Posted 3/6/2024, 10:08:00 PM
DHS Spends $3 Million on Legal Defense for Mayorkas Amid Impeachment Push Over Border Policies
- DHS spending $3 million on law firm to defend Mayorkas from impeachment efforts
- Money could have paid starting salary for 70 new border agents instead
- Contract runs through 2025 to protect "deliberative process and other executive branch equities"
- House Republicans voted to impeach Mayorkas for refusing to comply with immigration law
- Failed Senate border security package included $650 million for wall, could have closed border at 5,000 daily crossings