Mayorkas Impeachment Effort Fails on House Floor in Blow to GOP Leaders

Four Republicans voted with Democrats to tank the resolution. Republican lawmakers say they will bring it up again for a vote next week.

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee in Washington on Nov. 8, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times

House Republicans failed Tuesday in their effort to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas for refusing to enforce multiple U.S. immigration laws after two hours of hard-hitting floor debate, despite earlier in the day having won a key procedural vote.

The motion to approve two Articles of Impeachment against Mr. Mayorkas was rejected with 214 members voting for it and 216 opposing it.