House fails to impeach Homeland Security’s Mayorkas
In a dramatic setback, House Republicans failed Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, forced to shelve a high-profile priority — for now — after a few GOP lawmakers refused to go along with the party’s plan.
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Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., leads the House Homeland Security Committee move to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas over the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, attends a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing on worldwide threats to the United Statesy, Nov. 15, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. As Republicans in the House of Representatives threaten to make Mayorkas the first Cabinet official impeached in nearly 150 years, Mayorkas says, in a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press, he is “totally focused on the work" that his agency of 260,000 people conducts and not distracted by the politics of impeachment.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on threats to the homeland, Oct. 31, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. As Republicans in the House of Representatives threaten to make Mayorkas the first Cabinet official impeached in nearly 150 years, Mayorkas says, in a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press, he is “totally focused on the work" that his agency of 260,000 people conducts and not distracted by the politics of impeachment.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill, Nov. 8, 2023, in Washington. As Republicans in the House of Representatives threaten to make Mayorkas the first Cabinet official impeached in nearly 150 years, Mayorkas says, in a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press, he is “totally focused on the work" that his agency of 260,000 people conducts and not distracted by the politics of impeachment.ASSOCIATED PRESS
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., joined at right by Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the ranking member, delivers a statement as the House Rules Committee meets to prepare the articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for a floor vote, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Feb. 5.ASSOCIATED PRESS
House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., joined at right by Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the ranking member, delivers a statement as the House Rules Committee meets to prepare the articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for a floor vote, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Feb. 5.ASSOCIATED PRESS
Rep. Ken Buck, R-Colo., speaks during a interview following a House vote to impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Feb. 6, in Washington. The House has fallen short in their effort to impeach Mayorkas over the Biden administration’s handling of the southern border. Buck, Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wis. and California Rep. Tom McClintock, R-Calif., joined the Democrats in voting against the impeachment of Mayorkas.ASSOCIATED PRESS
House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., enters the House chamber as lawmakers prepare to vote on the articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for failures on the U.S.- Mexico border at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 6. The impeachment vote failed.