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By Nicholas Ballasy Just The News, 2-13-24
The GOP-led House voted 214-213 on Tuesday night to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, marking the first time a sitting Cabinet secretary has received such a punishment.
The vote pushes two articles of impeachment to the Senate for a potential trial later this year.
The two articles alleged that Mayorkas’ handling of the southern U.S. border crisis involved both a “breach of trust” and a “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law.”
Last week, the first vote on the resolution took place after nearly 3 hours of debate on the House floor but it failed to pass 216-214.
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