Impeaching Mayorkas Was a Violation of the Constitution

Convicting a Biden-cabinet official might be a powerful way to satisfy the base, but the long-term consequences of undermining the Constitution are unacceptable.

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Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before a House Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., April 28, 2022.

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The House of Representatives today voted to impeach Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. I voted no for the very simple reason that Secretary Mayorkas’s poor job performance is not an impeachable offense.

To be clear, our open southern border is a national-security vulnerability and an invitation for cartels to bring illicit drugs into our country. Women and children are being trafficked in and through our country because of the chaos that President Biden has unleashed at the border. The border mess was preventable, and President Biden and his key personnel, including Secretary Mayorkas, deserve full blame for the open border.

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Ken Buck

Ken Buck currently represents Colorado’s fourth congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives. He is a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and House Judiciary Committee.

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