DHS Secretary Mayorkas Impeachment Fails

The House of Representatives failed to impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas by a vote of 214 to 216.

Those who voted “no” to impeach Mayorkas were:

• Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-WI)
• Tom McClintock (R-CA)
• Ken Buck (R-CO)

According to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA), “Blake Moore changed his vote no when asked by leadership for procedural reasons to make a motion to reconsider so that we can vote on impeachment again next week. We look forward to Leader Steve Scalise returning to vote yes and officially impeaching Secretary Mayorkas.”

The 3 no votes against impeaching Mayorkas were:

Mike Gallagher (WI-08)
Tom McClintock (CA-05)
Ken Buck (CO-04)

Blake Moore changed his vote no when asked by leadership for procedural reasons to make a motion to reconsider so that we can vote on impeachment again next week.…

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) February 7, 2024

In January, a House panel released two articles of impeachment against Mayorkas.

The first article said that Mayorkas “repeatedly violated laws enacted by Congress regarding immigration and border security.”

“In large part because of his unlawful conduct, millions of aliens have illegally entered the United States on an annual basis with many unlawfully remaining in the United States. His refusal to obey the law is not only an offense against the separation of powers in the Constitution of the United States, it also threatens our national security and has had a dire impact on communities across the country,” the document read.

The second article stated that Mayorkas “knowingly made false statements, and knowingly obstructed lawful oversight of the Department of Homeland Security … principally to obfuscate the results of his willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law.”

Mayorkas issued a robust defense against the impeachment articles levied against him, denouncing the allegations as “false” and urging Congress to address immigration issues through legislation.