Mayorkas has repeatedly said he will not meet Republicans’ demands for him to step down.
Rep. Pat Fallon filed articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Monday, making good on Republicans’ promise to begin the long-shot process for removing President Joe Biden’s top immigration official as the GOP is set to wage a series of challenges to Biden’s border policies....
The gambit is unlikely to succeed: Even if the GOP-controlled House passes Fallon’s articles of impeachment, 67 senators would need to vote in favor of conviction in order to remove Mayorkas from office, a near-impossibility in a Senate controlled 51-49 by Democrats.Mayorkas has repeatedly rebuffed the GOP’s calls for him to step down and reiterated his stance on Sunday, telling ABC’s George Stephanopoulos: “I’m going to continue to do my work.
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