Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas, a lame-duck lawmaker who just lost his primary, introduced fresh articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Monday, accusing the administration of turning immigration agencies into rogue forces.
The move revives Green’s long-running campaign to oust the president and comes as Democrats argue over how hard to attack Trump ahead of the 2026 midterms.
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Green’s resolution seeks to impeach Trump for high crimes and misdemeanors “committed in violation of the president’s mandated oath of office to preserve, protect, and defend the United States Constitution.”
It specifically charges the president with running U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) “as his vicious, quota-driven, unaccountable paramilitary police forces.”
The resolution claims: “President Trump has used ICE and CBP to suppress the First Amendment rights to free speech and a free press; violate the Fourth Amendment right to privacy and protections against unlawful searches and excessive force; and defy the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendment guarantees of due process and equal protection by allowing and encouraging racially targeted 7 arrests, unjustified detentions, and unjustified killings.”
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This is far from Green’s first attempt.
He has repeatedly filed impeachment articles against Trump that collapsed under bipartisan rejection.
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In June 2025, Green forced a vote on articles accusing Trump of failing to notify or seek congressional authorization before U.S. strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites.
That measure was tabled in a lopsided 344-79 vote, with most Democrats—including the entire Democratic leadership—joining Republicans to kill it.
During Trump’s first term, Green was the first Democrat to push impeachment articles to the floor over the 2017 Charlottesville events, long before party leaders were ready.
Green’s latest effort arrives after he was escorted from the House chamber during Trump’s February State of the Union address for holding a sign reading “BLACK PEOPLE AREN’T APES,” a reference to a deleted AI-generated social media post.
In May, Green lost the Democratic primary runoff for Texas’s 18th Congressional District to Rep. Christian Menefee, meaning his time in Congress is limited.
Hear this message from Congressman Al Green: I filed H.Res.1486 to impeach President Donald John Trump for high crimes and misdemeanors. Read the articles of impeachment on my website at https://t.co/ZxCFwtK7YH pic.twitter.com/edzM8fPAnz
— U.S. Representative Al Green (@RepAlGreen) August 24, 2026
President Trump and Republicans are sitting on a king’s ransom in terms of funds going into what is expected to be competitive midterm elections as they try to keep control of Congress.
The president’s Super PACs are particularly well-funded, even as the Democratic National Committee has had to use its headquarters as collateral just to raise $15 million for races.
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On Friday, Trump said he was planning to use his and Republicans’ huge cash advantage to help their candidates win tight races.
“Well, I’ve raised a lot, and nobody knows what it is, but I will tell you it’s about $850 million,” Trump said before boarding Air Force One to fly to South Carolina.
“I’ll be spending a lot of that money for — and my own money — but I’ll be spending a lot of that money for candidates that I think are good, Republican candidates,” Trump assured reporters.
“We’re in very good shape,” he added, per The Hill.
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MAGA Inc., meanwhile, is a pro-Trump super PAC that played a major role in supporting Trump’s successful 2024 presidential campaign and remains an influential force in Republican politics.
Trump said earlier this month in an interview with Punchbowl News that he could “spend it on pretty much anything” he wants.
“I’m going to help Republicans,” he said.
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Thus far, however, the PAC has not spent any money in June or July.
James Blair, a senior Trump political adviser who oversees MAGA Inc., has indicated that significant financial support is coming, saying the president “is going to expend substantial resources to win the midterms.”
“He cares deeply about the party winning and anything he can do to support that he is going to do and is already doing,” Blair said on “The Sean Spicer Show” in June.
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