Enraged Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas slammed House Republicans for moving forward with impeachment proceedings against him, calling their accusations “baseless” in a scathing letter.

He told Republicans that he would not be intimidated by “politically motivated accusations and personal attacks you have made against me,” according to the Daily Mail.

The seven-page letter was sent to House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green (R-TN) on Tuesday just hours before the House was set to move ahead with his impeachment which will no doubt be stopped by Democrats in the Senate.

“I assure you that your false accusations do not rattle me and do not divert me from the law enforcement and broader public service mission to which I have devoted most of my career and to which I remain devoted,” Mayorkas railed in his letter.

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This is where it started last November.

This Tuesday, our Homeland Security Committee will be moving to finish it.

Secretary Mayorkas has the blood of 300 Americans per day on his hands from Chinese-made, Mexican cartel imported fentanyl alone. He has not just invited, but… pic.twitter.com/8ABlNrCfQ6

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) January 29, 2024

I was the first Member of Congress to file impeachment articles against DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas more than two years ago.

Today is his day of reckoning. pic.twitter.com/9bcCo3XvQ7

— Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) January 30, 2024

Mayorkas claimed that he’s done the best he can with what he has been given. Many Republicans contend otherwise.

Currently, he is involved in the Senate talks to strike a deal for aid to go to Ukraine and Israel if the border is contained. That deal is already said to be dead on arrival in the House according to Speaker Mike Johnson.

Two articles of impeachment are pending against Mayorkas. One of them accuses him of willfully subverting immigration laws through catch-and-release and the other charges that he is guilty of obstructing and lying to Congress.

Republicans are charging that Mayorkas is guilty of “high crimes and misdemeanors” for refusing to “comply with the law” on immigration and for breaching the public trust.

Mayorkas: “If you impeach me, you won’t like who’s next.”

Where TF did Biden find all these immoral and evil people? https://t.co/Fn5Pg96VZF

— Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) January 30, 2024

.@RepMarkGreen on the @HouseGOP impeachment articles against Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas:

“[Mayorkas] is doing just the opposite of what the law says to do.” pic.twitter.com/vXN0Wxjwrl

— GOP (@GOP) January 30, 2024

“Alejandro N. Mayorkas willfully and systemically refused to comply with the immigration laws, failed to control the border to the detriment of national security, compromised public safety, and violated the rule of law and separation of powers in the Constitution, to the manifest injury of the people of the United States,” the impeachment resolution states.

“The two articles mark the culmination of a roughly yearlong examination by Republicans of the secretary’s handling of the border and what they describe as a crisis of the administration’s own making,” the Daily Mail reported.

“Republicans contend that the administration and Mayorkas specifically either got rid of policies in place under Trump that had controlled migration or enacted policies of their own that encouraged migrants from around the world to come to the U.S. illegally via the southern border,” the media outlet added.

Mayorkas had previously refused to testify before the committee, citing a scheduling conflict.

“Secretary Mayorkas himself admitted some 85% of migrants encountered at the border are being released immediately – automatically released into the United States! That is NOT a border.”

WATCH: pic.twitter.com/ZY2unaZTYM

— Rep. Chip Roy Press Office (@RepChipRoy) January 30, 2024

“After nearly a year-long investigation carried out by the Homeland Security Committee into the border crisis. A few things have become very clear. Number one the crisis is intentional. Number two Secretary Mayorkas is responsible. And Number 3 he must be held accountable.”… pic.twitter.com/2fpvUQjpj2

— House Republicans (@HouseGOP) January 30, 2024

Green asked Mayorkas to submit written testimony instead and asserted that his letter did not suffice.

“Secretary Mayorkas’ 11th-hour response to the Committee is inadequate and unbecoming of a Cabinet secretary. Our investigation has established that Secretary Mayorkas has willfully and systemically refused to comply with the laws of the United States and breached the public trust. The Committee would have preferred he accept our multiple invitations extended to him since last August to appear before us in person,” he stated.

“A letter at 4:48 am on the morning of our markup, repeating the same false claims and doubling down on his commitment to his continued lawless conduct, indicates the contempt with which he views Congress, the American people, and the Constitution he swore an oath to defend,” Green pointed out.

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