A U.S. House of Representatives committee led by Republicans will move forward with efforts to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejando Mayorkas over claims he has been "derelict" in his duty of managing the border between the United States and Mexico, a committee spokesperson reportedly advised Reuters on Wednesday.
The committee, which was formed to oversee issues regarding security and the homeland, will hold a hearing on January 10 to discuss the impeachment allegations and was approved by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson.
The move comes as Republicans have repeatedly claimed that President Joe Biden is responsible for border control as record numbers of migrants have been caught crossing into the United States illegally.
The president is accused of rolling back more restrictive border policies of former President Donald J. Trump, who is the Republican Party's leading candidate for the White House in the November elections.
The House is controlled by Republicans, and analysts believe he will be found innocent in the Democrat-controlled Senate if Mayorkas is indeed impeached in the House.
Despite this, a bipartisan group of Senators is working on a deal that would pair border security with military funding for Ukraine, as well as other foreign aid.
Mayorkas has told the media that he would fully cooperate with the investigation and the hearings while continues his duty of managing the border.
Some Background
The number of migrants attempting to cross into the United States via the Mexican border spiked in December, but have reportedly receded in recent weeks.
The Biden administration has previously indicated that it is willing to support an initiative to expel migrants without asylum screenings. The concessions were mentioned as part of negotiations over the emergency funding request of, as HNGN reported, approximately $100 billion that will be given to Israel, Taiwan, and Ukraine, as well as fund the bolstering of border enforcement.
In December, HNGN.com reported that Congress and the Biden Administration were looking at several policies in an effort to address the country's current migration issues at the southern border.
Authorities have not ruled out the expansion of immigration detention and deportations to assuage Republican lawmakers to support military expenditures to Ukraine in its work with Russia.
HNGN.com will keep our readership updated as more details are made available.
