A House GOP effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas failed in embarrassing fashion Tuesday as three Republicans joined Democrats in voting against what would have been the second-ever impeachment of a Cabinet official.
The 214-216 vote is a stunning loss for a GOP that has faced continual pressure from its right flank to impeach a Biden official, even as the party has waffled over which one to focus on.
Republicans say the hope is to bring the legislation to the floor again, when House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.), who is undergoing treatment for cancer, will be able to attend.
No administration has ever detained all illegal migrants, and immigration law experts who have weighed the claim determined Mayorkas did not violate any laws.
Republicans also accused him of “breach of public trust.”
A months-long, multipronged investigation into the Biden administration’s border policies by the House Homeland Security Committee preceded the impeachment attempt, but it was Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) move to force votes on impeaching Mayorkas late last year that was widely credited for breathing life into t
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