Andy Biggs is introducing articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
The move makes good on the House GOP promises to crack down on immigration and migration and hold Mayorks and President Joe Biden accountable for the ongoing southern border crisis.
The Arizona congressman will be joined Wednesday afternoon by at least 15 other Republican lawmakers from both border states and non border states to formally bring articles of impeachment against Mayorkas.
Biggs, a member of the House Judiciary and Oversight Committees, said that the only 'remedy' to start addressing the ongoing migration crisis effectively is by removing Mayorkas from office because he has 'attacked' the integrity of U.S. borders.
Arizona Representative Andy Biggs plans to introduce on Wednesday articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
Republicans vowed once they won a majority to impeach Mayorkas after the DHS secretary balked claims to resign amid a historic migrant surge. Pictured: Mayorkas shakes hands with a member of the Texas National Guard during a survey of the southern border wall in La Joya, Texas in May 2022
'I think that the appropriate response is to do what the Founders said; you remove somebody from office – a public official from office who's causing public harm and violating the public trust,' Biggs told Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Tuesday evening. 'And that is impeachment.'
'I think that is the, quite frankly, the most pressing remedy that we need to avail ourselves of with Alejandro Mayorkas,' he added.
'What he has done is absolutely, in my opinion, it is unconscionable. He's literally attacked the essence of this country by attacking the geographical integrity and he's changing so much. He's put so many people in danger.'
Biggs first introduced articles of impeachment against Mayorkas in August 2021 after claiming the DHS secretary's dereliction of duty resulted at the border amounts to high crimes and misdemeanors.
Considering the House was still controlled by Democrats in the 117th Congress, the articles went nowhere.
Now that Republicans are in power in the House, it's likely to, at least, receive a vote.
Even if impeachment charges are successful and move to the Democrat-controlled Senate, it would require a two-thirds vote to pass, which is more than highly unlikely and would likely result in acquittal.
This is what happened both times former President Donald Trump was impeached. The House voted for the charge, but the Senate voted to acquit.
Figures released for December show that the number of encounters at the southern border are continuing to rise – and reached a new all-time single month high of 251,487 despite sub-freezing temperatures and harsh conditions
Migrants continue to flow over the southern border despite Biden and Mayorkas claiming the border was 'closed' during the COVID-19 public health emergency
Members who plan to join Biggs for the announcement of impeachment are, among others, Republican Representatives Brian Babin, Pat Fallon, Troy Nehls, Randy Weber and Ronny Jackson of Texas; Lauren Boebert of Colorado; Marjorie Taylor Green and Andrew Clyde of Georgia; Claudia Tenney of New York; Eli Crame of Arizona; Bob Good of Virginia; Ralph Norman of South Carolina; Eric Burlison of Missouri; Andy Ogles of Tennessee; and Glenn Grothman of Wisconsin.
The articles come after figures released for December show a brand new all-time-high in apprehensions at the southern border with 251,487 in the single winter month where temperatures reached sub-freezing. This tops the last high from May 2022, also under Biden's leadership.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has encountered more than 4 million migrants at the southern border since Biden took office in January 2021.
Despite the staggering figures, Biden and Mayorkas have assured the southern border is closed and have insisted their policies work, refusing to admit there is a crisis at the border between the U.S. and Mexico.
Mayorkas has also repeatedly balked calls by Republicans to step down from his position for the sake of national security.