Mayorkas’ Impeachment: The Right Message To Send
I disagree with The Post’s assessment that the impeachment of Homeland Security Director Alejandro Mayorkas is futile (“A Hollow Impeachment,” Editorial, Feb. 15).
Yes, this will die out in the Senate. He will not be convicted, and he will not be removed from office.
But this is one of those little cogs in a democracy that works in a certain way.
Controvertible proof will be presented that Mayorkas lied to Congress and that he committed a crime. Then, the people who don’t vote to impeach him in the Senate have to explain their decision to their constituents at home.
Bruce Goodman
Centerville, OH
Mayorkas has been proclaiming that the southern border, though under invasion these past three years by millions of illegal migrants, has been operationally secure.
In his numerous public pronouncements, an ongoing “crisis” has not existed, but only a “challenge.”
This smug individual deserves House impeachment, the first of its kind against an executive-branch cabinet officer since William Belknap in March 1876.
Sadly, his Democratic cronies will not remove him from office. At least Mayorkas’ ignominious conduct for refusing to execute United States immigration law will be publicly documented in an upcoming Senate trial.
Earl Beal
Terre Haute, Ind.
Impeaching Mayorkas should only be the tip of the iceberg. President Biden is the leader of the border crisis, and many other Democrats are involved.
They have created dangerous situations for American citizens on purpose. And their reasons for doing so are purely politically motivated.
Charles Yannelli
Barnegat, NJ
Can someone at The Post please explain to me how the impeachment of Mayorkas is “hollow”?
Even if Democrats from Texas, Arizona, California, Montana, West Virginia and Ohio vote against impeachment, perhaps there a deeper motive on the part of House GOP congressional members for this.
Peter Incardone
Long Beach Island, NJ