This week, Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody called on Congress to take action to force U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to enforce public-safety immigration laws.
“In light of a recent Committee on Homeland Security Report confirming Sec. Mayorkas’s dereliction of duty, Attorney General Moody is urging congressional leaders to zero out Sec. Mayorkas’s salary,” Moody’s office noted. “The report relied extensively on Attorney General Moody’s efforts and litigation to support its finding that Sec. Mayorkas has failed to uphold the law and fulfill his oath of office. The report even cites Judge Kent Wetherell’s ‘withering rebuke’ in Florida v. United States.”
Moody weighed in on the letter she sent to congressional letters this week.
“Since their very first days in office, President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas have willingly and intentionally ignored the clear demands of United States immigration law and began systemically dismantling the border, requesting LESS resources to do so and initiating new programs outside federal law to allow and encourage more illegal immigration. The bottom line is that Secretary Mayorkas planned to fail at his job, continues to act outside the law even when his actions have been found to be unlawful, and pridefully boasts of his tenure—all while receiving his taxpayer-funded salary anyway. His title sums up his responsibility—secure our homeland—and he has purposely done the opposite. I am calling on Congress to zero out his salary until he meets his oath to the American people,” Moody said.
“Since his confirmation, Secretary Mayorkas has flouted Congress’s clear command to the detriment of my constituents and this nation. Rather than detain criminal aliens and illegal border crossers as required by law, Secretary Mayorkas has released millions of these aliens. Amazingly, when pressed in court about why he continues to release aliens in violation of the law, Secretary Mayorkas consistently blames one entity above all others: Congress,” Moody wrote.
In addition to zeroing out Mayorkas’s salary, Moody requested Congress provide additional funding for border security, allocate funding to support state cooperation programs, and provide a cause of action for states to sue Mayorkas and force compliance with federal immigration law.
“Regardless of whether you agree with the current immigration laws, they are the law of the land and Secretary Mayorkas swore to uphold them. Congress, more than any other branch of government, is uniquely positioned to defend this country’s duly enacted laws when the Executive Branch chooses to ignore them. I hope that you will adopt my recommendations and defend the rule of law,” Moody wrote in conclusion.
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