U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy called on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to resign Tuesday, hinting that impeachment inquiries could be coming if he doesn't.
— all Texans. Reps. Mark Green, R-Tennessee, and Kat Cammack, R-Florida, also joined in the visit.
Before the visit, the Republican lawmakers walked along the border, where migrants yelled for help from the Mexican side of the barriers. The lawmakers later served a Thanksgiving meal to Border Patrol agents. Republicans are calling on the administration to reimplement a controversial policy under President Donald Trump that forced asylum-seekers to wait out their cases in Mexico. Asylum-seekers currently can enter the United States to wait for their court hearings, which can be years after their first entry.
Garcia also pushed for comprehensive reform to allow recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals to remain in the country. In March 2021, the U.S. House passed the Dream and Promise Act, which would grant permanent resident status to many DACA recipients. The Senate has only a few legislative weeks left in the current congressional session to pass the bill, and members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus are lobbying hard for the upper chamber to prioritize it.
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