House Republicans voted Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, sending the historic push to a Senate that is unlikely to convict and remove him from office.
The 214-213 vote came after months of conservative furor at Mayorkas and the Biden administration over immigration and border security policy. It was the chamber’s second attempt to adopt the impeachment resolution after a few Republicans bucked their party last week, sinking the effort in the closely divided House.
This time, Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., returned from cancer treatment to put Republicans over the top, while three members of his party again voted against the resolution. The House last impeached a Cabinet member in the Grant administration in the 1800s.
