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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene slammed Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas for his ties to a non-profit that has urged migrants crossing into the U.S. illegally to vote for Joe Biden.
The testy exchange occurred during a House Homeland Security Committee hearing examining the Department of Homeland Security's $108 billion 2025 budget request.
'You worked as a board member of an NGO that is working in conjunction with other NGOs, which are not only financing the invasion of the country, but also telling illegal aliens to vote in the United States elections,' Greene said.
'They are telling illegal aliens, noncitizens, to come vote for Joe Biden. That's your boss.'
'This is corruption at the deepest level,' Greene added. 'As a matter of fact, I would call it treason.'
Republicans went after Mayorkas during the hearing, which is taking place just hours before articles of impeachment for the secretary are scheduled to be delivered to the Senate.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., claimed Tuesday that Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas has committed treason for previously working with a non-profit that has connections to a group urging illegal immigrants to vote for Joe Biden
Resource Center Matamoras (RCM) has reportedly distributed fliers instructing migrants to vote for Joe Biden upon their arrival to the U.S. RCM claims to house functions for the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), a U.S.-based nonprofit on which Mayorkas used to hold a board seat
However, the top Democrat on the committee, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., praised Mayorkas' performance handling the U.S.-Mexico border
The Georgia Republican was referencing a recent report indicating that Resource Center Matamoras (RCM) - a Mexico-based nonprofit - has been distributing materials urging migrants to 'to vote for President Biden when you are in the United States.'
'We need another four years of his term to stay open,' RCM's memo's state.
According to the RCM website, it houses functions for the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS), a U.S.-based nonprofit on which Mayorkas used to hold a board seat.
'You abolished working policies, and following the statements of your boss on his campaign trial—promises to improperly grant asylum to anyone who came,' Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., said in his opening remarks.
'As a result, people from all over the world tested the system, came and were released, phoned home, and the mass waves began.'
'With this increased demand, the cartels took advantage, regulated that flow to overwhelm the crossing sites at our border.'
'Your refusal to follow those laws is contemptible,' Green added.
In response, the top Democrat on the committee, Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., praised Mayorkas' performance handling the U.S.-Mexico border.
'Through it all, Secretary Mayorkas has remained steadfast.'
'He continues to do his job across the Department's many critical homeland security missions, including border security and immigration enforcement.'
Mayorkas 'has used the full range of authorities at his disposal and stretched the resources provided by Congress to secure the border,' Thompson continued.
In a testy exchange, Rep. Clay Higgins, R-La., lashed out at Mayorkas telling him 'this is not funny Mr. Secretary,' before adding 'misdemeaning the office and high authority that has been entrusted' in him as Homeland Security secretary is reprehensible.
The hearing comes just hours before articles of impeachment against Mayorkas are scheduled to be delivered to the Senate.
On Monday, Speaker Mike Johnson signed the articles of impeachment against the border boss, teeing them up for a delivery.
'The catastrophe at the southern border is the number one issue for the American people,' Johnson said in a statement Monday. 'We must hold those who engineered this crisis to full account.'
'While it will force him to grapple with the crisis his party and the President have created, Senator Schumer must hold a public trial on Secretary Mayorkas’ impeachment.'
'Pursuant to the Constitution, the House demands a trial,' the speaker continued.
How the Senate decides to handle the articles, however, remains up to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.
There are many routes the Schumer could take in addressing the articles, including a trial, but the leader has yet to reveal how he wants to move forward.
Nonetheless, the Senate is expected to be sworn in as jurors for Mayorkas' impeachment on Wednesday.
Department of Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas' future in the position is unclear as the House has passed articles of impeachment against the man in charge of U.S. border security but the Democrat-held Senate is likely to acquit the charges against him
Speaker Mike Johnson signs the articles of impeachment against Alejandro Mayorkas on Monday. Johnson has claimed about 9 million migrants have been encountered illegally crossing into U.S. under Mayorkas' tenure
Republicans charge that Mayorkas has intentionally loosened restrictions around illegal immigration under the orders of President Joe Biden
The Republican-led House Homeland Security Committee has been investigating Mayorkas' mishandling of the U.S. border since last summer.
The committee released a five-installment report spanning from July 2023 to December 2023.
In January, Chairman Green released an impeachment resolution with two individual charges against Mayorkas.
The impeachment articles said that Mayorkas 'refused to comply with Federal immigration laws' amid a record surge of migrants and that he has 'breached the public trust' in his claims to Congress that the US-Mexico border is secure.
After a late night vote passing the articles out of the committee on January 31, the resolution was teed up for a vote on the House floor.
A week later, the House voted 216-214 on the impeachment articles and the Republican-backed motion failed.
But a week later, on February 13, the House tried again and the articles of impeachment passed by a single vote.
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