(Radio Iowa) – Congresswoman Ashley Hinson, a Republican from Marion, says Iowans are telling her they want conservative consensus on the issue of an immigration bill. She says they also know that President Biden is behind the chaos at the border. “Iowans see right through his gaslighting, they know on day one of his presidency he began to unravel secure border policies and incentivize illegal immigration,” Hinson says. A bipartisan bill on the issue has failed to gain traction, but Hinson says they need to get something done.

“We could go through every hypothetical scenario. I don’t want to comment on something that hasn’t come up in the house. But I can point to what I’ve already supported, which is H-R-2 border security. It’s unfortunate that congressional Democrats will not vote for tougher immigration legislation and that President Biden won’t enforce our existing immigration laws,” she says. Republicans in the House failed to get enough votes to impeach the Homeland Security Secretary over his actions in dealing with immigration. Hinson says it is tough when her party has such a thin majority margin.

“I did vote to impeach Secretary Mayorkas because he is willfully refusing to comply with the immigration laws on the books and he is breaching public trust,” she says. Hinson says Mayorkas has also not been truthful. “He lied directly to me and my appropriations colleagues and I am hopeful we will be able to move forward with impeaching Secretary Mayorkas to hold him and the Biden administration accountable for this border crisis,” Hinson says. Hinson hopes they can have another impeachment vote this week.