GOP-controlled House fails to impeach the homeland security secretary

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican-controlled House has failed to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the Biden administration’s handling of the U.S.-Mexico border.

Tuesday night’s vote marked the culmination of months of examination by House Republicans as they’ve aimed to make immigration and border security a key election issue.

But when it came down to the vote, Democrats were united against the charges, and Republicans, who have a razor-thin majority in the House, needed almost every vote they had to approve the two articles of impeachment against Mayorkas. They fell short.

This doesn’t necessarily spell the end of the impeachment efforts. The House will likely revisit the issue, but the next

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