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The Republican-controlled House impeached Mayorkas by a single vote margin on Feb. 13, recommending that Mayorkas be removed from office over his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border.
[2] [3] Mayorkas is the second Cabinet member in history, and first since Secretary of War William W. Belknap in 1876, to be impeached. [ 4 ] A full House vote on February 6 to impeach failed to pass in a 214–216 vote, with four House Republicans joining the minority Democratic Party in voting against the impeachment resolution.
The Republican-controlled House impeached Mayorkas by a single vote margin on Feb. 13, recommending that Mayorkas be removed from office over his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border. With two articles of impeachment, the House charges that Mayorkas has “willfully and systematically” refused to enforce existing immigration laws and breached ...
The Republican-controlled House impeached Mayorkas by a single vote margin on Feb. 13, recommending that Mayorkas be removed from office over his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border. With two ...
Mayorkas, 64, was born in Havana and came to the United States as a 1-year-old when his family fled Cuba. He has served as secretary of Homeland Security since February 2021. He was nominated by ...
Alejandro Nicolas Mayorkas (born November 24, 1959) is an American attorney and government official who was the 7th United States secretary of homeland security, serving from 2021 until 2025. A member of the Democratic Party , Mayorkas previously served as the director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services from 2009 to 2013, and ...
In December 2023, House Republicans authorized an impeachment inquiry into Joe Biden, [17] followed by the impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas in February 2024, the first time a cabinet secretary has been the target of impeachment proceedings since William W. Belknap in 1876, and only the second such cabinet impeachment in history.
Mayorkas, 64, is a former federal prosecutor who was born in Cuba. He left with his family in 1960 after Fidel Castro came to power. He maintains that the record numbers of migrants arriving at ...