Dismissal of Mayorkas Impeachment Will Embolden Officials to Flout Laws: Rep. Mark Green

‘Failure to remove him from office ... is an incentive to people to do whatever they want. We just further strengthened the “royalty” of the executive branch.’

Rep. Mark Green (R-Fla.) speaks while standing with Republican members of Congress in Eagle Pass, Texas, on Jan. 3, 2024. Charlotte Cuthbertson/The Epoch Times

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) refusal to allow senators to hear the impeachment case against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas will encourage other presidential appointees to refuse to enforce laws passed by Congress, according to Rep. Mark Green (R-Tenn.).

“We write the law, they execute the law,” said Mr. Green, who, as chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, led the Majorkas impeachment effort.