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A panel has been named to review the Trump assassination attempt
US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has appointed a panel to conduct an independent review of the 2016 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. “We are committed to getting to the bottom of what happened on July 13, and I’m grateful to the distinguished members of this independent review who will bring decades of…
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The new asylum rule doesn’t have a big impact on unauthorized border crossings
US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said that it’s time to talk about asylum-seekers and not other immigrants who may be allowed to come here. “It’s taking too long for legal immigration applications to be processed, while the border iswide open” for arriving migrants, he added. Mayorkas also said that it’s taking too…
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The top immigration official says that Biden’s border plan is working
US Homeland Security’s Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has said the surge of migrants at the US-Mexico border is “unprecedented” but the Biden administration’s border plan was working. Mayorkas added that it’s taking too long for legal immigration applications to be processed, while the border is “wide open” for arriving migrants. Earlier, US President Donald Trump…
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The articles of impeachment were killed by the Senate
The US House of Representatives delivered articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday. Republicans had voted to impeachment Mayorkas in March but the Senate rejected the articles of impeachment. Earlier, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer had said that the impeachment trial would end with a…
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The jurors in the Mayorkas impeachment trial will be sworn in
US House speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday delayed the transmittal of articles of impeachment against Alejandro Mayorkas. Johnson’s move came after Senate Republicans demanded time to make a case for a full debate. The House impeached Mayorkas in January, accusing him of refusing to enforce immigration laws. Mayorkas is set to be indicted after impeachment…
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The Democrats flip the seat of George Santos when the House votes to impeach him
The US House of Representatives on Tuesday impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who is the first member of US President Donald Trump’s cabinet to be removed from his post. “This sham impeachment effort is another embarrassment for HouseRepublicans,” US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s office said. The impeachment measure will now go to the…
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The Democrats flip GeorgeSantos’ seat as the House votes to impeach Mayorkas
The US House of Representatives has voted to impeach Alejandro Mayorkas, the Secretary of Homeland Security. Mayorkas was impeached over his role in the construction of the border wall that President Donald Trump said will “save lives”. “This is another embarrassment for House Republicans,” US Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer said.
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There are conversations about the moment
The US House of Representatives has voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, marking the first time an impeachment has been passed by a single vote in the country’s history. The impeachment was passed by a vote of 223-201. The vote came a week after another failed vote on the measure. The matter will…
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The House did not pass articles of impeachment for Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas
The US House of Representatives has rejected an impeachment motion against Alejandro Mayorkas, the Deputy Attorney General of the US Department of Homeland Security under President Joe Biden, by a vote of 217 to 215. A Democratic-led Senate had refused to take up the motion. The House had earlier voted against impeaching the Speaker of…