The administration is enforcing the law. ICE is currently detaining over 38,000 people. This is 4,000 more than Congress has provided funding for. If Republicans want DHS to detain more people, they should provide the funds the…
Bennie Thompson
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Bennie Gordon Thompson is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Mississippi's 2nd congressional district since 1993. A member of the Democratic Party, Thompson has been a prominent voice in Congress on issues related to homeland security, having served as the Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. Throughout his tenure, he has focused on various aspects of national security and has been an advocate for addressing threats posed by terrorism and drug cartels.
It comes as no surprise that the Biden administration is opposed to this sham impeachment. The Biden administration has done everything in its power to uphold the law and have an orderly, humane approach to border security. I include in…
My Republican colleagues are starving DHS of necessary border security resources while accusing Secretary Mayorkas of not doing his job. House Republicans refuse to consider the White House's $13.6 billion border supplemental funding…
My Republican colleagues won't admit that this impeachment is a sham, but their favorite conservative legal experts will. President Trump's impeachment attorney, Alan Dershowitz, accused Republicans of ``distorting the Constitution;'' and…
Former Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff, who was appointed by Republican President George W. Bush, wrote an op-ed for the conservative Wall Street Journal opposed to the baseless impeachment of Secretary Mayorkas. Former…
Secretary Mayorkas has invested significantly in stopping dangerous drugs, like fentanyl, from entering the country and launched several efforts targeting smugglers, gangs, and cartels. Under Secretary Mayorkas' leadership, we have more…
Today three bipartisan former Secretaries of Homeland Security wrote to Speaker Johnson voicing their opposition to impeaching Secretary Mayorkas. They agree that impeachment for policy is not constitutionally permissible. They further…
Daily removals are nearly double what they were compared to pre-pandemic averages. The vast majority of individuals encountered at the southwest border throughout this administration have been removed, returned, or expelled. Secretary…
The Republicans highlight the Secretary's enforcement guidelines as an example of breaking the law. They fail to mention that the conservative Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals said: ``The guidance does not necessarily violate a single word…
Republicans ignore the fact that no administration has ever had the resources to detain all border crossers. President Trump released over 500,000 people without ever detaining any of them. Madam Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman…
The extreme MAGA Republican stunt to impeach Secretary Mayorkas is baseless. The Democratic staff of the Committee on Homeland Security thoroughly documented the many failures of fact and law in the Articles of Impeachment contained in H…
Republicans use the language of invasion and great replacement theory, but invasion in the Constitution means invasion during an act of war by a foreign nation or insurrection from within. I direct my Republican colleagues to Federalist…
Despite what Republicans want us to believe, the courts at the highest level have not found that Secretary Mayorkas is violating the law. Courts are where we go to determine whether a Cabinet Secretary is following the law Congress wrote…
90 percent of fentanyl seized is interdicted at ports of entry, mostly in passenger vehicles driven by U.S. citizens and lawful residents, not migrants. If we invest in our ports of entry instead of pursuing this sham impeachment, we can…
Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green denied Secretary Mayorkas the ability to testify during the committee's sham impeachment ``investigation.'' Secretary Mayorkas, however, wrote the Chairman to set the record straight. I…
The definition of ``operational control'' in the Secure Fence Act of 2006 has never been achieved under any administration, including the Trump administration. This is not grounds for impeachment. Madam Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the…
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.
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.
Secretary Mayorkas has not committed 'Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors'--the United States Constitution's standard; for an impeachment.
I am furnishing you with a demand for a Minority day hearing on this subject signed by all the Democratic Members of this committee.
It is clear from my earlier parliamentary inquiries that the Chairman has not established any due process or procedure for this sham of an impeachment.
We can't have a conversation with a Presidential candidate, a former President, who thinks immigrants are poisoning the blood of our Nation.
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.
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.





