亚利桑那州共和党众议员安迪·比格斯(Andy Biggs)周三推出了针对国土安全部部长亚历杭德罗·马约尔卡斯(Alejandro Mayorkas)的新弹劾条款，称拜登政府高级官员“违反了他的就职誓言，对这个国家造成了严重破坏，他必须被弹劾。”
比格斯在国会山新闻发布会上说:“他必须被弹劾，因为他是一名失去公众信任的公职人员，是对美利坚合众国的迫在眉睫的威胁。”
比格斯先前在2021年介绍了文章，他说他将与保守派共和党成员站在一起提交文章，包括众议员劳伦·博贝特、马乔里·泰勒·格林、鲍勃·古德等人。新闻发布会开始时，众议院议长凯文·麦卡锡与总统乔·拜登进行了自赢得拍卖以来的首次面对面会谈。
文章写道，“马约尔卡斯部长未能忠实地坚持他的誓言，相反，他不顾后果地放弃了边境安全和移民执法，牺牲了宪法和美国的安全。”
比格斯并没有提供一个硬性的时间表，说明这些条款将在委员会中推进的时间。
当被问及麦卡锡议长是否支持弹劾马约卡斯的努力时，比格斯没有直接回答，但表示他充满希望，并补充说，“我们希望在司法委员会开始。”
格林明确表示，她打算针对拜登总统，再次呼吁弹劾他:“这也是拜登总统的责任。我要求弹劾他，因为他也没能保护我们的国家。也是因为这个原因，我将继续呼吁弹劾拜登总统。”
这些文章发表之际，共和党人举行了关于边境危机的首次听证会，周三早些时候在众议院司法委员会强调了这一问题。
此前几个月，保守派共和党人发誓要弹劾马约卡斯，甚至议长麦卡锡几周前在边境举行活动，呼吁对DHS部长进行调查。
比格斯的声明也是在德克萨斯州共和党众议员帕特·法伦于1月10日介绍了他自己对马约尔卡斯的弹劾条款几周后发布的。法伦指控马约尔卡斯未能保持运营控制，向国会提供虚假证词，误导公众。一名DHS官员当时表示，他们认为法伦的弹劾文章没有事实依据。
比格斯周三表示，他和法伦将共同提出彼此的弹劾决议。
今年1月，就在共和党控制众议院后，马约卡斯表示，他已准备好接受国会的任何调查，而且他无意辞职。
“我有很多工作要做，我们会去做的，”马约尔卡斯在美国广播公司新闻频道的乔治·斯特凡诺普洛斯的“本周”节目中说。
Biggs rolls out new articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary Mayorkas
Arizona Republican Rep. Andy Biggs on Wednesday rolled out new impeachment articles against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, saying the top Biden administration official has "violated his oath of office, wreaking havoc on this country and he must be impeached."
"He must be impeached because he is a public official who has lost public trust and is an imminent threat to the United States of America," Biggs said at a Capitol Hill news conference.
Biggs, who previously introduced articles in 2021, said he would be filing the articles while standing alongside fellow conservative GOP members, including Reps. Lauren Boebert, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Bob Good and others. The presser began as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's first in-person meeting with President Joe Biden since winning the gavel was slated to begin.
"Secretary Mayorkas has failed to faithfully uphold his oath and has instead presided over a reckless abandonment of border security and immigration enforcement, the expense of the Constitution and the security of the United States," the articles read.
Biggs did not provide a hard timeline for when the articles would be moved forward in committee.
When asked if Speaker McCarthy supported the effort to impeach Mayorkas, Biggs didn't answer directly, but said he was hopeful, adding, "We start this hopefully at the Judiciary Committee."
Greene made it clear she intends to target President Biden, once again calling to impeach him as well: "It's also President Biden's responsibility. I've called for his impeachment because of his failure to protect our country as well. And I'll continue to call to impeach President Biden for that reason as well."
The articles also come as Republicans held their first hearing on the border crisis, highlighting the issue at the House Judiciary Committee earlier on Wednesday.
The move follows months of conservative Republicans vowing to impeach Mayorkas and even with Speaker McCarthy holding an event on the border weeks back calling for an investigation into the DHS secretary.
Biggs's announcement also comes weeks after Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, introduced his own impeachment articles against Mayorkas on Jan. 10. Fallon accused Mayorkas of failing to maintain operational control, providing false testimony to Congress and misleading the public. A DHS official said at the time they believed Fallon's impeachment articles had no factual grounds.
Biggs said Wednesday he and Fallon will co-sponsor each other's impeachment resolutions.
Mayorkas said in January, just after Republicans took control of the House, that he was ready for any congressional investigations and that he had no intention of resigning.
"I've got a lot of work to do, and we're going to do it," Mayorkas told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos on "This Week."
