House of Representatives prepares second impeachment vote against Alejandro Mayorkas

After the Republicans lost earlier this week in the vote to initiate an impeachment trial against Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security, it emerged that seven days later they will carry out a second attempt.

Last Tuesday, four Republicans joined all the Democrats present to oppose the impeachment against Mayorkas and the final result of the vote was 214-216.

Previously, the House Homeland Security Committee had determined that Mayorkas committed serious crimes and misdemeanors for his handling of the southern border, a situation that still continues to affect the nation given the high number of immigrants that continue to enter the territory.

In this sense, The Secretary of Homeland Security is accused of “violation of public trust” and “systematic and deliberate refusal to comply with the law” by not properly handling the situation at the border bordering Mexico.

However, Republicans need a majority of the 219 members they have in the House of Representatives to vote against the 213 Democrats who support Mayorkas.

Now, even if the conservative force prevails in the House, it is unlikely that the impeachment of the secretary will take place, since in the Senate the Democrats are the majority and will have the last word on his case.

In fact, among those who support Mayorkas, the idea prevails that the charges against him do not meet the standard of a serious crime or a misdemeanor.

A card up the sleeve that Republicans will use in the second vote will be the return to Washington of House Majority Leader Steve Scalise who after undergoing cancer treatment It could represent an important vote to achieve the impeachment so longed for by conservatives.

Under this approach, if the vote determines that the Secretary of Homeland Security should be impeached, then he would be the first cabinet member to be impeached since 1876.

“Your false accusations do not worry me or divert me from compliance with the law and the broader public service to which I remain dedicated,” the official said prior to the first vote against him.

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