Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is confused as to why Republicans are pursuing his impeachement.
Mayorkas has overseen an explosion of illegal immigration that has led to humanitarian and legal crises on the U.S. southern border and a political firestorm in Washington, D.C. The U.S. House is expected to vote on articles of impeachment against the Homeland Security secretary Tuesday after they were passed out of committee on a party line vote last week.
“Very difficult to make sense of it,” Mayorkas said of the impeachment push, according to The Washington Post. “It’s very difficult. So I don’t try to make sense of it.”
“I’m doing my work. I’m doing my work. And um, making sure it doesn’t distract me from it,” he added.
Mayorkas joined the Biden administration early, being confirmed to his cabinet post in February 2021. Mayorkas complained to the Post…
