That Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors and that the following articles of impeachment be exhibited to the United States Senate: Articles of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives of the United States of America in the name of itself and of the people of the United States of America, against Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors. Article I Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, in his conduct as Secretary of Homeland Security, has engaged in a pattern of conduct that directly violates his constitutional oath as an executive officer of the United States in the following manner: Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas was confirmed and sworn in as the Secretary of Homeland Security of the United States of America on February 2, 2021. Secretary Mayorkas took a solemn oath, as stated in section 3331 of title 5, United States Code, to support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic and to well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God. As the Secretary of Homeland Security, a cabinet-level official established by the Homeland Security Act of 2002 ( Public Law 107–296 ), Secretary Mayorkas is vested with the duty to advise the President on decision making critical to the safety and security of the United States. Secretary Mayorkas, with his 30-year career as a law enforcement official, is entrusted by the President to uphold the mission of the Department of Homeland Security as dictated by statute and ensure the constitutionality, legality, and efficacy of executive policy in service of such mission. Section 4 of Article IV of the Constitution mandates that the Federal Government shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government and shall protect each of them against Invasion