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Home Democrats, with the assistance of a small group of Republicans, on Monday efficiently blocked an effort led by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., to question Homeland Safety Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas in a straight up or down vote.
The ultimate vote tally was 209-201, with eight Republicans becoming a member of all Democrats in help of the latter social gathering’s movement to cease that flooring vote, and as an alternative refer the impeachment decision launched by Greene to the Home Homeland Safety Committee. Twenty-four members — 12 Democrats and 12 Republicans — didn’t vote on the measure.
The eight Republicans who joined Democrats included Reps. Ken Buck, R-Colo., Darrell Issa, R-Calif., Tom McClintock, R-Calif., Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., John Duarte, R-Calif., Virginia Foxx, R-N.C., Cliff Bentz, R-Ore., and Mike Turner, R-Ohio.
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Secretary of Homeland Safety Alejandro Mayorkas testifies earlier than a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Safety, on Capitol Hill on Could 04, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Photos)
Greene launched the decision to question Mayorkas on Thursday, which might have compelled a vote on impeachment with out a listening to or a committee markup. If voted on and handed, it might have despatched his impeachment straight to the Senate for trial.
Mayorkas has confronted elevated requires his impeachment over the previous 12 months regarding his dealing with of the border disaster. On the identical time, Republican lawmakers have repeatedly raised considerations in regards to the danger to nationwide safety and public security posed by the numbers of unlawful immigrants evading overwhelmed Border Patrol brokers amid the disaster.
Below Mayorkas, migrant encounters on the southern border hit an all-time file in September with a large 260,000 encounters as border officers proceed struggling to deal with the big inflow, sources informed Fox Information Digital.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks to press in entrance of the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC, United States on November 8, 2023. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu through Getty Photos)
Final month, Mayorkas confirmed that over 600,000 unlawful immigrants evaded regulation enforcement on the southern border throughout fiscal 12 months 2023.
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Fox Information’ Chad Pergram, Adam Shaw and Tyler Olson contributed to this report.
Brandon Gillespie is an affiliate editor at Fox Information. Observe him on Twitter at @brandon_cg.
