Today, Congressman Darrell Issa (CA-48) released the following statement:
“The collapse of America’s southern border is the national security crisis of our time. And it is the fault of Joe Biden – and Joe Biden alone.
“From the literal first day of his presidency, Biden reversed policies that were working, threw open our nation’s borders, compelled our frontline border patrol officers to stand down, and let in an unprecedented and unrelenting flow of illegal immigrants, trafficked women and children, and the deadly fentanyl that now claims the lives of 100,000 Americans every year. It is a record of purposeful policy failure unrivaled in our nation’s history.
“At the forefront of the Biden border crisis has stood Alejandro Mayorkas, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. As it relates to the border and illegal immigration, every mistake that has been made and every lie that has been told by this Administration has been either directly carried out or unapologetically enabled by Mayorkas himself. He should never have been appointed to his position, confirmed by the U.S. Senate, or served this long and this ineffectively.
“Mayorkas is the target of a robust impeachment investigation by the House, and it has yielded ample and damning facts that the Secretary has not even attempted to correct or contradict – because he can’t. I was very much looking forward to timely, comprehensive, and public impeachment hearings that are more than warranted. Unfortunately, that is not set to happen soon enough.
“For these reasons and others, I will vote to recommend Mayorkas be impeached.
“But make no mistake: This doesn’t end with a single vote or a single subordinate. It is Joe Biden himself who we must now hold accountable. It is now time to do just that.”
Darrell Issa is the Representative of California’s 48th Congressional District. The District encompasses the central and eastern parts of San Diego County and a portion of Riverside County, including the communities of Fallbrook, Valley Center, Ramona, Escondido, Santee, Lakeside, Poway, Temecula, Murrieta, and the mountain and desert areas of the San Diego-Imperial County line. Issa served as the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform from 2011-2015.
