GOP bill would force Mayorkas to fly commercial until he comes up with border plan Geopolitics News

A handful of House Republicans are seeking to ban Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and his staff from flying on federal executive planes or private jets until he presents a plan to Congress to secure the southern border -western United States.

The “Mayorkas Must Fly Coach Until We Secure the Border Act” would require Mayorkas to fly on commercial airlines and reflects growing frustration with the Biden administration’s handling of the border crisis. A record 2.3 million encounters with migrants were recorded in fiscal year 2022, compared to 1.7 million the previous year.

A record 251,000 border encounters were seen in December, and while that number fell to around 150,000 in January, Republicans continue to argue that leaving the border unchecked puts migrant children at risk and allows fentanyl and other dangerous drugs to enter the United States. without control, as well as millions of illegal immigrants.

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“This bill simply recognizes what is already evident to South Texans and millions of Americans: Secretary Mayorkas’ failure to secure the southern border has hurt the American people and resulted in a humanitarian crisis in communities like mine,” Rep. Monica De La Cruz said. , R-Texas, the main sponsor of the bill. “If he refuses to perform the most basic duties of his office, he should be deprived of the private flights he currently enjoys, thanks to the American taxpayers, until he does his job.”

The legislation is a relatively minor punishment for Mayorkas compared to two other Republican-proposed bills that would impeach him.

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Representative Monica De La Cruz has proposed a bill that would ban Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and his staff from flying on private jets until he presents a plan to regain operational control of the border. . (Republican National Congress Committee)

One such bill, from Rep. Pat Fallon, R-Texas, says Mayorkas violated his constitutional oath by failing to maintain operational control over the border, when more than 5.5 million illegal immigrants are entered the United States under his supervision. The resolution, which has 41 co-sponsors, says Mayorkas terminated contracts for the remaining construction of the border wall started by President Trump and accuses him of lying to Congress by testifying last year that the US government was in control. border operation.

A second impeachment resolution, by Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Arizona, makes similar arguments and notes that Mayorkas violated immigration and nationality law by releasing illegal immigrants to the United States instead of returning them. “The Secretary of Homeland Security does not have the ability to simply release these extraterrestrials inside the United States,” reads the resolution, which has 31 GOP cosponsors.

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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the House Appropriations Committee I Subcommittee of the Homeland Security Committee during a hearing on the fiscal year 2023 budget request for the Department of Security interior on Capitol Hill in Washington on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Biggs is a co-sponsor of De La Cruz’s bill banning Mayorkas from private jets, along with Reps. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., and Marjorie Taylor Green, R-Ga.

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Despite widespread frustration with the Biden administration’s border policies, House Republicans have yet to schedule a vote on a bill aimed at pressuring mayors to do more to stop the flow of illegal immigrants to the United States.