House Republicans have impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in a contentious vote Tuesday evening, making the Biden administration official the first Cabinet member to be removed in nearly 150 years. ...
Three Republicans joined all Democrats in rejecting the articles of
impeachment: Reps. Ken Buck (R-CO), Mike Gallagher (R-WI), and Tom
McClintock (R-CA). They were the same three as last week’s failed vote,
but the return of Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) from cancer
treatment tipped the math against Mayorkas on Tuesday. ...
Since Biden took office, more than 7.5 million illegal immigrants have been encountered attempting to enter the United States, and 6 million of that figure entered illegally between ports of entry, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection data. The Biden figure far exceeds the number of illegal immigrants encountered during the Trump administration’s four years and the Obama administration’s eight years combined.
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