House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday called for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to resign over his handling of the migrant crisis at the southern border.
McCarthy said during a tour of the southern border that his actions have produced a wave of illegal immigration. I am calling on the secretary to step down.
He said that he couldn't stay in that position. "If Secretary Mayorkas does not resign, House Republicans will investigate every order, every action and every failure to determine whether we can start an impeachment inquiry."
McCarthy said that he had spoken to Jim Jordan and James Comer, the ranking Republicans of the Judiciary and Oversight Committees, and that they had his full support to investigate the collapse of the border.
Fears of a new migrant wave at the southern border are being mitigated by a plan for title 42's end.
The American public wants more from their government. It's enough. He said they would do whatever it took.
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McCarthy was leading a delegation to the southern border in El Paso, Texas, days after the Republicans secured a majority in the next congress. McCarthy told Fox News that if he became speaker, he would force Democrats to see the border crisis firsthand by holding congressional border hearings at the border.
More and more Republicans are calling for the impeachment of Mayorkas over his handling of the border crisis. There were more than 2.3 million migrant encounters in the two fiscal years. In October, there were more than 230,000 migrant encounters, the highest number for the month in years. More than 2,500 people a day get past Border Patrol agents.
McCarthy said before the trip that he didn't trust what Mayorkas had said.
Mayorkas has been the focus of the Biden administration's leadership on the crisis. The secretary and his agency have both claimed that the border is closed.
The administration has been accused of fueling the crisis by rolling back Trump-era border policies and narrowing interior enforcement. The Remain in Mexico policy, which kept migrants in Mexico while their immigration claims were processed, was brought back by the House Republicans.
The White House says that the border is a political stunt for Republicans.
The abolition of legal pathways by the Trump administration has been blamed for the crisis by the Biden administration. More than 5,000 people were arrested in a recent operation and it has worked with other countries to find solutions. It announced cooperation with Mexico that includes the return of Venezuela's nationals under Title 42.
A federal judge ordered the expansion of Title 42 to be wound down after finding it to be in violation of the law. There is a plan to deal with the end of the order, including greater use of other methods of removal, in response to concerns that the end of Title 42 could lead to more migrants crossing into the US.
The whole hemisphere is being hit by a migration crisis according to Mayorkas.
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There is a migration crisis. People are moving from one country to another. He said at the Senate hearing that it was not restricted to the southern border.
Chris Magnus, the Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection resigned after being told by Mayorkas that he would be fired.
Despite the framework issued by Republicans in July, the White House claims that Republicans have no plan to solve the crisis.
McCarthy doesn't have a plan." There is no plan by the Republicans. The White House doesn't do anything except political stunts.
Hagstrom is a reporter for Fox News.
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