He has publicly and in front of Congress said that the border is "secure" repeatedly for years. Then last week, Biden undercut him and admitted the "border is not secure" before pinning blame on his predecessor, former President Donald Trump. Mayorkas' comments denying responsibility came on the heels of him dodging an effort by House Republicans to impeach him. It looked like the vote was going to succeed, with three GOP defections, until Rep. Al Green (D-TX) was unexpectedly wheeled onto the floor in his hospital scrubs after intestinal surgery. The Texas Democrat tied the vote at 215-215, defeating the resolution. "Sometimes when you're counting votes and people show up when they're not expected to be in the building, it changes the equation," said Johnson. A fourth Republican also switched his vote at the last minute to give GOP leaders the opportunity to bring up the vote again, making the final vote 214 in favor to 216 against. The representatives accused Mayorkas of "willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law" while presiding over the border crisis and "breach of public trust" for allegedly lying to Congress by saying the border is "secure" and that DHS has "operational control" of it. But for Mayorkas, the impeachment contains "baseless allegations." He added: "That's why I am not distracted by them and focused on the work of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)." Meanwhile, a sweeping bipartisan border security reform package in the Senate collapsed last week. The deal had been negotiated for some four months. It was widely seen as a means of unlocking Republican support for a broader supplemental featuring aid to Ukraine, Israel and Indo-Pacific allies, as the New York Post reported. "The system has not been fixed for 30 years. A bipartisan group of senators [has] now presented us with the tools and resources we need … and yet Congress killed it before even reading it," said Mayorkas, following a failed Senate spending plan that would allocate a scant amount to the border, while providing Ukraine and Israel with roughly $80 billion in aid."Do you bear responsibility for what is happening at the border?"
MAYORKAS: "We don't bear responsibility" pic.twitter.com/rCdwOIAIAX — RNC Research (@RNCResearch) February 11, 2024
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