The House voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday, after an embarrassing failed attempt from House Republicans last week as they seek to make the crisis on the southern border a top 2024 issue.
The vote passed mostly along party lines by a count of 214-213, with no Democrats supporting the effort and a few GOP lawmakers joining them. Until Tuesday evening’s vote, the House had not impeached a cabinet secretary in almost 150 years.
The crux of House Republicans’ allegations against Mayorkas, whom they have long sought to impeach, is that the secretary deliberately and willfully allowed the crisis on the southern border to reach an extreme state.
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