{"format":1,"id":"118-hres-863","congress":118,"number":"H.Res. 863","kind":"simple_resolution","group":"bills","title":"Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors.","title_source":"Display Title","official_title":"Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors."},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors."}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2023-11-13","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2024-02-13","vote":{"id":"118-2024-h43","question":"On Agreeing to the Resolution, as Amended","title":"Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high 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Senate.","cites":[{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/863/text/eh#H8778D5A4BA1E49A2BC55EF6AD73E5AD5"}]},"core_areas":["Impeachment of the Secretary of Homeland Security","Alleged non-compliance with immigration detention, parole and release provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act","Alleged false statements to Congress and obstruction of oversight","Alleged failure to carry out the statutory duty to control the border"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Impeaches Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors and provides that articles of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/863/text/eh#H8778D5A4BA1E49A2BC55EF6AD73E5AD5"}},{"text":"Article I, titled \"Willful and Systemic Refusal to Comply With the Law,\" alleges that he refused to comply with detention requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and exceeded the parole and release authority that Act gives him.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/863/text/eh#H8778D5A4BA1E49A2BC55EF6AD73E5AD5"}},{"text":"Article I also lists what it describes as consequences of that conduct, including counts of border encounters, fentanyl seizures, terrorist watchlist encounters and the size of the immigration court backlog.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/863/text/eh#H8778D5A4BA1E49A2BC55EF6AD73E5AD5"}},{"text":"Article II, titled \"Breach of Public Trust,\" alleges that he knowingly made false statements to Congress, failed to comply with multiple congressional subpoenas, and delayed or denied the DHS Office of Inspector General access to records.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/863/text/eh#H8778D5A4BA1E49A2BC55EF6AD73E5AD5"}},{"text":"Article II also alleges that he willfully refused to fulfill the statutory duty to control and guard the borders, citing his termination of the Migrant Protection Protocols, border wall construction contracts and asylum cooperative agreements.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/863/text/eh#H8778D5A4BA1E49A2BC55EF6AD73E5AD5"}},{"text":"Each article states that he warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and disqualification from holding any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States.","cite":{"label":"Text","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-resolution/863/text/eh#H8778D5A4BA1E49A2BC55EF6AD73E5AD5"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in 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H.Res. 863, 118th Congress: Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors. House: 214 Yea, 213 Nay. Outcome: Agreed to in House, 13 Feb 2024."}}