A Republican-led House panel approved articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday for having "Willfully and systematically" flouted federal immigration laws and breached the public trust.
The House Homeland Security Committee voted 18-15 along party lines for the two articles of impeachment, affirming that Mayorkas failed to detain migrants crossing the border before deciding whether to grant asylum.
The marathon hearing, which dragged on for more than 15 hours, saw several procedural attempts by Democrats to tank the impeachment effort, with Republicans insisting that their year-long investigation had uncovered sufficient evidence that Mayorkas violated his oath of office.
House Speaker Mike Johnson pledged on Friday to hold a floor vote on the articles "As soon as possible" after having released a memo earlier this month citing 64 times the Biden administration undermined US border security.
In a letter hours before the hearing, Mayorkas denounced Green's committee for making "Politically motivated accusations and personal attacks" against him, while agreeing that the US immigration system was "Broken."
Mayorkas and Democratic panel members said the Biden administration merely differed with House Republicans on immigration policy - and both urged the passage of a bipartisan Senate bill with border enforcement provisions.
"The sham impeachment of Secretary Mayorkas is a baseless political stunt by extreme MAGA Republicans," Thompson said in his opening statement, before attacking the chairman and panel member who introduced the resolution.
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