House Republicans advanced articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday as illegal immigration continues at record levels.

United States Customs and Border Protection has encountered more than 7.5 million individuals entering the country illegally since President Joe Biden assumed office. Members of the House Homeland Security Committee proposed articles of impeachment asserting that Mayorkas has “repeatedly violated laws enacted by Congress regarding immigration and border security,” enabling the massive numbers of illegal aliens to enter the nation over the past three years.

The document added that the “willful and systemic refusal” to enforce immigration laws has “contributed to unprecedented levels of illegal entrants, the increased control of the southwest border by drug cartels, and the imposition of enormous costs on states and localities affected by the influx of aliens.” Mayorkas would be the second Cabinet official to be successfully impeached in the history of the United States and the first in more than a century; the move requires a majority vote in the House and a two-thirds majority vote in the Senate.

Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, a Republican from Tennessee, said in a statement that the actions from Mayorkas turned “every state into a border state.”

“Thousands of Americans have lost their lives and our nation is experiencing a historic national security, public safety, and humanitarian catastrophe. Make no mistake, Secretary Mayorkas’ lawlessness is exactly what the Framers of our Constitution designed impeachment to remedy,” he commented. “Congress holds impeachment power to hold accountable public officials who refuse to do their duty, and to deal with grave harms to our political order.”

House Speaker Mike Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, previously vowed that a vote on the articles of impeachment would be held “as soon as possible.”

The impending impeachment proceedings also occurs as the state of Texas and the federal government clash over moves from Texas to install razor wire and floating barriers in order to prevent crossings. Five members of the Supreme Court decided in favor of granting an emergency request from the Biden administration to remove razor wire in the area.