Tag: Mayorkas, Alejandro

House Republicans Demand Full Impeachment Trial for Mayorkas

Speaker Mike Johnson on Thursday wrote to Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, demanding that the Senate hold an impeachment trial next month of Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary. The speaker called plans to quickly dismiss the charges against Mr. Mayorkas “a violation of our constitutional order and an affront to the American […]

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Who Could Sway the Outcome of the U.S. Election? Mexico’s President

Migrants were streaming across the U.S. southern border in record numbers, international rail bridges were abruptly shut down and official ports of entry closed. Desperate for help in December, President Biden called President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico, who told him to quickly send a delegation to the Mexican capital, according to several U.S. […]

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The Department of Homeland Security Is Embracing A.I.

The Department of Homeland Security has seen the opportunities and risks of artificial intelligence firsthand. It found a trafficking victim years later using an A.I. tool that conjured an image of the child a decade older. But it has also been tricked into investigations by deep fake images created by A.I. Now, the department is […]

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Republicans’ Dilemma on Mayorkas Impeachment: When to Take the Loss

After approving impeachment articles against Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, that are doomed in the Senate, House Republicans are facing a confounding question: How — and when — do you take a political loss in the least embarrassing way? It has been nearly a month since House Republicans impeached Mr. Mayorkas by a […]

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ICE Considers Slashing Detention Capacity Because of Budget Shortfall

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is considering a plan to reduce its detention capacity significantly after Republicans in Congress blocked a bill that would have provided the agency with more than $7 billion, officials said Wednesday. To stay within its current budget, ICE would need to cut detention levels by more than 10,000 spots within […]

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Mark Green, Who Oversaw Mayorkas Impeachment, Will Not Seek Re-election

Representative Mark Green, the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee, announced on Wednesday that he would not run for re-election, just a day after the Tennessee Republican oversaw the impeachment of Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary. Mr. Green, a deeply conservative former Army Ranger medic who was elected in 2018, said that he […]

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Senate Looks to Quickly Reject Mayorkas Impeachment Charges in Speedy Trial

Senate leaders plan to move quickly this month to reject the articles of impeachment against Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, setting up a speedy trial in hopes of preventing House Republicans from turning the chamber into a political spectacle. Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority leader, has not yet […]

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House Republican Majority Shrinks Again as Congress Faces Critical Issues

And then there were two. With Democrat Tom Suozzi’s victory in a special House election in New York on Tuesday, the shrinking Republican majority in the House dwindled even further, leaving the G.O.P. able to afford only two defections from the party line on votes when all members are present. That gives them almost no […]

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Mayorkas Is Impeached, and Democrats Take Santos’s Seat

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The Impeachment of Mayorkas Is a Permanent Stain on the House

Feb. 13, 2024, 5:03 a.m. ET Feb. 13, 2024, 5:03 a.m. ET Tom SuozziCredit…Stephanie Keith for The New York Times On Tuesday, voters will go to the polls on Long Island to replace George Santos, who was expelled from the House. After two years of lies and drama from Santos, I thought it was a […]

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Mayorkas Was Impeached by the House. What Happens Next?

Republican members of the House impeached Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, with a simple majority vote on Tuesday. It sets off a series of choreographed rituals that dates back to the impeachment of former President Andrew Johnson in 1868. Here’s a look at what happens next. A ceremonial procession Once the House approves […]

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Here’s the latest on the impeachment vote.

Feb. 13, 2024, 5:34 p.m. ET Feb. 13, 2024, 5:34 p.m. ET News Analysis The votes displayed on the House floor during the second impeachment vote of President Donald Trump in January 2021.Credit…Erin Schaff/The New York Times If the House impeaches Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the secretary of homeland security, it will be the first time […]

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Steve Scalise Returns After Cancer Treatment to Vote on Mayorkas Impeachment

Representative Steve Scalise of Louisiana, the majority leader, returned to the Capitol on Tuesday following a six-week absence during which he received a stem-cell transplant as part of his treatment for blood cancer. His Republican colleagues in the House were counting on his return to impeach Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, after a […]

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House Republicans Try Again to Impeach Mayorkas on Border Charges

House Republicans will try on Tuesday for a second time to impeach Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, on charges of willfully refusing to enforce border laws and breaching the public trust, after their first attempt at the partisan indictment ended in a stunning defeat. Three Republicans joined all Democrats last week in rejecting […]

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On Capitol Hill, Republicans Use Bigoted Attacks Against Political Foes

When Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, stood on the House floor this month to announce her proposal to censure the only Somali-born member of Congress, she said she was seeking punishment for “Representative Ilhan Omar of Somalia — I mean Minnesota.” Earlier that same week, Representative Troy Nehls, Republican of Texas, called the […]

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Mayorkas Says He’s Undeterred by Republicans’ Impeachment Drive

Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, said on Sunday that he was not dwelling on congressional Republicans’ continued efforts to impeach him over his handling of the southern border. “They’re baseless allegations, Kristen, and that’s why I really am not distracted by them and focused on the work of the Department of Homeland Security,” […]

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Congressman Who Broke With G.O.P. on Mayorkas Vote Will Not Seek Re-election

Representative Mike Gallagher, Republican of Wisconsin, announced on Saturday that he would not run for re-election, just days after breaking with his party to cast a decisive vote against impeachment charges for Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary. Mr. Gallagher, who is in his fourth congressional term, is joining dozens of other lawmakers who […]

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Mayorkas Says He’s ‘Focused on the Work’ After Dodging Impeachment

Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, did not take time for a victory lap after surviving a chaotic impeachment vote in the House this week. He hopped a flight to Las Vegas, where he outlined security preparations for the Super Bowl. Impeachment, he insisted on Wednesday, was not at the top of his mind. […]

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Johnson Stumbles, Deepening Republican Disarray and His Own Challenges

When one of the most stinging defeats of his short tenure arrived on Tuesday, Speaker Mike Johnson had put himself front and center in the House chamber, standing in front of the speaker’s ceremonial chair on the upper tier of the rostrum to gavel it down. As Republicans tanked their own bid to impeach Alejandro […]

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Trump’s Border Intervention Gives Biden a Chance to Shift from Defense to Offense

When President Biden agreed to bipartisan talks on border legislation last fall, Democratic strategists hoped a deal might take the issue off the table for his re-election campaign. But with the collapse of the resulting bipartisan immigration agreement this week at the hands of former President Donald J. Trump, Mr. Biden got something else instead: […]

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Al Green, in Hospital Garb, Delivers Vote to Kill Mayorkas Impeachment

With the final minutes for the vote dwindling, the House watched intently on Tuesday night to see whether any more Republicans would defect on the resolution to impeach Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary. Three House Republicans had already cast votes against impeaching Mr. Mayorkas, and based on attendance at the previous vote, the […]

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The Constitution Barely Survives the Mayorkas Vote

Feb. 6, 2024, 4:49 p.m. ET Feb. 6, 2024, 4:49 p.m. ET There it is, the probable answer to why the exit door plug on the Boeing 737 Max Alaska Airlines flight blew out in the air. A National Transportation Safety Board preliminary report on the incident, released today, says that four bolts on the […]

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Republican-Led House to Vote on Alejandro Mayorkas Impeachment

The House is set to vote on Tuesday on impeaching Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, on charges that he has willfully refused to enforce border laws and breached the public trust, as Republicans pursue a partisan indictment of President Biden’s immigration policies. But with just hours to go before the planned vote, it […]

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Republican-Led House to Vote on Impeaching Mayorkas Over Border

The House is set to vote on Tuesday on impeaching Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, on charges that he has willfully refused to enforce border laws and breached the public trust, as Republicans pursue a partisan indictment of President Biden’s immigration policies. Republicans are pressing forward despite the assessment of legal experts, including […]

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House Republicans Impeach Alejandro Mayorkas at Their Peril

Just when you thought House Republicans couldn’t warp the impeachment process any more, here we are, watching them twist and stretch this weighty constitutional provision beyond all recognition — like some grimy wad of Silly Putty pulled from under Marjorie Taylor Greene’s sofa. Opening a half-baked, highly partisan investigation into President Biden was a cheap […]

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Alejandro Mayorkas Still Won’t Call It an Immigration Crisis

After months of negotiations, the until-now-secret text of a bipartisan Senate immigration bill may soon be released, with Senator Chuck Schumer, the majority leader, saying a vote could come as soon as next week. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, whose department is responsible for securing the border, has been actively involved in the negotiations, […]

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Inside Impeachment’s Rise as a Weapon of Partisan Warfare

If the House follows through on this week’s committee recommendation and impeaches Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the secretary of homeland security, it will be the first time in American history that a sitting cabinet officer has been impeached. But Mr. Mayorkas is not as lonely as all that. Republicans have also filed articles of impeachment against […]

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Impeachment Case Against Mayorkas Ignores Government’s Immigration Powers

House Republicans’ impeachment case against Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, boils down to a simple allegation: that he has broken the law by refusing to enforce immigration statutes that aim to prevent migrants from entering the United States without authorization. The Homeland Security Committee approved articles of impeachment against Mr. Mayorkas on a […]

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Mayorkas Impeachment Push, and a Militia’s Surprise Move

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Mayorkas Impeachment Charges Set for Vote in House Panel

The House Homeland Security Committee is expected to approve articles of impeachment on Tuesday against Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, as Republicans race forward with a partisan indictment of President Biden’s immigration policies. In what is expected to be a party-line vote, the panel is poised to charge Mr. Mayorkas with refusing to […]

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House Republicans Release Impeachment Charges Against Mayorkas

House Republicans on Sunday released two articles of impeachment against Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, charging President Biden’s top immigration official with refusing to uphold the law and breaching the public trust in his handling of a surge of migration at the U.S. border with Mexico. Leaders of the House Homeland Security Committee […]

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