Kevin McCarthy Warns Biden Administration of Impeachment Over Unsustainable Migrant Surge

During a trip to the southern border with fellow GOP members, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) warned that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas may face impeachment.

The border trip was intended to kick off a week in which Republicans want to capitalize on the issue to boost their midterm election chances and to put pressure on Mayorkas.

Kevin McCarthy Urges Joe Biden To Go, Witness Southern Border Situation

During the COVID-19 outbreak, the Trump administration and later the Biden administration used Title 42 to turn away migrants at the border. It gave both governments the power to deny asylum claimants a court hearing.

The Biden administration has been sued over the matter, although it has stated that Title 42 would be lifted on May 23. A federal court temporarily prevented the Biden administration from removing the prohibition later on Monday.

Republicans have attacked the administration over border security, while vulnerable Democrats in the House and Senate have chastised President Joe Biden for his decision. Impeachment of Mayorkas by the GOP-controlled House is far from certain.

To retake the majority, Republicans just need to pick up a few seats, and 30 House Republicans have signed on to an impeachment motion against Mayorkas, spearheaded by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.), according to The Hill.

According to House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, the migrant influx is "unsustainable," and it will become "overwhelming" if President Joe Biden's plan to repeal Title 42 is implemented, as per Fox News.

Court Blocks Biden on Lifting Title 42

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Biden administration from eliminating the pandemic health program known as Title 42 on May 23. The decision postpones what Homeland Security officials said would result in an unprecedented migrant influx to the US-Mexico border, and it is a huge victory for the three Republican states that filed the case in early April, which has now been joined by 18 other states.

The complaint was filed in the United States while the Western District of Louisiana is a federal district court. On Monday, Judge Robert Summerhays issued a temporary restraining order in the lawsuit, instructing the Department of Justice and the states to sort out the terms of the policy's continuation.

Even though Title 42 is still in place, National Border Patrol Council President Brandon Judd stated that the government had begun detaining some migrants from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras, indicating that it was not deporting them. The lawsuit was launched after the Biden administration announced in early April that the restriction would be lifted following 14 months of lobbying from immigration groups, who said the rule unfairly penalizes people seeking asylum.

The three states asserted that the White House's termination of Title 42 violates the Administrative Procedure Act's notice-and-comment obligations. Ending the regulation will encourage many more individuals to try to cross the border, worsening the current migrant problem that began shortly after President Joe Biden entered office, according to Republicans and some Democrats.

Polls reveal that the public is dissatisfied with the administration's handling of the border, prompting centrist Democrats and those running for reelection in November to move away from Biden. The effort to repeal Title 42 has been met with opposition from nine Senate Democrats, Washington Examiner reported.

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