GOP Congresswoman Introduces Bill Forcing Mayorkas To Fly Coach ‘Until He Does His Job’ | Eastern NC Now

    Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of the The Daily Wire. The author of this post is Zach Jewell.

    Rep. Monica De La Cruz (R-TX) introduced legislation Friday that would prevent Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas from flying on federal aircraft until he proposes a plan to secure the U.S. southern border.

    The "Mayorkas Must Fly Coach Until We Secure the Border Act" would strip the Department of Homeland Security secretary's office of funding for private flights and force Mayorkas to fly commercially for official work. De La Cruz's legislation comes as Mayorkas faces a wave of criticism for his response to a record surge of illegal immigrants.

    "This bill simply recognizes what is already obvious to South Texans and millions of Americans: Secretary Mayorkas' failure to secure the southern border has hurt the American people and resulted in a humanitarian crisis in communities like mine," De La Cruz said in a statement provided to The Daily Wire. "If he refuses to fulfill the most basic functions of his office, he should be stripped of the private flights he currently enjoys, courtesy of American taxpayers, until he does his job."

    The bill is co-sponsored by Reps. Andy Biggs (R-AZ), Andy Ogles (R-TN), Derrick Van Orden (R-WI), Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL), and Majorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).

    Republicans in the House and Senate have pushed for Mayorkas to be impeached, and Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX) filed articles of impeachment for "high crimes and misdemeanors" against the DHS secretary in January. The impeachment articles were filed after Republicans took over the House following the 2022 midterm elections, and new House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) pledged to investigate Mayorkas.

    De La Cruz was one of the Republicans who helped the party flip the House when she became the first Republican to represent Texas' historically blue 15th district. The freshman congresswoman campaigned heavily on tightening border security to protect Texans.

    The U.S. Border Patrol reported encounters with migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border in the 2021 fiscal year were more than quadruple the number of the prior fiscal year and the highest annual total on record, according to Pew Research.

    Then in fiscal year 2022, the U.S. saw 2,378,944 encounters at the border, excluding the nearly 600,000 known "gotaways" who escaped custody altogether. Under Mayorkas' watch, arrests of terror suspects crossing the southern border have also soared from three arrests of individuals on the terror watch list in 2020 to nearly 100 in 2022.

    Brandon Drey contributed to this report.

poll#162

In what may be the most divisive period in modern American History, even more divisive than the turbulent sixties due to today's lack of patriotism, consider what are the major catalysts causing so much of this calamity of conflict, and vote: What most instigates the division of America, on this day September 20, 2022?

  Racism within our society

  Sex realignment to the detriment of our society.

  Biden /Harris Wide Open Southern Border Policy for the Demographic Upheaval of OUR Constitutional Republic

  Rampant Crime in Democratic controlled cities, and the possible contagion elsewhere

  Covid Pandemic, and its mishandling at the political, and bureaucratic levels.

  The unresolved questions /allegation regarding the flawed 2020 General Election

  January 6th Riot or "Armed Insurrection", depending upon patriotic perspective

  Joe Biden as Divisive Leader; Ineffective and Corrupt Executive

  Failed Education Industry, from an overall perspective, regarding all levels of education.

  Propagandistic Media in complete conflict with the First Amendment's guarantee of Freedom of Speech, and the awesome responsibility of a Free Press..

  "Orangeman Bad!"

  Bureaucracy rushing to a behemoth size, its unjustified expense, and far too often overreach.

  The Weaponized Deep State for political purposes

  A secular ambivalence to all that is real.

  Record number of overdose deaths from opioids and now Fentanyl

  Biden Administration's disastrous Foreign Policy

  Bidenflation /supply chain failure inevitably evolving into stagflation and recession.

  "Ultra MAGA Extremists" freely speaking louder AND LOUDER!

928 total vote(s)     What's your Opinion?

poll#169

Considering how abjectly corrupt and civilly abusive the Left has become regarding the corrosive effect of their elected leaders; their entrenched and ruling bureaucracy; employing their failed Education Industry as Indoctrinators; their collusive private sector operators, such as the terminally discredited Legacy Media and Big Tech censorship of Free Speech: What will be the best course forward for hardworking Middle Americans, including the Patriot Class?

  Withdraw from society, go underground and plan for a resurgence when it is feasible to do so.

  Work within the confines of better policy by the People's government, once good sense and sanity is restored in the electorate at large, to achieve such.

  Are you a crazy, nut-job Insurrectionist? Everything is perfect within our plan to achieve our intended goals for the Socialist Left.

  Secession to form a true Constitutional Republic.

439 total vote(s)     What's your Opinion?

poll#163

The previous poll on Eastern NC NOW showcased what are many of OUR Constitutional Republic's certain obstacles to remain viable, where the top encumbrance to that continuance as a functioning Republic was the Biden /Harris Wide Open Southern Border. Understanding this overwhelming concern to real America citizens: Do you believe it important to challenge the veracity of those legislated concerns of Democratic Socialists by transporting Illegal Migrants to their Sanctuary cities, counties and states for their direct care?

  Yes; test the depth of their "compassion" by giving Democratic Socialists an opportunity to enact all Sanctuary provisions in their communities to test how much they truly do care.

  No; the Biden /Harris Wide Open Southern Border Project is designed to only inundate "Red States" to begin their Demographic Upheaval for the benefit of we Democratic Socialists, our politics.

  I generally do NOT care about politics, but it is fun watching abject hypocrites squirm; maybe I will start getting more involved.

453 total vote(s)     What's your Opinion?