Press Releases

Washington, D.C. – Today, Congressman Josh Brecheen voted on the House floor for the second time to impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. This time the vote passed the House of Representatives. 

“The situation at our border is a crisis of Secretary Mayorkas’ own making. Mayorkas has thumbed his nose at the Constitution (Article IV, Section 4) since day one and there are at least seven known statues of federal law that he is willfully ignoring. I now urge the Senate to take immediate action and convict him,” said Congressman Josh Brecheen. 

Border Stats:

Since Joe Biden took office:

• There have been OVER 8.3 million illegal crossings nationwide.
• There have been OVER 7 MILLION illegal crossings of our Southern Border.
• There have been 1.7 million known gotaways who evaded U.S. Border Patrol.  
• Since the start of FY 2024 there have been OVER 1 million illegal immigrant encounters.
• In December, there were 302,034 illegal immigrants encountered at the Southern Border. 
  • This is a 300% increase from December 2020. 
  • December was the 34th straight month, where monthly illegal immigrant encounters have been higher than even the highest month seen under President Trump. 
• In December, 19 more individuals whose names appear on the terrorist watchlist were stopped trying to enter the U.S. illegally between ports of entry. 
  • Under Biden, 331 of these individuals whose names appear on the terrorist watchlist were stopped trying to cross the Southern Border.
  • So far in FY24, there have been 50 individuals whose names appear on the terrorist watchlist who have been stopped trying to enter the U.S. illegally between ports of entry. 
  • This total is more than the encounters in all FY17, FY18, FY19, FY20, FY21, and FY22 combined. 

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