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Apr 17, 2024 · 5:55 p.m. ET, April 17, 2024. Senators voted along party lines to reject Mayorkas impeachment. From CNN's Matt Stiles. The Senate ended the impeachment case against Homeland Security...
Feb 14, 2024 · The GOP-led House has voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. He is the first Cabinet secretary to be impeached in nearly 150 years. The vote tally was 214 to 213....
Alejandro Mayorkas (Secretary of Homeland Security) Proponents: Mike Johnson (Speaker of the House of Representatives) Date: February 13, 2024 () – April 17, 2024 () (2 months and 4 days) Charges: Dereliction of duty, perjury, contempt of Congress: Cause: Mexico–United States border crisis: Congressional votes
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- The impeachment case against Mayorkas
- Which Republicans voted against impeachment?
Washington — The House voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday over his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border, with Republicans issuing the chamber's harshest constitutional punishment against a Cabinet secretary for just the second time in U.S. history.
The vote on two articles of impeachment was 214 in favor to 213 opposed, with three Republicans voting with all Democrats against impeachment. Two Republicans and two Democrats were absent.
Rep. Mark Green of Tennessee, the Republican chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said the vote holds Mayorkas accountable and called on the Senate "to do the right thing and remove Secretary Mayorkas from office following a thorough trial."
The effort is all but certain to crash in the Senate, where Democrats have control and a two-thirds majority would be needed to convict and remove him from office.
"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," Mia Ehrenberg, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, said in a statement. "Secretary Mayorkas and the Department of Homeland Security will continue working every day to keep Americans safe."
In a statement, President Biden called the impeachment a "blatant act of unconstitutional partisanship that has targeted an honorable public servant in order to play petty political games."
Republicans assert Mayorkas should be charged with high crimes and misdemeanors for not enforcing immigration laws. They've focused much of their arguments on the failure to detain all migrants while they await court proceedings.
Mayorkas and Democrats have contended that it's a matter of policy differences, arguing that Republicans are using impeachment to score political points during an election year. They say it's up to Congress to fix the "broken" immigration system and allocate more resources to border security.
Legal experts on both sides of the aisle have also criticized the effort, saying Mayorkas' actions fail to meet the threshold for impeachment.
Last month, Republicans unveiled two articles of impeachment against Mayorkas after speeding through impeachment proceedings.
The first impeachment article accuses Mayorkas of releasing migrants into the U.S. who should have been detained. The second article alleges he lied to lawmakers about whether the southern border was secure when he previously testified that his department had "operational control" of the border, and accuses Mayorkas of obstructing congressional oversight of his department.
The Department of Homeland Security has said Congress has never given the executive branch the resources and personnel needed to detain every migrant as required by federal immigration law. It also denied Mayorkas lied to lawmakers, pointing to how the department uses "operational control" internally.
The three Republicans who voted last week against impeachment stuck with their decision this week.
•Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado
•Rep. Mike Gallagher of Wisconsin
•Rep. Tom McClintock of California
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Feb 6, 2024 · Feb. 6, 2024. The Republican-led House is poised to vote on Tuesday on whether to charge Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, with two counts of high crimes and misdemeanors,...
Feb 13, 2024 · The House passed a resolution Tuesday night to impeach Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, over his handling of the southwestern border. The vote was 214 to 213, with all...
