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House Republicans vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over border crisis

WASHINGTON – 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.

"With this vote, Congress has made clear that we will not tolerate such lawlessness," chair of the GOP-led House Homeland Security Committee Mark Green, R-Tenn., said in a statement after the House's vote.

But Democrats, a handful of GOP lawmakers and legal scholars across the political spectrum have argued that House Republicans’ accusations amount to nothing more than policy disagreements over immigration. 

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Policy debates they argue, aren’t the high crimes or misdemeanors the Constitution requires for impeachment. Skeptics of the effort have raised concerns that impeaching Mayorkas could have a ripple effect, politicizing future impeachments.

President Joe Biden in a statement on Tuesday went after House Republicans for impeaching Mayorkas over his handling of the border, especially after they outright rejected a bipartisan border and immigration deal from the Senate, calling it a "political stunt."

Mia Ehrenberg, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, said in a statement following the vote. “Without a shred of evidence or legitimate Constitutional grounds, and despite bipartisan opposition, House Republicans have falsely smeared a dedicated public servant who has spent more than 20 years enforcing our laws and serving our country,"  Read more...