As the U.S. House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee begins impeachment hearings, Attorney General Ashley Moody is renewing calls to Congress to impeach U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Attorney General Moody previously led a multistate effort calling for Mayorkas’s resignation in February 2022 and urged Congress to impeach Mayorkas in April 2023. As monthly encounter numbers continue to break records, it is clear that there is no end in sight. 

Attorney General Ashley Moody said, “Secretary Mayorkas has undoubtedly orchestrated the most destructive and harmful border security policies in the history of the United States. Every time we believe the numbers cannot possibly get worse, they do. With every court battle we have won, and every fact we have revealed, to say he has been derelict in his duties is an understatement. I have been calling for him to resign or be removed for nearly two years and with every passing month, this crisis worsens, straining public resources and endangering American citizens. The United States House of Representatives has a duty and responsibility to the American people. Secretary Mayorkas must be impeached.” 

The renewed call comes in response to an announcement that the United States House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee set the first impeachment hearing for Sec. Mayorkas. Since Attorney General Moody’s multistate effort to remove Mayorkas from office, the crisis at the border has intensified and continues to shatter records in the worst way.