{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://fry.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=191", "Congressman Russell Fry (SC-07) Calls for the Impeachment of DHS Secretary Mayorkas Over his Failure to Secure the Southern Border", "2023-08-02", "2023", "2023-08", "Republican", "House", "SC", "Russell Fry", "F000478", "fry.house.gov", "fry", "https://fry.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27", "scraper", "ICYMI \u2014 Congressman Russell Fry (SC-07) Calls for the Impeachment of DHS Secretary Mayorkas Over his Failure to Secure the Southern Border\n\nWashington, D.C. \u2014 Last week, Congressman Russell Fry officially called for the impeachment of the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas, over his failure to secure the U.S. southern border. This comes after Secretary Mayorkas testified before the House Judiciary Committee.\n\n\u201cWhile Secretary Mayorkas testified before the House Judiciary Committee, I listened to him dodge questions from my Republican colleagues, deflect blame, and fail to acknowledge the border crisis,\u201d said Congressman Russell Fry.\n\n\u201cUnder his leadership, the Department of Homeland Security has terminated construction of the border wall, terminated the Remain in Mexico program, abused parole authority and released illegal aliens into the U.S. en masse, and restricted U.S. Customs and Border Protection\u2019s ability to arrest, detain, and remove aliens who violated U.S. law.\u201d\n\n\u201cSecretary Mayorkas takes credit for the alleged \u2018success\u2019 of his department but blames other people for his own failures. Under his watch, there have been 5.6 million illegal alien encounters, 1.5 million known gotaways, 2.1 million illegals released into our country, and 250 terrorist encounters at our southern border.\u201d\n\n\u201cThe malfeasance in defending our national security and securing our southern border is unmistakable. He must be impeached.\u201d\n\nCongressman Fry\u2019s full remarks during last week\u2019s House Judiciary Committee with Secretary Mayorkas can be found here.\n\nCongressman Fry is a cosponsor of H.R. 89 \u2014 Impeaching Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, for high crimes and misdemeanors.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:30:18Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://fry.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=191"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.0180799290537834, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}