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Jan 29 2024
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2 Articles of Impeachment Filed Against Mayorkas
The House Homeland Security Committee on Sunday released two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
“His lawless behavior was exactly what the Framers gave us the impeachment power to remedy,” Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., said of Mayorkas.
The two impeachment articles “lay out a clear, compelling and irrefutable case for Secretary
The Daily SignalFeb 15 2024
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Is the Border Crisis Mayorkas' Fault?
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On Tuesday, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives narrowly voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
House Republicans accuse Mayorkas of “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law” in regard to enforcing immigration policy. The
AllSides StaffFeb 06 2024
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Mayorkas Escapes Historic Impeachment Vote
In a dramatic embarrassment for Republicans, the House on Tuesday narrowly rejected impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of the southern border after a small group of Republicans broke with their party. The deeply partisan effort charged Mayorkas with failing to properly enforce the nation’s immigration laws amid a record surge of immigrants at the U.S.-
Time MagazineApr 23 2024
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Bipartisan lawmakers seek answers from Mayorkas after Russian cyberattacks on water systems in US
Fox News (Online News)Feb 13 2024
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Republicans impeach Mayorkas in historic vote
House Republicans on Tuesday narrowly secured a historic vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, rallying GOP members after a first failed effort.
Mayorkas is the first Cabinet official to be impeached since the 1870s, a vote made all the more remarkable by Republicans’ inability to pass the same articles of impeachment last week, when three GOP members joined
The HillFeb 06 2024
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These Republicans voted against impeaching Mayorkas
Defections from three House Republicans sank the party’s effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in a dramatic vote on Tuesday night. Opposition from Reps. Ken Buck (R-Colo.), Tom McClintock (R-Calif.), and Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) in the slim GOP majority sank the bill. Rep. Blake Moore (R-Utah), the chair of the GOP conference, flipped his vote to “no” seconds before
The HillJan 30 2024
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The Republican effort to impeach Mayorkas, explained
House Republicans on the Homeland Security Committee are working to bring to the House floor two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over failure to enforce U.S. immigration policies at the border. The articles accused Mayorkas of “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law” and breaching the public trust. Republicans have not yet offered
Washington PostFeb 14 2024
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House members impeach Mayorkas by single vote
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House voted Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, with the Republican majority determined to punish the Biden administration over its handling of the U.S-Mexico border after failing last week in a politically embarrassing setback. The evening roll call proved tight, with Speaker Mike Johnson's, R-La., threadbare GOP majority unable to handle
Arkansas Democrat-GazetteApr 10 2024
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Embattled DHS head Mayorkas says sanctuary cities should kick out criminal migrants, admits border surge is a ‘crisis’
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told lawmakers Wednesday that even so-called “sanctuary cities” should work with federal immigration officials to boot criminals in the US illegally — and acknowledged that he considers the migrant surge across the US-Mexico border to be a “crisis.” Mayorkas, who was impeached by the House in February and has been accused by Republicans of a “
New York Post (News)Apr 17 2024
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New Trump super PAC ad hammers Biden on immigration as Mayorkas faces impeachment vote
As Donald Trump spends much of the week in New York court, his super PAC is back on the air for the first time in over a month with a stark new attack ad in Pennsylvania that coincides with President Joe Biden’s visit this week and slams his immigration policies. Trump and his GOP allies have sought to thrust immigration to the fore of the 2024 campaign, hoping to capitalize on voter
CNN (Online News)