Graham, Cruz tell Mayorkas he's on notice for possible impeachment over border crisis
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Via: vic-eldred • 2 years ago • 87 commentsBy: Brianna Herlihy (Fox News)
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EXCLUSIVE: GOP Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Ted Cruz, R-Texas, joined forces to send a message to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas that they have "grounds for impeachment" if he fails to act swiftly in correcting his "gross dereliction of duty" at the southern border.
In a letter to Mayorkas on Tuesday evening exclusively obtained by Fox News Digital, the senators compiled data produced by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) that show that the crisis at the southern border has deteriorated since Mayorkas took office 19 months ago.
"This is gross dereliction of duty and, if not corrected swiftly, could provide grounds for impeachment," the senators wrote.
"Your failure to faithfully enforce this nation's immigration laws and willful blindness to the very real humanitarian crisis at our southern border amounts to a gross dereliction of duty and a violation of your oath of office," the senators wrote.
"Despite the heroic efforts by the men and women of Border Patrol, who operate with very little support from Washington, D.C., you have failed to achieve any semblance of operational control of the southern border," they continued.
According to CBP, there have been "over 4.4 million illegal crossings, including over 3.5 million apprehensions by CBP and at least 900,000 gotaways, who evaded apprehension."
In addition to the record-high border crossings and migrant encounters, the senators charge Mayorkas with enabling a drug production and smuggling enterprise by Mexican cartels with China-supplied drug ingredients that directly contributed to the "fentanyl-fueled" opioid pandemic that killed 108,000 Americans last year.
Fentanyl, which has become the leading cause of death of Americans ages 18 to 45, is "streaming across our southern border," the senators wrote, noting that just last month 2,287 pounds of fentanyl were seized by CBP agents — enough to kill more than 500 million people.
"Drug cartels produce bulk amounts of fentanyl in Mexico, using the Chinese-supplied ingredients, and smuggle the drug across the U.S.-Mexico border," the senators explained in their letter. "This amounts to a multi-billion dollar business for transnational criminal organizations, who then launder the money out of the United States and back into China."
"This lucrative illicit enterprise continues to thrive—while Americans die—all because DHS has ceded control of our southern border to the cartels for political gain," they continued.
The senators also warned that the "chaos" at the southern border "presents a prime opportunity for terrorists to enter the United States undetected," especially following the "disastrous withdrawal" of U.S. troops from Afghanistan last year, noting that border patrol agents have apprehended at "least 78 individuals on the Terrorist Screening Database" so far in fiscal year 2022 — more than twice as many apprehended in the past five fiscal years combined.
"It is a near certainty that terrorists have already entered the United States undetected, taking advantage of the lenient border policies you have put into place," the senators wrote. "It is only a matter of time until we will see an attack on American soil from such terrorists."
Both Graham and Cruz, who serve on the Senate Judiciary Committee, prior to this letter have implored Mayorkas and the White House numerous times to make changes and address the border crisis.
Collectively, the Republican senators have visited the border six times in the last two years. Neither President Joe Biden nor "border czar" Vice President Kamala Harris have visited the border since taking office, the senators noted in their letter.
"You have stated multiple times that "the border is secure" even as the crisis rages on," the senators wrote.
"Vice President Harris apparently shares this same delusion. Perhaps if she or President Biden would visit the southern border and actually see the unending surge of illegal immigration, illicit drugs and human suffering, the White House would feel differently," they state.
The White House has repeatedly denied claims of a crisis at the southern border.
Most recently, Harris twice declared that the U.S. southern border is "secure" during an interview last month, despite a record number of migrants crossing into the country.
"We fully expect that in a few months' time a Republican-led Congress will hold you to account for your willful negligence regarding the security of the southern border and the safety of the American people," the senators conclude.
DHS did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment on the letter.
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Mayorkas needs more than impeachment. He needs to be prosecuted for treason.
Donald Trump is off topic
He'll have to get in line behind all the "patriots" and GOP whack jobs I can think of off the top of my head.
The only one he need get in line behind is your brain dead president: the empty vessel used by the left to let the entire third world enter the US.
Every single one of those people is a traitor.
The article is about the open border.
As someone famous would say "you're deflecting."
Why are you silent about the Democrats who did the same thing with the 2016 election?
The same border that has been "open" for over 50 years?
About the same "crisis" of immigrants and asylum seekers that the US has had for over 50 years?
I think that Congress needs to get it together and compromise on a comprehensive immigration reform legislation. There was a framework agreed to in principle during the Obama years
Holy Crap ! Lindsey Graham , now calling for impeachments over immigration, was one of the leaders of the 2013 movement to enact immigration reform laws. Dont see his traitorous ass saying that anymore. Why? Because he believes MAGA can use the issue of "border crisis" to retake the Congress.
Not quite. Didn't we recently have asylum seekers wait in Mexico?
Didn't we recently start constructing a border wall?
Sorry Ozzwald, it what it is and it's open borders as a policy!
Vic, you are the one who brought up "treason" . The DHS secretary needs to get in line behind all the traitors your party has running for election in a few weeks.
Yes they are. EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.
I would also add scumbag to them being traitors.
Not as an open ended net. We are talking about Mayorkas and the let's open border policy, not your pet issue.
Under pandemic emergency rules. I suppose we could go back to closing schools and public venues, but that seems extreme just to keep immigrants out.
So, not really a problem just a political talking point during an election year. Thanks for clearing that up!
Nope. It wasn't about the pandemic. Biden fought it even after a judge ordered him to keep it in effect. They want those people in this country.
The left did this to us.
Here's what voter polls show:
BINGO!
Democrats are still ignoring this very important part that needs to happen before any immigration reform can even be started. We all know the border will never be secured under their watch.
They want continuous never ending amnesty for all illegals. Wash, rinse, and repeat every 10 to 20 years as more illegals enter the country.
Yeah, no.
The Mayors of Washington DC, NYC, Chicago and Martha's Vineyard disagree with your assessment.
Not true.
Ahhh... There was Title 42
You are talking about the remain in Mexico policy which 5 of 9 Supreme Court justices agreed with the Biden Administration. Again it's a policy point. YOU don't have to like it, but it's NOT a crime nor rises to treason. Stop with the bullshit partisan drama.
Which proves my point this is all about politics and NOT about treason or crisis. If it truly is a crisis then ONLY Congress can solve it and Cruz and Graham better get off their soapboxes and start legislating.
Fuck the mayor of DC, Chicago and Martha's Vineyard. I don't give a rat's ass about their political stances. They don't effect me one iota.
Good luck with that.
Yeah... OK.
You really twisted things didn't you? You said the border was always open. I proved it wasn't.
The open border is intentional and neither you nor anyone here can deny it.
I know a couple of things for certain. The sun will come up tomorrow morning and Vic (and you) will continue to be hyper-partisans.
We already have laws. They need to be enforced. For instance, sanctuary cities are a nullification of the Constitution. Why haven't we prosecuted those mayors?
That's what they said in Russia in 1917.
And look what that got us. Illegals everywhere. Well, except for the sanctuary cities who just happened to pawn them off on somebody else.
You really are a hyper-partisan [Deleted aren't you?]
They are going to end up running everyone off and then be stuck slapping each other on the back, with no one to watch...
Yes, we do.
Enforcement is subject to interpretation of rules and budgeting.
False. This has been litigated in the highest courts of the land. Immigration law is the purview of the federal government NOT city and state. City and states MAY cooperate with feds, but they ARE NOT required to. Once AGAIN it's pollical not criminal.
Well I have to take a little offense at that. We have a serious crisis in this country and if it takes partisanship to fight it off then it takes partisanship. One of the great disappointments of the past seven years is that so many "non-partisans" have been so frigging apathetic about the threat that Trump and his MAGA cult have posed to our nation. Only one group of people have been trying to rid the country of this plague and it is the "partisan" Democrats.
I could quickly count all the "independents" that vigorously speak out against "MAGA". They are too busy complaining about "partisanship".
How is it even possible for you to simply ignore the data showing record surges at the border? How is it possible to suspend reality like that?
DC Mayor Muriel Bowser: "We're not a border town. We don't have an infrastructure to handle this type of and level of immigration to our city ... We're not Texas." She has declared this as a Public Health Emergency and a "humanitarian crises".
Mayor Eric Adams, "Anyone that doesn’t believe that this is not a strain on city resources, it’s just not true.”
The NY Legal Aid Society and the Coalition for the Homeless, advocacy groups appointed by a court to serve as watchdogs on the right-to-shelter law, said the Mayor's Randalls Island plan is a step in the wrong direction. “The flooding at Orchard Beach should serve as a canary in a coal mine, and the Adams administration must abandon this wrongheaded plan in favor of the actions we’ve been advocating for since the beginning of this crisis,” the groups said in a statement.
Migrants in Chicago were then bussed by Mayor Lightfoot out of the city and into neighboring suburbs and those mayors have complained that they received little to no notice that the migrants would be arriving.
Elk Grove Village Mayor Craig Johnson said that he received a call on Sept. 9 informing him that a "migrant bus" was being sent to his town that very same evening, but was provided with no further details. When Johnson he pressed for information, such as the number of migrants coming, what hotel they are being sent to, if they have gone through health screenings, or if they had gone through background checks, he got no answer.
Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, created an “urgent humanitarian situation” in Massachusetts, authorities said, by deporting about 50 undocumented migrants to Martha’s Vineyard with no apparent notice.
Wow.
Washington DC is a sanctuary city that doesn't want illegals.
New York is a Sanctuary city that doesn't want illegals.
Martha's Vineyard is a sanctuary city based on Massachusetts court ruling
And for some reason these sanctuary cities who said they would welcome illegals with open arms began crying when illegals arrived in their cities and some have shipped illegals out.
Looks like another failure on the part of the Democrats and the left.
Because Democrats' goal is really to grant amnesty to millions of illegal aliens. They will stop at nothing to achieve that goal.
Laws are for the commoners, not Democrats!
Asylum seekers are legal guests of this country. You are now wanting to block people who are "legally" seeking asylum?
Then what are you complaining about?
Then what is everyone in line for?
I admire your ability to ignore facts and reason regarding the border crisis.
Guess it is better for all if we ALL pretend there isn't a crisis.
Well, well, well, just take a gander at all of THESE lines!
You always do.
Partisanship makes you myopic and you don't seem to see that it's making things worse. After Biden's last speech complaining of the "MAGA" menace, right wing talk online of civil war spiked up 3000 percent.
EDIT: Fighting fire with fire burns everyone.
And they sure as hell aren't at a POE location. They are at the full tilt boogie OPEN part.
It is simply beyond comprehension how anyone who has paid the LEAST bit of attention to the border can pretend there isn't a crisis there.
Of course, those who can believe that crap also believe that Harris and Biden actually have a sensible plan and intend to DO something, too.
"Nope. It wasn't about the pandemic. Biden fought it even after a judge ordered him to keep it in effect. They want those people in this country.
The left did this to us."
Sterling examples of Democratic NIMBY-ism!
Notice that it's only a "crisis" when it is a hinderance to the Democrats?
I find it truly amazing that Democrats can pretend there is no crisis on the border, where thousands come across every day, and yet, 50 immigrants can cause a 'crisis' in a sanctuary state!
Thank you, but you are still the king in those regards.
Well, you have been pretending that there is a crisis since Biden took office, coming back to reality would be a step in the right direction. But remember, the road to recovery is baby steps.
Oh my GOD!!! You're right!!! Those 3 dozen brown people will lead to the destruction of our way of life. Next they will be promoting outright insurrection on the steps of the Capitol building.
The fact you can't even recognize a border crisis says more about you than it does me.
You may pretend it doesn't exist, but I and millions of others know better.
Notice that it's only a "crisis" when it is a Democratic President?
Gee, keep ignoring reality.
Let me guess--you are for open borders, mass amnesty, etc.?
Notice the uptick because of your dumbfuck Democratic President and his useless VP?
Haven't seen one yet.
And remarkably, those other millions are all Republicans.
it is probably pretty hard with the blinders on.
You and I both know I can quote Democrats saying it is a crisis.
That's usually due to the Democrat Presidents incompetence. If I recall the last Republican President the number of illegals crossing the border was down and the work to secure the border was being done.
You and I both know that you refuse to provide any evidence for any of your claims.
It's amazing how that works 1 week into the job.
Those that refuse to recognize the border crisis created by Biden and his administration have their heads buried in the sand just like those who created it and live nowhere on or near our Southern border. Whereas those of us who live here and see it with our own eyes every day in most certainly know better.
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Senator Mark Kelly
@SenMarkKelly
It’s a crisis — and our border communities cannot be the ones paying the price.
I just secured additional resources that'll help increase staffing at the border and provide more resources and technology to prevent drug trafficking and human smuggling.
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Katie Hobbs
@katiehobbs
Governor candidate, AZ
We need less talk and more action when it comes to securing the border. My highest priority is keeping Arizona communities safe which is why law enforcement like Sheriff Hathaway and Sheriff Nanos are backing my campaign\
Apparently Chicago isn't that much of a sanctuary city:
Thank you for proving my point.
yeah, usually i deal with people that are well read and better informed
You had a point?
Really?
Here ya go!
There is the evidence you couldn't seem to find on the internet.
Glad to be of service!
So, can I expect YOUR proof any time soon?
It is amazing. Day 1 of Biden's dumpster fire he halts construction of the border wall, and a week later here come all the illegals.
Slam dunk! I would not expect a coherent reply.
I really don't expect ANY reply.
When you prove someone wrong to their face, they can't exactly deny it.
Pray tell me why Democratic mayors have declared a crisis in their cities because they got a few immigrants bussed from the Southern border to them?
YOU claim there is NO crisis, and here they are PLAINLY and CLEARLY telling you there IS a crisis.
Do you just selectively choose what reality to live in based on comments here?
"Well I have to take a little offense at that. We have a serious crisis in this country and if it takes partisanship to fight it off then it takes partisanship. One of the great disappointments of the past seven years is that so many "non-partisans" have been so frigging apathetic about the threat that Trump and his MAGA cult have posed to our nation. Only one group of people have been trying to rid the country of this plague and it is the "partisan" Democrats.
I could quickly count all the "independents" that vigorously speak out against "MAGA". They are too busy complaining about "partisanship".
Agreed. It's tiresome. Endless. Nonsense.
Mayorkas is in charge, along with the VP.
Looks like neither one is doing their jobs.
This is all about Biden and Harris ignoring the border and pretending there is no crisis.
They have no plans beyond mass amnesty.
Which will only lead to yet more amnesty in the future.
And encourage yet more illegal immigration.
One would almost have to be willfully blind to not see this.
Actually. I believe there is one more step past mass amnesty. Step 2 is to significantly increase the left's increasingly sagging voter base.
Dream on!
It's not sagging. Increasingly or otherwise.
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