Texas Gov. Abbott spotlights push to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas over border crisis

Republican Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas says that the new GOP majority in the House of Representatives should impeach Alejandro Mayorkas, President Joe Biden’s Homeland Security secretary, over the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border.

"The facts are that Secretary Mayorkas has repeatedly told the public that the border is secure and that the border is not open," Abbott said in a national exclusive interview with Fox News Digital ahead of his inauguration Tuesday for a third four-year term steering the Lone Star State.

"He testified under oath to those two statements in front of the United States Congress, and despite what he is saying, the reality is under Secretary Mayorkas we have the largest number of people coming across the border illegally than ever in the history of the United States of America," the governor said.

And Abbott argued that Mayorkas "should be prosecuted for impeachment for lying to Congress and lying to Americans or because he’s incompetent at doing his job."