House GOP Takes Party-Line Vote On Impeachment

January 31, 2024 5:02 am

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have taken a party-line vote toward impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over what they say is his “willful and systematic” refusal to enforce immigration laws. The Homeland Security Committee voted after midnight Wednesday to recommend the two articles of impeachment to the full House. But Mayorkas, who has been meeting with senators on a border security package, argues the Republicans should instead be working with the Biden administration on U.S.-Mexico border issues. Democrats derided the proceedings as a sham ordered up by Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump for the 2024 election. The full House could vote on the impeachment as soon as next week.