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US Homeland Security Chief’s Impeachment Trial to Start in Two Weeks

By Ken Bredemeier | VOA on Feb 15, 2024 Featured, National, National/World, Politics

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is facing a Senate trial in two weeks after Republicans in the House of Representatives impeached him by a single vote, blaming him for the tens of thousands of illegal migrants who have crossed into the U.S. from Mexico in the past year. The trial is set to unfold […]

US House Committee Advances Homeland Security Secretary Impeachment Effort

By VOA News on Feb 1, 2024 Featured, National, National/World, Politics

A U.S. House of Representatives committee voted along party lines early Wednesday to advance two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. The Republican majority propelled the measures in the 18-15 vote, with Democrats on the committee criticizing the effort as a stunt. The impeachment articles accuse Mayorkas of refusing to comply with […]