“The House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security voted to move the articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas (to a vote - 

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) outside the committee,” TASS reported.

The resolution was supported by 18 committee members and 15 legislators opposed. Republicans say Mayorkas is guilty of deliberately ignoring border controls with Mexico.

Earlier, the Texas National Guard, deployed by Republican Governor Greg Abbott, took control of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass on the border with Mexico. Before that, federal border agents used it to hold migrants before transporting them for processing.

The governor of Texas then announced that the US administration had failed to fulfill its responsibilities to protect the border, which led to the state's decision to declare an "invasion and the right of self-defense."

According to the White House, the state governor's actions to protect the American border are dangerous.