Political and Legislative

House Committee Holds Its Final Impeachment Hearing for Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas

House Republicans are moving quickly on advancing impeachment proceedings against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, holding their second and final hearing on the matter in eight days.

“This hearing is about the human costs of Secretary Mayorkas’ egregious misconduct and failure to fulfill his oath of office,” said GOP Rep. Mark Green of Tennessee, the committee’s chairman.

Republicans have repeatedly accused Mayorkas of failing to enforce the nation’s laws as a record number of migrants arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border. At Thursday’s hearing, lawmakers heard testimony from people whose family members have died as a result of fentanyl overdoses or violent crime.

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