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Alejandro Nicolas Mayorkas (born November 24, 1959) is a Cuban-American attorney and government official who is the 7th United States secretary of homeland security, serving since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party , Mayorkas previously served as the director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services from 2009 to 2013, and the ...
[2] [3] Mayorkas is the second Cabinet member in history, and first since Secretary of War William W. Belknap in 1876, to be impeached. [ 4 ] A full House vote on February 6 to impeach failed to pass in a 214–216 vote, with four House Republicans joining the minority Democratic Party in voting against the impeachment resolution.
Who is Alejandro Mayorkas? Mayorkas, 64, was born in Havana and came to the United States as a 1-year-old when his family fled Cuba. He has served as secretary of Homeland Security since February ...
(The Center Square) – With just days before President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office, outgoing Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas issued a swath of immigration ...
The Senate made short work of the articles of impeachment against Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday, ending the historic trial before it began in earnest as the Democratic ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives committee next week will advance an effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over allegations he has ...
On January 3, 2024, the United States House of Representatives announced an impeachment inquiry into Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. [26] The inquiry was conducted by the House's Homeland Security committee. On February 6, 2024, a motion to proceed with impeachment proceedings failed to pass, on a 216–214 vote.
Hardline conservatives in the U.S. House on Tuesday failed in a 214-216 vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, as a handful of their fellow Republicans balked at removing ...