However, the impeachment is largely symbolic, as Mayorkas is likely to be acquitted in the Democratic-led Senate.
In the United States, the Republicans have appointed a minister responsible for homeland security By Alejandro Mayorkas to criminal charges. Conservatives in the Republican-led House of Representatives blame Mayorkas for the rise in illegal immigration from Mexico.
The matter was voted on in the House of Representatives the night before Wednesday, Finnish time. The vote ended narrowly with 214-213 votes.
However, the impeachment is largely symbolic, as Mayorkas is likely to be acquitted in the Democratic-led Senate.
The Republicans already tried to impeach the minister last week, but at that time the party’s ranks split in the vote.
President Joe Biden strongly criticized the Republican impeachment of his minister. The president considered it “a blatant example of party politics that violates the constitution.”
Mayorkas is by no means the only high-ranking official in the Biden administration against whom Republicans want to bring criminal charges. The list also includes, among others, the vice president Terrible HarrisMinister of Justice Merrick Garland and head of the FBI, the federal police Christopher Wray.
The news is updated.