众议员马乔里·泰勒·格林周三提出了一项决议弹劾国土安全部部长亚历杭德罗·马约卡斯(Alejandro Mayorkas)，这是她本月第二次因马约卡斯处理南部边境问题而弹劾他。
“[宪法的]保障条款明确规定，联邦政府有宪法责任和义务保护各州不受侵犯。作为国土安全部部长，亚历杭德罗·马约卡斯违背了他维护这一宪法职责的誓言说星期三。
格林于11月9日提交了一份针对马约尔卡斯的所谓特权决议，指控他犯有与移民和毒品过境有关的严重罪行和轻罪。这项新的决议是在八名共和党人和民主党人投票阻止这位国会女议员的最后一次弹劾努力之后提出的——将它提交给众议院国土安全委员会。格林在5月份提出了针对马约尔卡斯的类似弹劾条款，但众议院共和党领导人从未将它们付诸表决。
DHS的发言人驳斥格林的最新决议是“毫无根据的攻击”
“国土安全部的男女工作人员每天都在不知疲倦地工作，以确保美国的安全。他们需要国会停止浪费时间，做好自己的工作，改革我们支离破碎的移民系统，重新授权对DHS至关重要的工具，并通过政府的补充要求，以适当地为该部门的关键工作提供资源，以阻止芬太尼，并进一步保障我们的边境。马约卡斯部长将继续专注于我们国家的安全。这种毫无根据的攻击是完全没有道理的，是对我们关键的国家安全优先事项的有害干扰，”这位发言人说。
这位发言人认为，政策分歧不是弹劾的理由，并敦促国会议员与DHS合作，找到确保边境安全的解决方案。
2023年3月3日，众议员马乔里·泰勒·格林在马里兰州国家港举行的保守政治行动会议(CPAC)上发言。
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目前还不清楚是否有任何帮助阻止格林最后一次推动弹劾马约卡斯的成员改变了他们的投票，格林周三表示，她尚未与阻止她最后一次弹劾的八名共和党人交谈。此前，一些温和的众议院共和党人人不支持在没有全面调查的情况下弹劾马约尔卡。
众议员肯·巴克是投票压制11月9日努力的八名共和党人之一，说本月早些时候，虽然他“强烈反对他对我们南部边境的处理，这使这个国家面临严重风险”，但马约卡斯“没有犯下可弹劾的罪行。”
但是其他一些投票反对先前努力的共和党人已经表示愿意在未来弹劾马约尔卡斯。加利福尼亚州共和党众议员达雷尔·伊萨(Darrell Issa)也加入了民主党人，扼杀了早些时候的弹劾动议，他上周告诉福克斯新闻频道的玛利亚·巴蒂罗姆，他会考虑修改决议。
“我已经说过我愿意投票支持弹劾，但我想确保它写得正确，并准备好通过众议院，但通过众议院的方式，我们至少有机会把它带到参议院，并说服他们罢免部长，”他说说.
格林说，如果目前弹劾马约卡斯的努力失败，这似乎是可能的，她将“继续重新提出”
众议院必须在两个立法日内对新决议进行投票。
2023财年迄今为止，西南陆地边境遭遇2，475，669次，自2022财年迄今为止，增加了96，725次。根据海关和边境保护。
Marjorie Taylor Greene repeats effort to impeach DHS Secretary Mayorkas
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene introduced a resolution Wednesday toimpeachHomeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, marking her second effort this month to impeach Mayorkas due to his handling of the southern border.
"The Guarantee Clause [of the Constitution] clearly dictates that the federal government has a constitutional duty and obligation to protect each of the states from invasion. As secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas has violated his oath to uphold this constitutional duty," GreenesaidWednesday.
Greene filed an earlier so-called privileged resolution against Mayorkas on Nov. 9, accusing him of high crimes and misdemeanors related to migrants and drugs crossing at the border. This new resolution comes after eight Republicans voted with Democrats to block the congresswoman's last impeachment effort -- referring it to the House Homeland Security Committee. Greene introduced similar articles of impeachment against Mayorkas in May but House GOP leaders never brought them to a vote.
A spokesperson for DHS dismissed Greene's latest resolution as a "baseless attack."
"Every day, the men and women of the Department of Homeland Security work tirelessly to keep America safe. They need Congress to stop wasting time and do its job by reforming our broken immigration system, reauthorizing vital tools for DHS, and passing the Administration's supplemental request to properly resource the Department's critical work to stop fentanyl and further secure our borders. Secretary Mayorkas continues to be laser-focused on the safety and security of our nation. This baseless attack is completely without merit and a harmful distraction from our critical national security priorities," the spokesperson said.
The spokesperson argued that policy differences are not grounds for impeachment and urged members of Congress to work with DHS to find solutions to secure the border.
It is unclear whether any members who helped stymie Greene's last push to impeach Mayorkas have changed their votes, and Greene said Wednesday that she hasn't spoken with the eight Republicans who blocked her last impeachment push. Previously, some moderate House Republicans weren't supportive of impeaching Mayorkas without a full investigation.
Rep. Ken Buck, one of the eight Republicans who voted to squelch the Nov. 9 effort,saidearlier this month that while he has "strong disagreement with his handling of our southern border, which puts this country at grave risk," Mayorkas "did not commit an impeachable offense."
But some of the other Republicans who voted down the previous effort have signaled openness to impeaching Mayorkas in the future. Rep. Darrell Issa, a California Republican who also joined Democrats in killing the earlier impeachment push, told Fox News' Maria Bartiromo last week that he'd consider a modified resolution.
"I've said I'm willing to vote for impeachment, but I wanna make sure that it's written properly and comes out prepared to note just pass the House, but to pass the House in a way in which we've at least got a shot to take it to the Senate and convince them to remove the secretary," hesaid.
Greene said if the current effort to impeach Mayorkas fails, which appears likely, she will "keep reintroducing it."
The House of Representatives will have to vote on the new resolution within two legislative days.
There have been 2,475,669 southwest land border encounters in fiscal year 2023 year-to-date, an increase of 96,725 encounters since fiscal year 2022 year-to-date,according toCustoms and Border Protection.
