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Texas Republicans join Rep Chip Roy in calling for Sec Mayorkas’ impeachment for ‘undeniable and unavoidable damages’ on US due to border crisis

  A number of Texas   Republicans   have signed on to Rep. Chip Roy's memo calling for the impeachment of Homeland Security Sec. Alejand...

 A number of Texas Republicans have signed on to Rep. Chip Roy's memo calling for the impeachment of Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas, after the border officials apprehended a record 1.7 million migrants trying to cross illegally during the 2021 fiscal year.  

The letter takes issue with Mayorkas terminating the border wall, failing to take adequate legal action against illegal migrants and causing CBP to become overwhelmed, releasing migrants into the interior of the US and refusing to enforce interior immigration laws. 

Roy writes that Mayorkas has refused to expel most migrants under Title 42 and has  ended the Migrant Protection Protocols, or the Remain in Mexico program. 

The memo, obtained by Fox News, says that Mayorkas 'has failed to secure our borders and has endangered Americans in the process, and in so doing, has violated his oath to the Constitution, failing to defend it and failing to faithfully execute the laws of the United States.'

The memo argues that 'for the undeniable and unavoidable damages imposed to Texans and Americans as a whole, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas should be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors in his role as the Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security.' 

Roy in his memo argues that 'for the undeniable and unavoidable damages imposed to Texans and Americans as a whole, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas should be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors'

Roy in his memo argues that 'for the undeniable and unavoidable damages imposed to Texans and Americans as a whole, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas should be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors'

The letter takes issue with Mayorkas terminating the border wall, failing to take adequate legal action against illegal migrants and causing CBP to become overwhelmed, etc.

The letter takes issue with Mayorkas terminating the border wall, failing to take adequate legal action against illegal migrants and causing CBP to become overwhelmed, etc.

Texas Republican Reps. Louie Gohmert, Michael Cloud, Jodey Arrington and Pete Sessions expressed support for the memo. 

The memo came before it was revealed Thursday that the Biden administration is looking to potentially pay a whopping $450,000 per person to migrant families separated under the Trump-era 'zero tolerance policy.' 

In August, Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., proclaimed that he would file articles of impeachment against Mayorkas, calling the Cabinet member 'a threat to the sovereignty and security of our nation'. 

And on Wednesday, Mayorkas relaxed interior enforcement policy by issuing new off-limits areas where agents are not to arrest migrants.  

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have long been banned from making arrests in hospital and school settings, but now they will be asked to refrain from doing so at places of worship, places where children gather such as playgrounds, rec centers and bus stops and social service buildings such as domestic violence and homeless shelters.

Officers are also to avoid arrests at public demonstrations such as protests or parades, and during religious or civil ceremonies such as weddings or funerals. 

The guidance also asks agents to reconsider enforcement actions 'near' such protected locations. There are exceptions in certain circumstances. 

Immigration arrests inside the United States fell during the past year to their lowest number in more than a decade, it emerged on Tuesday, according to new ICE data. 

New caravan of 3,000 migrants is heading toward the US, pictured above on Oct. 27

New caravan of 3,000 migrants is heading toward the US, pictured above on Oct. 27 

US border officials apprehended a record 1.7 million migrants in fiscal year 2021

US border officials apprehended a record 1.7 million migrants in fiscal year 2021


Almost 72,000 arrests were made in fiscal year 2021, which ended in September, a drop of almost one third since 2020 when 104,000 arrests made, according to new ICE data.   

The Washington Post reported that the number of arrests made by ICE's Enforcement and Removal Operations was down from an average of 148,000 a year from 2017 to 2019 - and far less than the 322,093 made in 2011, a peak year for activity.

It meant that the 6,000 enforcement officers made an average of 12 arrests each during the year ending Sept. 30, or one a month.

The newspaper said ICE arrests began to fall under President Biden after the imposition of new limits on immigration enforcement and a 100-day pause on most deportations.

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