H.Res. 1472House119th Congress (2025-2027)In Committee

Impeaching Allison Dale Burroughs, a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, for high crimes and misdemeanors.

Introduced August 3, 2026

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H.Res. 1472 is a House resolution that seeks to impeach Allison Dale Burroughs, a U.S. District Court judge in Massachusetts, for alleged high crimes and misdemeanors. The resolution claims she overstepped her judicial authority by blocking the President’s decision to end temporary protected status (TPS) for Somalia. If adopted, the resolution would send an article of impeachment to the Senate for trial.

Key Provisions

  • Accuses Judge Burroughs of issuing a stay that prevented the President’s termination of TPS for Somalia, contrary to the Immigration and Nationality Act, which says such decisions are not subject to judicial review.
  • Alleges the judge ignored a Supreme Court ruling (Mullin v. Doe) and improperly raised claims of racial and national‑origin discrimination to block the administration’s action.
  • States that her actions constitute “high crimes and misdemeanors,” making her unfit to remain a federal judge and calling for her removal through impeachment.

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IV

119th CONGRESS

2d Session

H. RES. 1472

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

August 3, 2026

Mr. Ogles submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary

RESOLUTION

Impeaching Allison Dale Burroughs, a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, for high crimes and misdemeanors.

That Allison Dale Burroughs, a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, is impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, and that the following article of impeachment be exhibited to the Senate:

Article of impeachment exhibited by the House of Representatives of the United States of America in the name of itself and of the people of the United States of America, against Allison Dale Burroughs, a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, in maintenance and support of its impeachment against her for high crimes and misdemeanors.

Article I

Allison Dale Burroughs, a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, defied the authority of both Federal law and the Supreme Court of the United States, as follows:

Judge Burroughs issued a stay on the lawful determination by the President of the United States to end temporary protected status for the nation of Somalia.

In issuing this stay, Judge Burroughs ignored the clear intention of Congress expressed in section 244(b)(5)(A) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1254a(b)(5)(A)) that [t]here is no judicial review of any determination of the [Secretary of Homeland Security] with respect to the designation, or termination or extension of a [temporary protected status] designation, of a foreign state.

In issuing this stay, Judge Burroughs attempted to get around the Supreme Court’s ruling in Mullin v. Doe by entertaining spurious allegations of racial and national-origin discrimination against an Administration that has chosen to not renew a single temporary protected status designation.

In issuing this stay, Judge Burroughs usurped the authority delegated to the President of the United States to determine whether to extend temporary protected status.

Accordingly, Judge Allison Dale Burroughs has engaged in conduct so contrary to her role under the Constitution of the United States that she is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors, is unfit to hold the office of Federal judge, and should be removed from office.