House Republicans are ready to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas. Vote will be close

By LISA MASCARO
AP Congressional Correspondent

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House is ready to try to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Tuesday’s vote is expected to be deeply partisan and a highly unusual attack on a Cabinet official. Focused on border security, Republicans in the House argue that Mayorkas has “refused to comply” with immigration laws resulting in the record surge of immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border and “breached the public trust.” The effort has drawn concerns from constitutional scholars and rebuke from Democrats, who say the charges are policy disputes and hardly grounds for impeachment. Speaker Mike Johnson has been talking intently with the holdouts but it’s not clear he has enough GOP support to impeach Mayorkas. Not since 1876 has a Cabinet secretary faced impeachment.