Republicans impeach Alejandro Mayorkas over the border after failing to last week
The Senate will need to address the Homeland Security Secretary's impeachment when it returns on Feb. 26, but the Democratic-controlled chamber won't convict him.
WASHINGTON — House Republicans on Tuesday night muscled through a vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of the border, exactly one week after their first attempt to impeach him collapsed spectacularly on the floor.
The vote was 214-213, with three Republicans again opposing the impeachment. Mayorkas is just the second Cabinet secretary in U.S. history to be impeached — and the first in nearly 150 years.
"From his first day in office, Secretary Mayorkas has willfully and consistently refused to comply with federal immigration laws, fueling the worst border catastrophe in American history," Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., said in a statement. "He has undermined public trust through multiple false statements to Congress, obstructed lawful oversight of the Department of Homeland Security, and violated his oath of office."
"Since this Secretary refuses to do the job that the Senate confirmed him to do, the House must act," Johnson continued.
President Joe Biden blasted House Republicans immediately after the vote.
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