every impeachment in the history, the senate has held some form of a trial. unless the federal officer has resigned prior to the trial. this time, it should be no different. under president biden and secretary mayorkas, there've been...
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homeland security secretary mayorkas to the senate. that will happen on wednesday to officially mark the start of the impeachment trial. you can watch live coverage here on cspan2. >> on wednesday president biden first lady jill biden host a state dinner honoring japanese prime minister. watch guest arrivals life beginning at 5:30 eastern on our website c-span.org or he spent now are free mobile video app. later at 11:00 p.m. eastern on c-span we will feature highlights from the evening including the prime minister's white house arrival toast given at the dinner. watch the white house state dinner wednesday on c-span networks. ♪ c-span as your unfiltered view of government. funded by these television companies and more including cox. ♪ is extremely rare. but friends don't have to be. when you're connected you are not alone. >> cox support c-span as a public service along with these other television providers. giving it a front row seat to democracy. madam president as we all know two months ago the house of representatives impeache
homeland security secretary mayorkas to the senate. that will happen on wednesday to officially mark the start of the impeachment trial. you can watch live coverage here on cspan2. >> on wednesday president biden first lady jill biden host a state dinner honoring japanese prime minister. watch guest arrivals life beginning at 5:30 eastern on our website c-span.org or he spent now are free mobile video app. later at 11:00 p.m. eastern on c-span we will feature highlights from the evening...