PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: If that bill was a law today, I'd shut down the border right now and fix it quickly. Here he is at a campaign event in South Carolina. But over the weekend, President Biden took a surprising position. SHAPIRO: We've been discussing this proposed border bill for weeks, and the White House has been part of these talks. SHAPIRO: Well, let's bring in national political correspondent Mara Liasson to talk about the broader political fight here. And most of all, they want to please their disgraced former president. Here's Bennie Thompson talking about House Republicans today.īENNIE THOMPSON: They don't want progress. They pointed out during today's session that no official has ever been impeached for policy differences, and this process is really about using the issue of the border to talk about the 2024 election. And the top Democrat on the committee, Bennie Thompson, is saying it's really all about scoring political points. In terms of the impeachment process, they're really saying it's a sham. And they're arguing that Republicans should work across the aisle to deal with the situation that they've been arguing is a crisis. How are they viewing the accusations against Mayorkas? SHAPIRO: And what do Democrats say? Many of them seem to agree that the situation on the border is serious. They say the border security issue is really a top issue they're hearing about from their constituents back home. Some of those moderates from Midwest districts have been hesitant about impeaching Mayorkas, but now they say they're ready to go ahead and do that. There's been a split inside the House Republican Conference about whether or not they had sufficient evidence to move forward.īut the House speaker, Mike Johnson, who's been dealing with some strong criticism from some of his members on the right, has decided to go ahead with this impeachment process. But hard-line conservatives have really been pushing to impeach Mayorkas ever since Republicans took control of the House chamber last January. During today's markup, over and over again, Republicans really singled out Mayorkas as the person they say is responsible for the situation at the southwest border. Deirdre, what is the House Republicans' argument for ousting Mayorkas?ĭEIRDRE WALSH, BYLINE: Well, the GOP impeachment resolution charges him with two counts, as Mary Louise noted - willfully ignoring the law and breaching the public's trust. SHAPIRO: Let's begin our coverage with NPR congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh. MARK GREEN: We cannot allow this man to remain in office any longer. The committee chairman, Republican Mark Green of Tennessee, accused Mayorkas of putting his political preferences ahead of upholding the law. And today, in Washington, a House committee is considering articles of impeachment, accusing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas of failing to enforce the nation's immigration laws and breaching the public trust. President Biden and former President Donald Trump offer dueling promises to address the issue. border with Mexico has become a central issue in American politics.
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