alejandro mayorkas said if you don't qualify for for asylum you will be released. i.c.e. looking for them. only 5% of total i.c.e. removals the last year was somebody that entered the country illegally was ordered removes. i.c.e. isn't looking for them. they're here to stay. under the trump administration, those people with orders were sought out and they're going to be deported. >> there will be changes. we're talking about policies and articles of impeachment. there's also a human element to the crisis, the victims. there's a woman i spoke to whose 20-year-old daughter was raped and strangled to death by a known gang member, a known member of ms-13. the 20-year-old didn't know him at all. complete victim and her mother is beside herself. her name is tammy nobels. take a listen to what she had to say. >> everyone down at homeland security, department of health and human services, didn't do their jobs. if they would have done their job, and properly vetted and checked her murderer, my daughter would still be alive today. he wouldn't have been allowed to go from techs the

it is titled alejandro mayorkas ' failures are not appeared in beast. unanimous consent. >> so ordered. >> to include in the record, impeachment, by raoul berger, and the founder of the constitutional regionalism that inspired supreme court justice anthony scalia, explaining that the term high crimes and misdemeanors is a limited phrase and it was not intended to be used by these purposes. >> ms. green? >> i ask unanimous consent to enter from the u.s. dertment of homeland security, april 30th, 2021, dhs announced steps to protect communities from wall construction. >> so ordered. what purpose? >> i need unanimous consent to include an article published by norman eiseman, former impeachment counsel for the house judiciary committee, and others. house republicans have spent months searching unsuccessfully for a smoking gun in the joe biden impeachment investigation, instead of admitting failure. they are now going to another target in their frenzy to impeach anyone, no matter how baselessly homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas is being charged.

house republicans release articles of impeach mment again alejandro mayorkas. follow the law and one house member says he thinks they have the votes. >> i think it will pass. proof in the pudding, alejandro mayorkas perjured himself, he is putting americans in danger. opioid deaths have doubled and that is hundreds of thousands of american lives temperature issure constitutional duty. >> kayleigh: tony gonzalez joins us now. i'm curious if you agree with congressman fallon, you think you have the votes. good morning, yes, enough is enough. we came up short in november. i suspect we will pass articles of impeachment. it will be along partisan lines, but we've had 300 people on the terrorist watch list come over. people want this to end and we want to hold the administration responsible. what is the point? it is time for republicans to do something. i get it, we have a small majority in the house, it is time to hold the administration accountable. >> kayleigh: what would you say to the critic whos this has not been done since 1876, what do you say? >> my thought p

secretary alejandro mayorkas continued writing, i assure you that falls accusations do not rattle me and do not divert me from broader public service to which i will remain devoted. this is the first time the secretary has responded to chairman greene about the impeachment effort. and homeland security republicans have engaged in a heated back and forth over the scheduling of in-person testimonies. we will continue to watch, as members of the committee arrived. a little bit about the homeland security committee. mark greene, of tennessee, is the chair. representative betty thompson is a ranking member. the committee is doing a markup of the impeachment articles against homeland security sick tech very -- line and debate the measure. this is a key the staff takes for the bill to advance to the house floor. at the end of today's meeting which could last well into the night, lawmakers are expected to vote on whether to send the impeachment articles to the full house. the markup is expected to start in just a few minutes. live coverage here on c-span three.

if we moved secretary alejandro mayorkas, secretary alejandro mayorkas, but a democratic member in thatt. we know that. i'm here for this reason. i'm sending a message that my people can no longer take it. we are dying by the droves every year. they have to look at them every single day. this is through another port of entry. this individual is not. that is his problem. period. these atrocities that we are seeing, you can't explain 40 million people that have been explained to be enslaved on the planet. 40 million. americans are losing up top if that follows. if you ask her that come from, that is the southern border. that is the responsibility of the secretary. it says that he has failed to conduct his job the past few years. we need somebody else. i have chatted secretary alejandro mayorkas up grade going to be crucified going back home to say that. i bet he would disagree that slavery, fentanyl deaths, and trafficking is horrible. they were looking at every single one of them. they lost the mother and daughter to a fatality. kill them both. she was in the emergency room while her dau

and that is precisely what alejandro mayorkas has been doing, all of this time. secretary mayorkas has indeed defined, first, the court of the united states of america. of course the states were fighting for the the states are fighting for the safety of their citizens, the security of our borders, and his subversion is a way get around the laws of the united states. he's been ordered to desist and he does not. he has been ordered to reinstate texaco, he has not. he has come to this congress and giving testimony before us that was demonstrably false, stating our border was secure, stating that he had operational control of the border would in fact, every person in this room , and i dare say, the vast majority of america, knows that is not the truth. he has misled this committee, he has misled the american people. this process, this committee's process and consideration of this day has been methodical, it has been serious, it has been thoughtful. we have heard from the men and women of local law enforcement and have heard the catastrophic and tragic effects of their

the chairman of the homeland security committee if he believes he has the votes to impeach alejandro mayorkas and he said there will be the votes to impeach mayorkas in the weeks ahead. >>> how much is hunter biden a political liability for the 2024 election? >>> and sharp words about the president from an influential voice who has endorsed joe biden in 2020, what is he saying now? a response from the biden campaign. >>> we are back with our 2024 lead as president biden looks to show voters why he should be reelected and influential voice who endorsed him in 2020 is not 100% on board radio host charlamagne the god, he explained it in blunt terms. >> president biden has been an elected official but donald trump has into democracy. >> you would vote for joe biden again? >> i am not saying either work. >> let's bring in cochair of the reelection campaign and a senior advisor for the democratic national committee, thank you so much for coming on congressman richmond say what you want about charlamagne the god , expressing how many voters feel and he also said democrats struggle with messaging and

if we moved secretary alejandro mayorkas, secretary alejandro mayorkas, but a democratic member in that spot. we know that. i'm here for this reason. i'm sending a message that my people can no longer take it. we are dying by the droves every year. they have to look at them every single day. this is through another port of entry. this individual is not. that is his problem. period. these atrocities that we are seeing, you can't explain 40 million people that have been explained to be enslaved on the planet. 40 million. americans are losing up top if that follows. if you ask her that come from, that is the southern border. that is the responsibility of the secretary. it says that he has failed to conduct his job the past few years. we need somebody else. i have chatted secretary alejandro mayorkas up grade going to be crucified going back home to say that. i bet he would disagree that slavery, fentanyl deaths, and trafficking is horrible. they were looking at every single one of them. they lost the mother and daughter to a fatality. kill them both. she was in the emergency room while her

the target is the homeland security alejandro mayorkas. they are working right now and frankly expected to keep working well past midnight. they're making the claim that he's committed high crimes and misde misdemeanors. what they're not working on is stopping people from coming over the u.s. southern border. they could be meeting to discuss the bipartisan bill negotiating by gop senators, a bill that republicans and democrats say would be the strictest bill in decades. why are they not doing that? because trump said it would be a gift to the radical left democrats. so trump's lemmings are getting in line. >> i heard speaker johnson saying it's absolutely dead, which is what i wanted to hear. >> it's a nonstarter as the speaker said. >> it's not going anywhere. >> it's not going anywhere, but they're drafting an impeachment resolution. one person who really summarizes it well, the issue here, is the former republican homeland security secretary. he writes, house republicans are ducking hard-fought compromise. republicans in the house shoul

security republicans approved two articles of impeachment against homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkaster midnight wednesday, sending the vote to the house floor. finish if the historic vote succeeds, mayorkas would be the first cabinet member to be impeached sinceca 1876. for years conservatives have been gunningce to impeach mayors as the border has become the number onech issue for the republican party. democrats stonewalled and insisted that republicans had failed to provide evidence of the constitutional standardin of high crimes and misdemeanors. the articles passed out of committee along party lines. let's take a look at what congressman mark green said, he's the chair of the homeland security committee, and he openedse yesterday's meeting arguing that secretary mayorkas hasn'' lived up to his oath of >> this is not about policy differences at all. we certainly object to success secretary -- secretary mayorkas' policies, but this goes far deeper. according to the committee investigating iran contra, quote, government officials must observe the law even when they disagree with it

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>>> republicans unveiled plans to impeach president biden's secretary of homeland security alejandro mayorkas they argue mayorkas has failed to protect the southern border. it comes as president biden said he is willing to take his most drastic measures yet to change what's happening at the border ali rafah reports from the white house. >> tonight secretary alejandro mayorkas in house republicans' crosshairs over the historic surge of mike rants over the u.s.-mexico border the house homeland security committee releasing articles of impeachment against mayorkas charging him with refusing to uphold the law and breaking public trust. the white house calls unconstitutional as soon as tuesday. >> breach of the public trust is sufficient to impeach and you know, i think it's important that we respond to the american people. >> but at the same time after weeks of closed-door talks a bipartisan deal in the senate that mayorkas helped to negotiate is finalized, but not yet released president biden in a stark shift from his early days in office embracing tougher border measures to lock in a deal with r

that's what alejandro mayorkas has done.lated the immigration and nationality act of seven, eight times over. these articles spell that out in specificity. for instance, let me read you an exact quote mayorkas said under oath to congress that the border was no less secure than it was previously. now, if that's true, let's look at the numbers, in the last two administrations obama and trump, at this point in their presidencies, three years deep, they had about 1.6 million illegal encounters. joe biden has 8.5 million. that's not just about like it was before. we have never had a month that we had over 200,000 illegals border crossings. we had 20 under joe biden. and i mean the list goes on and on. i could take up the whole program telling you how much chaos is on the border. it needs to end. >> brian: you know what is so interesting tom homan worked with him he said he knows better. you can't just say is he incompetent. he said this has to be intentional. do you feel the same way? >> 100 percent. this is a willful and systema

ilia: representantes republicanos aceleraron su plan de someter a juicio a alejandro mayorkas, secretariojorge: lo acusan de negligencia por no proteger la frontera con mÉxico, y si lo logran, serÍa la primera vez en aÑos en que se impugna un miembro del gabinete presidencial. mayorkas hoy le dio al congreso o miles de documentos, calificÓ de falsas las acusaciones de los republicanos. claudia: claudia: con acalorados discursos los republicanos de la cÁmara baja estÁ cada vez mÁs cerca de hacer un juicio polÍtico para tratar de destituir a un funcionario del gabinete. explican, no podemos permitir que este hombre se quede en el poder, dijo este republicano por la crisis fronteriza. antes de un voto clave los republicanos del comitÉ presentaron dos artÍculos para hacerle un juicio polÍtico a alejandro mayorkas, lo acusan de negarse a cumplir la ley de quebrantar la confianza pÚblica. >> mÁs de 150,000 personas han muerto. claudia: sÓlo una vez en la historia del paÍs un miembro del gabinete fue destituido, el secretario de guerra que fue echado por corrupciÓn. >> mayorkas no es el culpable

remember, when they do go after alejandro mayorkas for these misdemeanors, all mayorkas is doing is executing president biden's policies. that is his job. he is not making these policies. he's not accused of any type of additional activities. he is simply carrying out the policies as a cabinet member of the president pointed him. >> we don't, halftime but that is a chilling or mind there -- that could be next. thank you for the analysis. thank you for -- >> thank you for the insight. >> always good to see. just an empty very, quickly thank you for joining us right now. the u.s. house security committee has voted to bring articles of impeachment forward, a vote on the house floor against the secretary of homeland security. i will continue to follow the story, obviously that's not done yet. the source with kaitlan collins resumes after this break for international viewers who are back in just a moment. stay with, us you're watching cnn. in san francisco, two people a day are dying from fentanyl. this is a national crisis that demands new strategies. prop f requires single adults receiving cash

republicans are calling to impeach homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas . ere is why their case is bunk. explains why and i quote, "there is no case for impeaching secretary mayorkas." >> i yield time to mr. ivey. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> with respect to the reach of public trust article, and the articles of impeachment, this one refers to as. who is the predecessor for mr. mayorkas. i suppose by the standard that the committee is talking about now, he could've been impeached. he was not able to stop everybody else crossing the border either. but he points out since mr. mayorkas has lost the majority of migrants encountered at the border, removed, returned, or expelled, the fact that 42 policy was last may, dhs removed and returned to itself. any type in the past 10 years. the truth is that our national immigration system is outdated and dhs has been under both parties has done their best to manage our immigration system. it is about adequate congressional support. he goes on to say that he does not agree with every policy that's made by the biden admi

alejandro mayorkas is a useless idiot, you could remove him, it doesn't matter because another mayorkasill be put in there as long as joe biden is president and wall construction is not restarted and remade in mexico is not reinstated and catch and release is not eliminated, this probable continue forever. my question for jason, do they have the numbers to remove mayorkas or is it impeachment and a while we could actually get them out of there. >> i'm worried talking about my house colleague that they don't, republicans can only give up three votes or so. they don't necessarily have the numbers to actually impeach them, should they go through the process, yes, the law says if somebody comes in between the ports of entry, they shall be detained and deported but that is a catch and release go with on now a violation of the law and it's being done en masse. the impeachment says 45000 unaccompanied minors but i heard other numbers as high as 85000 imagine that, these are kids six, seven, eight, ten years old that are released and they don't know where they are, why is there no outrage, dona

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much work to do and we are very focused on doing it.>> in an email obtained, dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas was privately alerted by dhs the fairness -- authorities that the whipping wasn't true but at a press conference hours later, mayorkas didn't stop or dispute the narrative.>> this is just a taste of secretary mayorkas's misconduct, but i want to close that reminding everyone, we are here today not only to hold them accountable but because of the more than 200 house democrats voted on november 13th two referred articles of impeachment to our committee. we are now acting in a bipartisan way, i suppose, in taking up those very articles. and i want to make it clear to the american people. secretary mayorkas's refusal to follow the law is sufficient grounds for impeachment proceedings, the constitutional history is overwhelmingly clear on this subject the founders designed impeachment not just to remove officials engaged in criminal behavior but those guilty of such gross incompetence that their conduct had endangered their fellow americans, the trade the public trust or represented a negl

alejandro mayorkas joins me now. mr.ort." >> thank you very much for having me. bret. >> bret: i want to deal with some numbers off the top very quickly and get to the substance of some of these charges and what you are talking about on the border. obviously president biden has just completed third year in office. how many illegal immigrants has dhs released into the country from the border in that time? >> bret, let me correct a misunderstanding. when we -- when somebody enters the country, we place them in immigration enforcement proceedings pursuant to immigration law. and if their claim for relief -- their claim to remain in the united states succeeds, then, by law, they are able to stay here. and if it doesn't. >> bret: you should have. >> doesn't succeed we remove them. >> bret: you should have a un. in just ballpark. it is it more than 500,000? more than 1 million? 2 million? >> bret, it's more than -- it's well more than a million per year and it is precisely why we have said since day one of this administration

." >> the yeas have it -- >>> break overnight, house republicans move toward impeaching alejandro mayorkas. a rare charge against a cabinet official unseen in nearly 150 years. >>> first, ready to retaliate. president biden says he's decided on how the u.s. will respond to that drone attack that killed three american soldiers. >>> good morning, and good to be with you. i'm anne-marie green. it is only a matter of time before the u.s. strikes back against the deadly drone attack in jordan. president biden says that he's already made up his mind on how to respond. the u.s. is also beefing up air defenses at the outposts. cbs' jarred hill is joining us here in new york with the latest on all of this. >> good morning. we're learning more about the lack of security and defense % capabilities at that outpost prior to the attack, as well as some of the changes being made now as president biden prepares to respond. president biden says he's made up his mind on how to retaliate after a drone attack killed three american soldiers in jordan on sunday. [ inaudible ] >> yes. >> mr. president? >> have y

republicans have failed to make a constitutionally viable case to impeach secretary alejandro mayorkasa dedicated public servant. the sham impeachment of secretary mayorkas is a baseless political stunt, chairman green, representative margaret tailor greene and others have pushed for and even fundraised based on this the preplanned, predetermined escapeget goatings akin to throwing spaghetti at the wall and seeing what stick. republicans have cooked up big unprecented grounds to impeach secretary mayorkas refusal to follow the law and breach of public trust. neither of the impeachment charges the committee will consider today of high crime a misdemeanor of article 2 the of the constitution. refusal to follow the law administration was deliberately rejected by the framers as grounds for impeachment and no official in american history has ever been convicted after impeachment for refusal to follow the law. these disputes are settled in the court system, not through impeachment. apparently republicans are upset they lost in court and are trying to relitigate the cases through impeachment.

house republicans move forward with impeachment of alejandro mayorkas. there will be two articles impeachment laid out by the committee set to be marked up this week. first will focus on accusations that secretary alejandro mayorkas refused to comply with the law and breached public trust making false statements and obstructed oversight of homeland security. we will speak with the gop lead negotiator on the border oklahoma senator lankford and florida republican senator rick scott who is opposed of the deal so far. we turn to matt finn as the stand off with text and the government heats up. hello, matt. >> hello, shannon, this is the hottest spot on the southern border. last month up to 4000 migrants per day were crossing here. text got so fed up it kicked out the biden administration and took the border battle into its own hands. text is not giving into the biden administration demand it allow u.s. border patrol back into she, lby park. ken paxton is asking the biden administration to prove it has ownership over the park, text insists it has constitutio

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can republicans prove that alejandro mayorkas committed high crimes and misdemeanors? >>> and growing pressure on president biden to respond after a drone attack killed three american troops. and there are new questions about how that drone was able to evade u.s. defenses. >>> also ahead, could donald trump get booted from another state's ballot? elections officials in illinois are meeting this hour just days ahead of a high stakes supreme court hearing. >>> and later, is sci-fi becoming reality? elon musk now claiming the first neuralink implant into a human brain. >>> thanks for being here. it is 10:00 eastern. i'm ana cabrera reporting from new york. let's get to the breaking news on capitol hill, where this morning the house homeland security committee is trying to do something that hasn't been done in more than 150 years. impeach a sitting cabinet secretary. republicans alleging high crimes and misdemeanors by dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas, claiming he, quote, willfully and systematically refused to comply with federal immigration laws. allegations the secretar

those body bags are the fault of alejandro mayorkas and joe biden and kamala harris. e house for doing the right thing. it needs to be done. this needs to stop. >> martha: so here's what mayorkas said in his own behalf on monday at the border. watch this. >> we need congress to provide the supplemental funding that president biden requested months ago. some have accused dhs of not enforcing our nation's laws. this could not be further from the truth. >> martha: i mean, he's clearly, senator, carrying out the policy of the white house. they are everything that they do and discuss as solutions is that they need faster processing power essentially to get people across the border. they don't talk a lot about doing that safely or humanely. they talk about making sure that they can increase processing power, right? >> that's right. let's be clear. this is the policy of joe biden. this is the policy of kamala harris. this is the policy of every democrat in the senate and the house. they support open borders because they look at 9.6 million illegal immigrants and they see them

whatever shortcomings thate alejandro mayorkas may have, he works for joe biden.nd not the puppet master?ter? if alejandro mayorkas is doingh what biden tells him to do. >> it is a great question and this will be the first cabinet member consider for impeachment since mid-1800s. the founders set the bar high,r high crimes and misdemeanors, ws know he is derelict in his duty and we all know he advocated tho responsibility.from it is coming from the top, president biden. in this case, he has charged in post-9/11 world with securing our homeland. he has utterly failed toha do that. now, it is our job to proved based on the founders very high bar and very high standard that he is actually committedic impeachable offenses, which i believe he has. >> trey: august pfluger from the great state of texas, i hops you will come back because the,e border issue is not going away until now and november butay b thank you for your service to s our country and uniform. >>>> trey, thank you for having me. >> trey: thank you for spending part of your sunday with us.odcast. good night

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first of what is likely to be a series of hearings considering impeachment for dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas. what's this all about? >> reporter: yeah. so this comes as republicans have really put a renewed focus on impeaching mayorkas. this comes as the border has become a defining issue. it's created a lot of momentum inside the gop, particularly among moderate members in swing districts who see his as a defaming campaign issue. there's been a lot of pressure from the flank as their biden impeachment inquiry has floundered. listen to what marjorie taylor greene had to say to manu raju >> i was furious it took this long. i forced a vote on the house floor, but i am encouraged we're finally doing it on our committee. but i do have concerns. our majority is now down to numbers that make it impossible to lose a single vote. >> reporter: now, i talked to the chairman of the homeland committee mark green over the weekend, and he said in terms of what to expect from today's hearing, it's not going to be any new evidence. it's going to be a relash of an investigation he conducted over problems at

let's talk hall alejandro mayorkas. steve has a very special guest about that. ood day for mayorkas, i don't think, steve. >> steve: probably not. brian, thank you very much. house republicans releasing articles of impeachment over the weekend against homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas as illegal encounters as we all know have hit record highs. republican leaders say mayorkas refused to follow the law and breached the public's trust. two counts against him it. next guest, somebody you know and love says while mayorkas has been dishonest his actions do not rise to the threshold of impeachment. who am i talking about? we know and love? it's george washington university law professor jonathan turley. jonathan, good morning to you. >> thank you, steve. >> steve: okay. we know over the last, unfortunately, number of years, impeachment is for treason or bribery or high crimes and misdemeanors. does mr. mayorkas -- has he done any of those things yet? >> well, i don't think they have established any of those bases for impeachment. the fact is impeachment is

accusing alejandro mayorkas of violating u.s. law by allowing millions of migrants to illegally enter the u.s. >>> president biden changes course, now saying he'll shut down the border when necessary. if congress votes to give him that power. it comes as texas officials defy the white house and threaten to put up more razor wire despite the supreme court's ruling. >>> trump and biden shift their focus to the general election in what is described as the longest presidential campaign ever, as nikki haley resists calls to drop out of the race. >> shocking new video of the moment a 10-year-old boy was bitten by a shark while vacations in the bahamas. >> the hunt for suspects after a statue of jackie robinson was stolen, sawed off at the ankles. >> climate protesters target the mona lisa. hurlb soup at one of the world's most famous paintings. >>> and america strong tonight, a customer's simple question at a coffee shop and the unexpected response that changed two lives forever. >> announcer: from abc news world headquarters in new yo

house republicans moving to possibly impeach alejandro mayorkas over the border. negotiators in the senate say they're making progress toward landing on a deal that includes doing more border security. do you think in the end the deal is going to be good enough for democrats? setting aside mayorkas for a second. >> i'm not exactly sure where they are. but let's remember that the president offered a deal to dramatically increase border security last october. my friends across the aisle refused to put it on the floor. i think there's room for these discussions and good compromise. if there's no good faith, it won't get done. >> do you think alejandro mayorkas has done a good job when it comes to managing the crisis at the border, congressman? >> extraordinarily difficult time. i think he's done the best he can. he needs a lot more resources. let's remember the system was dismantled under the previous administration. we need those hearing officers, we need hire border security. we need to put the system in place. and by the way, we need to pass compr comprehensin-- c

the truth is, secretary alejandro mayorkas has disregarded court orders. laws passed by the united states congress. and he has lied to the american people. who wants a secretary who can just disregard the fundamental pillars of the constitution? we cannot tolerate that, whether they are republican or democrat. that is what we got out of our hearing last week. today, we are here to examine the impact of those actions on the american people and launch into the substance and human cost of secretary alejandro mayorkas ' open border policies. as a result, no american is safe. there is a fentanyl epidemic sweeping this nation, roughly 150,000 americans died from fentanyl poisoning in 2021 and 2022. that is more than the number of u.s. combat deaths in world war i and the vietnam war, combined. fentanyl is ripping apart families and destroying our communities. over 50% of this poison is being smuggled from mexico into arizona, before it is dispersed throughout the united states. the grand canyon state is on the front lines of this crisis, which is why we have had

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it's obvious what's happening on the border is a crisis in a disaster of joe biden and alejandro mayorkasut look, you're talking about the democrats, i'm wondering about the republicans the last time we had an effort to impeach report under mayorkas a republicans voted against him and united on this in the party? >> is it we are we want process, you just can't have impeachment of an individual without giving them due process and were giving him the due process that he deserves every american deserves. we can hear the testimony and take a vote. am pretty sure the boat coming out of our committee will be that this gentleman needs to be impeached. again we need to give him a shot. maria: once he comes out of committee, then what happens? >> it goes to the house floor and then they'll be a vote on the impeachment of alejandro mayorkas. i believe at the end he will be found guilty by us and he will be impeached and this goes on to the senate to see if they convict him of high crimes and misdemeanors. i believe that i've said it all along this is on purpose there violating the law every single

alejandro nicolás mayorkas, secretario de homeland security, la mayoría republicana en la cámara bajaa migratoria que ha abrumado la frontera sur y los recursos del gobierno durante el mandato de joe biden, unlawful behavior of administration and los republicanos insisten que no hay más opción que un juicio político contra mayorkas la política de él y el presidente biden crearon este caos y este caos sigue por la política que está violando la ley mayorkas, el primer latino en liderar la agencia es acusado de rehusarse a cumplir la ley migratoria de una manera deliberada y sistémica y de abusar de la confianza pública al superfest haber hecho declaraciones falsas , los demócratas, por su parte, aseguran que se trata de un esfuerzo político sin fundamento y dicen que es una farsa por parte de los republicanos. >> durante un año electoral. >> es todo mentira. hipocresía lo que estamos haciendo en este momento es gastando el tiempo y el dinero que la gente paga en impuestos para tenernos en esta audiencia. en vez de solución. >> mallorcas, por su parte, arremetió contra el proceso en una

. >> han sido horas de fuego cruzado sobre seguridad alejandro mayorkas, aqui en los republicanos buscanr. >> es un simulacro de juicio, una patrana impulsada por los extremistas maga al servicio de donald trump insistieron los democratas. >> no podemos permitir que este hombre siga en su cargo, dijo el lider republicano del comite. >> las acusaciones contra el secretario de seguridad nacional, son negarse deliberadamente a cumplir la ley y haber violado la confianza del publico. >> mas de 150.000 americanos se han muerto por los logros tambien estan enriqueciendo los carteles de mexico antes estaban ganando 500 millones de dolares a la ahora estan ganando 1.000 cada mes por el trafico humano. >> esto es una crisis y esto es a proposito. >> el ha hecho su trabajo lo mejor que ha podido, esta crisis empezo cuando trump era presidente, pero le van a echar a el la culpa ¿por que? >> porque son las elecciones. >> esta es un ano de elecciones. >> mallorca madrugo a defenderse en esta carta de 11 paginas, insistiendo que bajo su cargo, el gobierno biden ha deportado, regresado o expulsado a ma

listen to how they're messaging this move towards impeaching alejandro mayorkas. good of virginia. >> this is persistent. it's consistent and written by this administration. we've got to take control of our border. we shouldn't be funding the biden administration's prerogatives until they start taking care of making our borders secure. >> it's slow tonight compared to how it's been over the recent weeks because they knew that members of congress, republican members of congress were coming here. >> that was andy biggs you heard from first and then bob good of virginia. they're parroting what you saw from the speaker in terms of the biden administration controlling the flow because they believe that the house republicans were going to be there along the border. but they really do lay a lot of this blame at the feet of alejandro mayorkas, and that's why they're going through with this. in many ways this became a situation where the speaker, mike johnson was almost forced to take this step, the conservative flank of his party was insistent upon it, and that's why it w

against dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas. they are accusing him of willful and stemmatic refusal to comply with the law, and two, breach of public trust, georgia congresswoman mornin marjorie taylor greene leading the charge, what will happen? votes tomorrow, it is a vote or inquiry? how does that negotiation with white house muddle up the ma mayorkas story. >> thank you, larry, tomorrow on our homeland security committee we'll actually be marking up articles of impeachment that were referred to my committee in hocke homeland after i forced a floor vote in november, this something that have been pushing and working on for a long time this is what american people want to see happen, and coupling it fact that we have federal government pitted again state of texas and 25 republican governors standing with texas. this unprecedented border invasion, brought on by secretary mayorkas. and his willful, willingness to basically break federal immigration law, can't come soon enough. i'm proud republicans will be voting, yes tomorrow om

. >> homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas so that it is working. >> they reported a decrease in numbers to start the new year, but even the administration is not optimistic that it will last. >> republicans say that they will not give president biden what he wants, more aid for israel's war against hamas and for ukraine to fight against russian aggression without major policy changes. >> it is important that they don't fall for the white house and border security trap, and only will agree to true border security measures that stops the flow. >> congress facing crisis at her own border, and overseas. >> reporter: some republicans are threatening to let the federal government shut down unless there are significant changes made at the southern border. republicans also announced that the house will start impeachment proceedings against comment security leader, alejandro mayorkas. in washington, brie jackson. nbc news. >>> some upcoming news on the gop debate. it looks like there will only be two candidates. it will be next wednesday in iowa. to qualify, candidates must receive 10

is obviously what is the administration willing to do and listening to alejandro mayorkas, not much, they are blaming republicans they say it's republicans fault that they're not getting the funding that they need. how does this play into the beginning of the impeachment proceedings with mayorkas. >> i think it goes to what he has done if you asked the shares on the border and ranchers and farmers and families, every single person to a t says the border has never been more unsecure and four years ago it was insecure instead had ever been. this lays directly at the feet of secretary mayorkas and if you look at a congressional hearing that he appears he dodges the questions and he does not answer any likes to play the other guy. at the end of the day the stats do not backup what he saying this is his feet in his direction because of this a administration they have every single tool right now to secure the border, they just won't. cheryl: even though you have on the democratic side you have mayors whether it is new york or chicago they are saying they're being crushed, fiscally crushed b