Political Quotes

“Today the House will vote again on two Articles of Impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. A lot of attention has been paid to the fact that the impeachment vote failed to pass the House last week due to a Republican being absent for health reasons. While I would have, of course, rather that it had passed, it did serve to highlight that House Republicans are largely in this fight to secure our national borders all by ourselves. House Democrats know that Secretary Mayorkas has intentionally failed to secure our borders, but most agree with President Biden's open- border policy, so not one single House Democrat joined with us to impeach Secretary Mayorkas. Essentially, they like the job he is doing or, should I say, not doing. The Immigration and Nationality Act requires that those who clearly do not meet the requirements for asylum be detained for removal. Yet, in 2021, Secretary Mayorkas wrote to ICE officials: ``The fact an individual is a removable noncitizen therefore should not alone be the basis of an enforcement action against them.'' The law says an alien who is deportable on certain criminal and terrorism-related grounds should be taken into custody. Again, Secretary Mayorkas wrote: ``Personnel should not rely on the fact of conviction . . . alone.'' Our laws say parole can only be granted on a case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit. That is far from what is happening.…”