Republican Texas Rep. Pat Fallon introduced articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, accusing the high-ranking Biden appointee of failing to address the crisis on the southern border.
\nFallon filed the resolution on Jan. 3, the first day of the 118th Congress, but due to the drawn-out speakership race, the resolution did not go through until Monday night. Fallon said Mayorkas has \u201cabdicated his duties\u201d as head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and that he must be removed from his position.\u00a0(RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Sens. Grassley And Hawley Call Out DHS For Allegedly Redacting Key Info About Disinformation Board)
\n\u201cIt is unfortunate that we have gotten to this point, but it is necessary. Secretary Mayorkas\u2019s potential impeachment is not an accident. He has willfully abdicated his duties at Secretary of Homeland Security and actively mislead Congress and the American people. To make any progress at our southern border, he must go,\u201d Fallon told the Daily Caller after introducing the resolution.
\nOther House Republicans, including Speaker Kevin McCarthy, have\u00a0threatened\u00a0to impeach Mayorkas over his handling of illegal immigration.\u00a0(RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Sen. Ted Cruz Presses DHS Sec. Mayorkas Over Biden Administration\u2019s Use Of Family Reunification Program)
\nDHS did not immediately respond to the Caller\u2019s inquiry about the articles of impeachment.<\/p>\n