Lawmaker Says He Would Arrest Mayorkas If He Could

Daniel ChaitinFebruary 28, 2023

On Tuesday, a Republican lawmaker stated that he would hold Homeland Security Secretary. Alejandro Mayorkas If you have the opportunity.

Clay Higgins, a Republican from Louisiana, has accused Mayorkas and a host of other crimes due to his former role as a law enforcement officer. “wide open” He claimed that the southern border, in particular with Mexico, is leading to American suicides. Overdose deaths have reached the tens of thousands Every year, there is a rise in fentanyl drug trafficking in the United States.

“If I could arrest you for violations of Louisiana revised statutes, I would,” Higgins stated this during a meeting of the Homeland Security Committee Hearing on the border crisis.

Our southern border is controlled by cartels, and Mayorkas is responsible… pic.twitter.com/zRNVIzetyC

— Rep. Clay Higgins (@RepClayHiggins) February 28, 2023

Citing specific statutes, such as one for negligent homicide And another one for being You can find more information at “principal” A crime, as well as others, Higgins faulted Mayorkas specifically for deaths attributed to fentanyl. The lawmaker illustrated his point using the photo of Sami, a 23 year-old who he claimed died under the secretary’s supervision.

“Remember her name,” Before pledging to make Mayorkas’ memory of other Americans, Higgins stated “who are dead because of fentanyl coming across a border that you have blown wide open.”

The Daily Wire reached Out to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), for comments in response to Higgins’ remarks.

“Despite inheriting a dismantled immigration system and facing unprecedented migration that is affecting nations throughout the Western Hemisphere, this Administration has surged resources to the border, reduced the number of encounters between ports of entry, disrupted more smuggling operations than ever before, and interdicted more drugs in the last two years than had been stopped in the five years prior,” According to a DHS official.

“Instead of pointing fingers and trying to score political points, Congress should work on legislative solutions for our broken immigration system, which it has not updated in over 40 years,” The official added.

During his time to speak, Higgins asked witness Mark Lamb, sheriff of Arizona’s Pinal County, if the country could “fix” Its border in one week, with appropriate federal policies that would permit authorities to enforce the law against widespread Mexican cartel activity.

“Yes, Mr. Higgins, we could do that,” Lamb responded. “A week might be tight, but 30 to 60 days we could definitely fix this. We’re America. We can stop this when we decide we want to stop it.”