Bennie Thompson

Let's not forget that my Republican colleague forced their border bill, H.R. 2, through this committee without considering any Democratic input, resulting in a bill full of unworkable provisions that would create chaos on the Southwest…

This is about scoring political points. You want to make this administration look weak on the border.

H.R. 2, you talk about it in every response. What is your alternative to H.R. 2?

We do not need more laws. We need a President of the United States and a Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security who enforce the laws of this country.

We can't have a conversation with a Presidential candidate, a former President, who thinks immigrants are poisoning the blood of our Nation.

We need solutions, legislation, not impeachments of the Secretary and certainly not impeachments of President Biden.

I just heard a committee Member say, and I quote, "They are not prepared to be assimilated," talking about immigrants.

Donald Trump, as always, has said the quiet part out loud when he said immigrants, and I quote, "are poisoning the blood of our country."

If we really want to get something done, let's all come together and work on it so we can pass legislation that addresses the problem.

It is hard to ignore the fact that the Senate is having bipartisan negotiations on the behalf of the Democrats and the Republicans to try and pass a bill or put together a bill that would address these issues.

One of the tenets of who we are as a democracy is that I have an opinion and you have an opinion, and let's respect that.

I call your attention to House rules that you have referenced my comments, that they were despicable. That is against House rules.

There is no Constitutional basis for impeaching Secretary Mayorkas.

House Republicans have refused to consider this request. Instead of pursuing solutions to these problems, my colleagues on the other side of the aisle are chasing an illegitimate impeachment and using tragedy to score political points.

Instead of wasting more time on a baseless impeachment, we should get back to the work of passing bills that will actually help solve problems.

Both undocumented and documented immigrants are much less likely to commit crimes or be incarcerated than native-born American citizens.

Let me set the record straight. Secretary Mayorkas has testified before Congress more than any other Cabinet Secretary.

It is a simple request. It is in the rules, and we just want the rules to be followed.

This committee cannot proceed to any marker. I know that you have long planned in which you committed to the Speaker and to a Member of this committee behind closed doors without a full hearing of the merits of impeachment.

You notified the guy last week, who, you know, has the third-largest agency in government that 'We want you to testify next week.'

I encourage my colleagues that when the next opportunity comes to fund the Department, let's listen to the men and women who work in the Department who say they need the resources, and let's give it to them.

Secretary Mayorkas is carrying out his duties faithfully.

Secretary Mayorkas is a public servant charged with enforcing the laws of the United States, which include drug interdiction at borders.

Secretary Mayorkas has not committed 'Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors'--the United States Constitution's standard; for an impeachment.

There is no basis for impeaching Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, for the number of fentanyl deaths in the United States, he is neither a drug lord, nor trafficker of uncontrolled substances.