Rep. Al Green (D-TX) introduced articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, targeting the administration’s immigration enforcement efforts through Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection.
Green accused Trump of abusing his presidential power under Article 2 of the Constitution, which mandates the president “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
In the articles, Green argued that under Trump, ICE and CBP were operating as an “unaccountable paramilitary police [force].”
Green described ICE and CBP as Trump’s “vicious, quota-driven, unaccountable paramilitary police forces, transgressing with anonymity and secrecy, assaulting people, committing and covering up unjustified killings of civilians.”
The Texas congressman pointed to the killings of Renee Good, Alex Pretti, Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, and Johan Sebastian Durán Guerrero by an ICE officer.
He also accused Trump of acting with impunity, terrorizing communities, and “brazenly and wantonly devolving the United States democratic republic into an authoritarian regime, where unjustified killings and coverups by ICE and CBP are normalized.”
Green has repeatedly pursued Trump’s impeachment during his tenure in the House, introducing or threatening to introduce articles on several occasions.
During Trump’s first administration, Green filed articles of impeachment after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey. He later reintroduced articles in July 2019, accusing Trump of attacking four Democratic congresswomen of color. Because the measure was introduced as a privileged resolution, the House was required to vote on it.
Green again pursued impeachment after Trump returned to office. In May 2025, he introduced articles accusing Trump of defying the judicial branch. The following month, Green introduced another article on Trump’s decision to strike Iranian nuclear facilities without congressional approval. In November 2025, Green again vowed to introduce impeachment articles, this time alleging abuse of power. The House rejected that effort in December 2025.
In June, the House voted 344-79 on a measure that effectively blocked Green’s effort to launch an impeachment inquiry, with 128 Democrats joining Republicans in opposing the effort.
Under the Constitution, the House brings articles of impeachment, which function as charges against a federal official. If a simple majority of the House approves the articles, the official is impeached. The Senate then conducts an impeachment trial, with the chief justice of the Supreme Court presiding. A conviction requires a two-thirds vote in the Senate and results in removal from office.
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Trump has been impeached twice, both times by the House during his first term. In December 2019, the House impeached Trump on charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress stemming from his efforts to pressure Ukraine to investigate then-former Vice President Joe Biden while withholding military aid.
The House impeached Trump for a second time on Jan. 13, 2021, charging him with incitement of insurrection following the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. He was acquitted both times by the Senate.