Alejandro Mayorkas - report

American attorney & government official (born 1959)

Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas is a Cuban-American lawyer and politician who has been serving as the seventh United States Secretary of Homeland Security since February 2, 2021. During the Obama administration, he also served in the Department of Homeland Security, first as director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (2009–2013), and then as deputy secretary of DHS (2013–2016).

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro_Mayorkas

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The first vote of 51 Democrats to 48 Republicans, with one non-voting Republican senator, was reported at 3:18 p.m. on Wednesday. The vote was delayed while Republican senators proposed motions to extend the trial period. Mayorka is accused of failing to enforce U.S. border laws and lying to Congress. The House charged him in February with "willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law"
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed Tuesday that Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas has committed treason for previously working with a non-profit that has connections to a group urging illegal immigrants to vote for Joe Biden. The Georgia Republican was referencing a recent report indicating that Resource Center Matamoras has been distributing materials urging migrants to 'to vote for President Biden when you are in the United States' RCM claims to house functions for the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)
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The House impeached the secretary on February 13 by an extremely narrow margin, making him the first cabinet secretary to be impeached in almost 150 years. The Republican-controlled House narrowly passed two articles of impeachment against Mayorkas by a single vote.
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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas was impeached by the House Tuesday night in a narrow 214 to 213 vote. Republicans blame him for an unprecedented influx of migrants at the US-Mexico border. The issue now heads to the Democratic-led Senate, where it is likely to fail.
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House Republicans failed to coalesce behind an impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The vote was 214-216, with three GOP lawmakers breaking ranks and voting against the measure. Not since 1876 has a Cabinet secretary faced impeachment charges.
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House Republicans released two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Democrats and the agency slammed the move as a politically motivated stunt lacking the constitutional basis to remove him from office.