Washington — The House is expected to vote in the coming days on whether to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for the Biden administration’s handling of the situation along the U.S.-Mexico border. If successful, it would mark just the second impeachment of a Cabinet secretary in U.S. history, and the first in nearly 150 […]
WASHINGTON — Colorado Republican Ken Buck said Thursday morning that he’s a “solid” no on impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, raising questions about whether the House GOP has the votes to do so. “The people that I’m talking to on the outside, the constitutional experts, former members agree that this just isn’t an impeachable […]
WASHINGTON ― Rep. Ken Buck (R-Col.) said Thursday that he opposes impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Republicans are planning an impeachment vote against Mayorkas next week over his alleged deliberate refusal to detain and deport migrants arriving at the southern U.S. border. Buck said the border chaos doesn’t amount to a high crime or […]
Jan. 31—WASHINGTON, Dc. — Overnight, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) voted in the House Homeland Security Committee to advance the Articles of Impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the full House of Representatives. In the Full Committee Markup, Representative Pfluger advocated for a secure border and explained his reasoning behind voting to impeach Secretary […]
On today’s Daily Debrief, Republicans in the House Homeland Security Committee voted to impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, setting up for a full House vote later in the week. A new poll found that a majority of voters (53 percent) in seven battleground states said that they wouldn’t vote for Donald Trump if he is […]
House Republicans are moving ahead with impeachment proceedings against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over what they call his “willful and systematic” refusal to enforce U.S. immigration laws. Here’s how we got here and what it means. Who is Alejandro Mayorkas? Mayorkas, 64, was born in Havana and came to the United States when his […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (seen here before he became speaker) faces a razor-thin margin on impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. One of the current undecided Republicans is Rep. Tom McClintock of California (left).Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Speaker Mike Johnson will have to guide a historic impeachment through a razor-thin majority. At […]
WASHINGTON — The House Homeland Security Committee approved two articles of impeachment early Wednesday against Alejandro Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, over his handling of the southwestern border, as Republicans raced forward with a partisan indictment of President Joe Biden’s immigration policies. In an 18-15 party-line vote, the panel endorsed a resolution charging Mayorkas with […]
Republicans early Wednesday forwarded a resolution to boot Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas from his post over the objection of Democrats who say the GOP has failed to meet the bar for impeachment. The strict party-line vote, after an all-day markup that went late into the night, cements the GOP’s plans to ignite the second […]
WASHINGTON — Members of the House Homeland Security Committee are meeting Tuesday to discuss the Republican-led impeachment articles against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. House Republicans accuse Mayorkas and the Biden administration of disregarding federal laws on immigration and seek to make Mayorkas the second Cabinet official impeached in U.S. history. Tuesday’s hearing is another […]
Washington — The House Homeland Security Committee is on track to advance articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Tuesday, which would pave the way for a full House vote in the coming days. House Republicans on Sunday released two articles of impeachment against President Biden’s top immigration official, accusing him of “willful […]
By Ted Hesson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives panel on Tuesday plans to debate impeachment charges against Democratic President Joe Biden‘s top border official, a near-unprecedented move that comes as political tensions around immigration ramp up. The House Homeland Security Committee will consider two articles of impeachment targeting Homeland Security Secretary […]