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Press Release

 

 

For Immediate Release
Jan. 18, 2024
Contact: Dan Gordon , 617-651-0841

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**National Security Leaders Urge Congress to Focus on Border,
Immigration Solutions - Not Mayorkas Impeachment** 

**Washington, D.C.** - In a letter to Congress on Wednesday, 26
national security leaders who served in Republican and Democratic
administrations expressed concerns over the potential impeachment of
Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and urged legislators to focus on solutions
to address border and migration challenges.  

"Initiating such proceedings not only threatens to undermine national
security but sets a perilous precedent that could have dire implications
for the stability of our government," the former officials say in the
letter
,
addressed to the chairman and ranking member of the House Homeland
Security Committee. "Impeaching Secretary Mayorkas would only serve to
distract from the pressing need to implement effective policy solutions
to rectify our immigration system and fortify America's national
security." 

The group, including many Council on National Security and Immigration
leaders, argued that a partisan
impeachment will make it more difficult to address migration's root
causes and to improve the functionality of the Department of Homeland
Security. Instead, the leaders call on Republicans and Democrats to
collaborate on "solutions that strengthen our borders, treat migrants
with dignity, and reduce backlogs that delay decisions on asylum claims,
legal immigration petitions, and other cases and applications."

"The way to provide security and order is for Republicans and Democrats
to negotiate solutions, not to engage in political theater clearly
designed for an election season," said signatory

**Elizabeth Neumann, former DHS Assistant Secretary for Threat
Prevention and Security Policy in the Trump administration**. "The men
and women of the Department of Homeland Security, up to and including
Secretary Mayorkas, should be able to focus 100% of their attention on
keeping America safe."

"We agree with these national security experts. Congress' attention
should be on solutions to our border and immigration challenges," said 

**Jennie Murray, President and CEO of the National Immigration Forum**.
"The current global migration trend requires balanced policies rather
than actions that divide and polarize." 

Signatories of the letter

include: 

Jayson Ahern, Former Commissioner (A), U.S. Customs and Border
Protection

Ross Ashley, Former Assistant Administrator, Federal Emergency
Management Agency

Thomas Atkin, Former Special Assistant to the President and Senior
Director for Transborder Security, National Security Council

Douglas Baker, Former Special Assistant to the President for Homeland
Security and Senior Director for Border and Transportation Security
Policy

Alan Bersin, Former Assistant Secretary for Policy and International
Affairs, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

William Booher, Former Public Affairs Director, Federal Emergency
Management Agency

Ed Cash, Former Director, Intergovernmental Affairs, U.S. Department of
Homeland Security

Gus Coldebella, Former Deputy and Acting General Counsel, U.S.
Department of Homeland Security

Gil Kerlikowske, Former Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Prakash Khatri, Former Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman,
U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Admiral James M. Loy, Former Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of
Homeland Security

David A. Martin, Former Deputy and Acting General Counsel, U.S.
Department of Homeland Security

Lynden Melmed, Former Chief Counsel, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services

Hans Miller, Former Deputy Assistant Administrator for Policy,
Transportation Security Administration

Robert Mocny, Former Senior Executive, U.S. Department of Homeland
Security

Michael Neifach, Former Principal Legal Advisor, U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement

Elizabeth Neumann, Former Assistant Secretary for Threat Prevention and
Security Policy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Leon Rodriguez, Former Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration
Services

W. Price Roe, Former Counselor to the Secretary, U.S. Department of
Homeland Security

Paul Rosenzweig, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S.
Department of Homeland Security

Seth Stodder, Former Assistant Secretary for Borders, Immigration &
Trade Policy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

C. Stewart Verdery, Jr., Former Assistant Secretary for Border and
Transportation Security Policy and Planning, U.S. Department of Homeland
Security

Dave West, Former Advisor, International Affairs, U.S. Department of
Homeland Security

Jim Williams, Former Director, US-VISIT, U.S. Department of Homeland
Security

Julie Myers Wood, Former Assistant Secretary, U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

James Ziglar, Former Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization
Service 

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