The GOP-led House took a step toward impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of the border crisis early on Wednesday in the face of immense opposition by Democrats and the Biden administration.
Members of the Homeland Security Committee voted along party lines to advance two articles of impeachment, one that alleges Mayorkas has “willfully and systemically refused to comply with Federal immigration laws,” and another that claims the secretary “breached the public trust” by making false statements, “knowingly” obstructed lawful oversight of the Department of Homeland Security, and made false statements to Congress.
The articles advanced out of committee at the end of a meeting that lasted roughly 15 hours as Democrats employed delaying tactics and proposed amendments that Republicans deemed to be political and unrelated to the impeachable…
