House Republicans vote to impeach Homeland Security Sec Alejandro Mayorkas for failing to uphold immigration law and lying to Congress

Published: 14 February 2024 at 02:41

Politics

House Republicans have voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for failing to uphold immigration law and lying to Congress about the state of the U.S.-Mexico border. Mayorkas is the first Cabinet official to be impeached in nearly 150 years. The measure passed by just one vote, with three Republicans opposing it. President Biden criticized the impeachment as an act of unconstitutional partisanship and called on Congress to provide the tools and resources needed to address the situation at the border. Since Biden took office, there have been millions of illegal migrant encounters and around 10,000 daily in December.