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a reasonable doubt, to uphold this oath and to protect the 
American people as required by law. 
Specifically, Secretary Mayorkas has intentionally 
used his position as Secretary of Homeland Security to 
dismantle previously successful border security resources, 
enforcement, and policies forcing border and interior en-
forcement agents to deprioritize their primary law enforce-
ment mission. 
As a result, the integrity of our international land 
border with Mexico has been compromised, creating a 
clear and present danger to the American people. This in-
cludes, but is not limited to, the following examples: 
(1) Secretary Mayorkas has used his Federal 
position and resources to cease all additional con-
struction of border wall system, fencing, and other 
associated infrastructure and technology, which were 
not only authorized, but also funded, by the United 
States Congress. The result of the cessation of addi-
tional construction resulted in several negative con-
sequences. First, it prevented the completion of bor-
der wall fencing along portions of the United States- 
Mexico border that were deemed to be most in need 
of 
fencing, 
thereby 
increasing 
the 
security 
vulnerabilities of the United States. Second, the un-
used, taxpayer-purchased materials that were in-
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tended for border wall construction and associated 
infrastructure and technology were left unattended 
along portions of the United States-Mexico border, 
which not only left it vulnerable to theft or van-
dalism, but also increased the danger to Federal and 
non-Federal law enforcement along portions of that 
border by increasing the risks of dangerous encoun-
ters with the violent cartels overseeing the importa-
tion of illegal aliens. Third, it caused economic dam-
age via the termination of contracts with contractors 
and subcontractors who had been hired to construct 
the wall and associated infrastructure and tech-
nology. 
(2) Secretary Mayorkas has used his Federal 
position and resources to both terminate meaningful 
border security and immigration enforcement efforts 
and redirect the official time and resources of De-
partment of Homeland Security personnel who are 
responsible for border security and immigration en-
forcement to off-mission tasks. This includes direct-
ing the personnel of the United States Border Pa-
trol, which is a component of the U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection, to deprioritize patrolling the 
United 
States-Mexico 
border, 
while 
expanding 
United States Border Patrol resources to ‘‘process’’ 
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illegal aliens on United States soil. This also in-
cludes directing the personnel of Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement to cease engaging in statu-
torily mandated alien arrest and removal efforts, 
even under circumstances involving aliens who were 
identified as public safety risks. This also includes 
directing personnel of the Department of Homeland 
Security to cease and desist from collecting DNA 
samples from aliens who are apprehended at the 
United States-Mexico border, despite the fact that it 
is a key tool for identifying terrorists, criminal ac-
tors, and false family units. This also includes di-
recting personnel of the Department of Homeland 
Security to deactivate completed sensor and light in-
frastructure and technology that was embedded into 
previously constructed border wall along the United 
States-Mexico border, which has simultaneously re-
duced operational awareness of the border environ-
ment for both Federal and non-Federal law enforce-
ment, enhanced the risk of injury or death for Fed-
eral and non-Federal law enforcement, and facili-
tated further illegal immigration by making it easier 
for cartels and other criminal organizations to oper-
ate unnoticed in close proximity to the United 
States-Mexico border. 
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(3) Secretary Mayorkas has used his Federal 
position and resources to suspend an array of regu-
latory and guidance-based policies that had been 
promulgated and used during previous administra-
tions to both discourage the flow of illegal aliens into 
the United States and empower Federal immigration 
enforcement officials to prevent aliens from unlaw-
fully entering into the United States, especially 
along the United States-Mexico border. Effective 
policies that Secretary Mayorkas ordered suspended 
include— 
(A) 
the 
catch-and-release 
prohibition, 
which ended the practice of releasing unlawfully 
present aliens into the United States during the 
pendency of their immigration cases; 
(B) the implementation of the Remain in 
Mexico Policy (otherwise referred to as the Mi-
grant Protection Protocols), which required that 
non-Mexican nationals seeking asylum in the 
United States were required to wait in Mexico 
pending the adjudication of their asylum claims; 
(C) the use of statutory expedited removal, 
which allowed Federal officials to remove forth-
with any alien who is apprehended anywhere in 
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the United States within two years of his or her 
unlawful entry; 
(D) full implementation of public health 
emergency exclusion authority as authorized 
pursuant to section 362 of the Public Health 
Service 26 Act (42 U.S.C. 265), which allowed 
Federal officials to deny the entry of any aliens 
seeking entry at or between United States ports 
of entry during the COVID–19 pandemic; and 
(E) numerous other regulatory and guid-
ance changes to ensure the more rapid enforce-
ment of Federal immigration law. 
Secretary Mayorkas’ actions and inactions, in his ca-
pacity as an executive officer of the United States, have 
caused a loss of any sane or objective assessment of ‘‘oper-
ational control’’ of the United States-Mexico border, re-
sulting in the most significant border invasion in our Na-
tion’s history concerning persons and illicit drugs. 
According to 2020 reports, under the final year of 
the Trump administration, U.S. Customs and Border Pro-
tection encountered 400,651 aliens seeking to enter the 
southwest border of the United States. Of these apprehen-
sions, only 3 were individuals on the Terrorist Screening 
Database and 30,557 were unaccompanied alien children. 
The detected criminal runner ‘‘got aways’’ totaled approxi-
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mately 136,000. Over 1,000,000 pounds of illegal drugs 
were stopped at the border during that timeframe. 
Since the start of the Biden administration and ap-
pointment of Secretary Mayorkas, encounters at the 
southwest border have swelled far beyond the enforcement 
and processing capacity of the U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection. This has been accompanied by increases in at-
tempted entries of terrorists and unlawful aliens, and a 
decrease in the interdiction of illegal drugs. 
According to the 2021 reports, during the transition 
from the Trump administration to the Biden administra-
tion, U.S. Customs and Border Protection encountered 
1,734,686 aliens, seeking to enter the United States, rep-
resenting a 332 percent increase from the prior year. Over 
80 percent of this increase occurred under the Biden ad-
ministration. Of these apprehensions, 15 were individuals 
on the terrorist screening database and 144,837 were un-
accompanied alien children, an increase of 373 percent 
from just the year prior. The detected criminal runner 
‘‘got aways’’ nearly tripled to approximately 389,000. The 
amount illegal drugs stopped at the border dropped by 
145,923 pounds to 913,326 pounds. 
According to the 2022 reports, during the first full 
year of Secretary Mayorkas’ command at the Department 
of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
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tion encountered 2,378,944 aliens, representing a 37 per-
cent increase from the prior year and over 493 percent 
increase compared to 2020. Of these apprehensions, 98 
individuals were on the terrorist screening database, and 
149,093 were unaccompanied alien children. In this time 
period, the number of known criminal runner ‘‘gotaways’’ 
increased to 600,000, an increase of 54 percent from the 
previous year and a 341 percent increase from just two 
years prior. Meanwhile, illegal drugs stopped at the border 
dropped to 655,780 pounds, only 62 percent of the 
amount stopped in 2020. 
To date, under the Biden administration and Sec-
retary Mayorkas, U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
has encountered over 5,200,000 aliens at the southwest 
border. Additionally, there have been over 1,500,000 
known criminal runner ‘‘gotaways’’, aliens who have inten-
tionally evaded law enforcement and entered the United 
States illegally. These numbers reflect the continual dis-
integration of any reasonable measure of ‘‘operational con-
trol’’ under the direction of Secretary Mayorkas. 
Secretary Mayorkas has undermined the law enforce-
ment capacity of the Department of Homeland Security. 
Frontline agents have been pulled from their law enforce-
ment responsibilities and into ‘‘processing’’ roles, turning 
Federal law enforcement into facilitators of illegality and 
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leaving significant gaps in our security infrastructure 
along the United States-Mexico border. 
As a result, the number of criminal runner 
‘‘gotaways’’ has steadily risen, enabling criminals to enter 
the country undeterred. According to law enforcement 
sources, these aliens have criminal intent and are the most 
likely to be involved with the human, sex, and drug traf-
ficking activities of transnational criminal organizations. 
These aliens then disappear into the interior of the United 
States and plug into existing criminal networks. 
Secretary Mayorkas, in his conduct as an executive 
officer of the United States and the policies enacted under 
his direction, has so deprioritized border enforcement that 
he has ceded control of large portions of the United 
States-Mexico border to dangerous Mexican cartels. Along 
some segments of the United States-Mexico border, cartels 
have even established a presence on the United States side 
of the border and, in some cases, on Federal property. 
This has allowed the cartels to greatly increase their abil-
ity and capacity for human and drug smuggling. 
Secretary Mayorkas has overseen a stunning increase 
in the flow of illicit drugs into the United States from 
Mexico and elsewhere around the globe, including the Peo-
ple’s Republic of China. Under Secretary Mayorkas’ ten-
ure, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has seized 
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enough illicitly manufactured fentanyl to kill over 
3,300,000,000 Americans, nearly 10 times the population 
of the United States. Law enforcement officers have ac-
knowledged that only a fraction of illicit controlled dan-
gerous substance drugs are intercepted at the border, and 
a vast amount of the illicit fentanyl entering the United 
States is doing so between ports of entry. 
According to the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, illicitly manufactured fentanyl caused the 
deaths of 110,236 Americans in 2022. It has become a 
leading cause of death for adults between the ages of 18 
and 45. Most illicitly manufactured fentanyl found in the 
United States is being manufactured with raw chemical 
precursors from the People’s Republic of China, trafficked 
through Mexico, and funneled into the United States be-
tween ports of entry along the United States-Mexico bor-
der. 
For over two years, Secretary Mayorkas has failed 
to take corrective measures necessary to restore a profes-
sional standard of ‘‘operational control’’ over the south-
west border of the United States. Far from achieving this 
mission, Secretary Mayorkas has diminished the integrity 
of our border, allowing dangerous cartels to operate 
human and drug trafficking operations, and the result has 
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been illegality, injury, and death for untold thousands at 
the border and on the interior of the United States. 
Secretary Mayorkas’ willful dereliction of his oath 
and constitutional obligation to protect the United States 
and their citizenry from the invasion of illegal aliens and 
illegal drugs, including illicit fentanyl, warrants his re-
moval from the Office of Secretary of Homeland Security. 
Wherefore Secretary Mayorkas, by such conduct, 
thus warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, 
and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, 
trust, or profit under the United States. 
ARTICLE II 
Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, in his conduct while 
Secretary of Homeland Security, engaged in a pattern of 
conduct that undermined the sovereignty of the United 
States as follows: 
Secretary Mayorkas’ ongoing violation of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act demonstrates his blatant dis-
regard for upholding the laws of the sovereign United 
States. Section 212(d)(5)(A) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)(A)) grants the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security the authority to parole aliens 
on a ‘‘case-by-case basis for urgent humanitarian reasons’’ 
or ‘‘significant public benefit, provided that the aliens 
present neither a security risk nor a risk of absconding’’. 
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In direct violation of the intent and spirit of the law, 
Secretary Mayorkas has overseen the abuse of parole au-
thority under such section 212(d)(5)(A). At the direction 
of Secretary Mayorkas, U.S. Customs and Border Protec-
tion has unlawfully used this authority to triage over-
crowded processing facilities, releasing aliens into the inte-
rior of the United States without proper detention and vet-
ting. 
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
data, parole authority under such section 212(d)(5)(A) 
was used 268,268 times between October 2021 and No-
vember 2022, at the international land border with Mex-
ico. This form of ‘‘administrative catch-and-release’’ has 
been carried out under the direct command of Secretary 
Mayorkas. Any law enforcement professional would know 
that massive abuses of parole authority are a clear threat 
to the safety and security of the American people. Aliens 
are being released without proper screening, enabling 
them to disappear into the United States with little hope 
that they will appear for immigration court proceedings. 
Secretary Mayorkas’ broad application of parole authority 
clearly violates the ‘‘case-by-case’’ standard outlined in 
such section 212(d)(5)(A). 
Secretary Mayorkas has demonstrated a blatant dis-
regard for the statutory limits of the Immigration and Na-
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tionality Act. He has unlawfully abused his authorities and 
has willingly and maliciously released record numbers of 
illegal aliens into the United States, violating Federal law, 
undermining the sovereignty of the United States, and 
jeopardizing the security of the American citizenry. 
Wherefore, Secretary Mayorkas, by such conduct, 
thus warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, 
and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, 
trust, or profit under the United States. 
Æ 
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