Washington — The House voted to impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday, casting a historic vote that marks the first time a Cabinet secretary has been impeached in nearly 150 years. Under two articles of impeachment accusing Mayorkas of “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law” and a “breach
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The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday narrowly voted to impeach President Joe Biden’s top border official, accusing him of lax policies that encouraged illegal immigration. By a vote of 214-213, the House approved two articles of impeachment accusing Homeland Security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas of not enforcing U.S. immigration laws, which Republicans argue led
After failing in an earlier vote, House Republicans successfully impeached the DHS secretary—the first cabinet official to be impeached in nearly 150 years. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas on Feb. 13 became only the second presidential cabinet member ever to be impeached in the 236-year history of the United States government. Mr. Mayorkas, who
Washington — The House voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday over his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border, with Republicans issuing the chamber’s harshest constitutional punishment against a Cabinet secretary for just the second time in U.S. history. The vote on two articles of impeachment was 214 in favor to 213 opposed,
The United States is bankrolling its own “invasion” by funding the United Nations and its partners, which, in turn, give hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and aid to migrants who eventually cross the U.S. southern border illegally. While the U.N. has aided migrants for decades, the scope of its operation has dramatically expanded