China News Service, Beijing, February 7 (Xinhua) Washington News: The U.S. House of Representatives voted on the impeachment articles of Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas on the 6th local time, but failed to pass.
In the vote that day, 214 votes were in favor and 216 were against, with less than half of the votes in favor and the article of impeachment was not passed. Among them, four Republican congressmen joined the Democratic camp to vote against it.
House Republicans announced articles of impeachment against Mayorkas on January 28, accusing Mayorkas of repeatedly violating laws on immigration and border security during his tenure as secretary of homeland security and "deliberately and systematically refusing to comply with federal immigration regulations." Act, betrayed the public trust, and obstructed congressional investigations.
Green, the Republican chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, said he was "disappointed" that the articles of impeachment were not passed and "we will start over."
Democrats expressed strong dissatisfaction with Republicans' approach. They called Republicans' calls for impeachment of Mayorkas a "baseless hoax" and "if Republicans truly care about border security, they should stop political games." They added that Mayorkas is "a man of integrity who just wants to do his job."
The Associated Press commented that impeachment is very rare in American history, but in recent years it has been increasingly used as a "political tool." Some experts believe that Republicans' demand for Mayorkas' impeachment is motivated by dissatisfaction with the Biden administration's border policies. Immigration has become one of the key issues in this year's U.S. presidential election.
U.S. official data shows that in the first 11 months of last year, about 2.7 million illegal immigrants entered the United States, including about 2.2 million from the southern border. According to US media reports, 302,000 illegal immigrants entered the United States from the southern border in December last year, setting a new monthly high. (over)