In another low parody of constitutional oversight, the House’s GOP majority has transformed the act of impeachment—envisioned by the nation’s founders as a critical proceeding to root out self-dealing corruption in high federal office—into a vibes-driven instrument of ideological retribution. In a narrow 214-213 vote on Tuesday evening, the House impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for doing his job in a manner that the Republican conference doesn’t like. Mayorkas thus became the first sitting cabinet member to be impeached. (Ulysses S.

After failing to muster enough votes last week, House Republicans approved two articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. Democrats and constitutional law experts have decried the proceedings, which charge Mayorkas with “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law” and “breach of public trust,” as a baseless “political stunt.” 

The House in a 214-213 nighttime vote impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, making him the first Cabinet member since 1876 to be painted with the black mark.

It’s well deserved.

He’s turned blind eyes to the border and allowed in unprecedented levels of illegals — of potential murderers, of perhaps rapists, of maybe terrorists — and all the while digging in deep on self-defense with his arrogant smug tone when questioned by Congress. And he still calls the allegations of his willful refusal to enforce law “brless.”

Too bad, so sad.

For months, as House Republicans moved forward with their impeachment crusade against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, many assumed that cooler heads would eventually prevail. Sure, the GOP conference has taken a radical turn, but the party wouldn’t actually impeach a sitting Cabinet secretary without evidence of high crimes, right?

Wrong.

As the dust settles on this rather dramatic abuse of congressional power, there are plenty of questions worth keeping in mind as the process advances.

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday narrowly voted to impeach Democratic President Joe Biden's top border official, as immigration shapes up to be a major issue in this year's elections.

By a vote of 214-213, the House approved two articles of impeachment accusing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas of not enforcing U.S. immigration laws, which Republicans argue led to record flows of migrants across the U.S.-Mexico border, and making false statements to Congress.

Following a nearly yearlong investigation and official impeachment proceedings by the Homeland Security Committee, the House voted on Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. It was the right thing to do.

The U.S. House voted Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, with the Republican majority determined to punish the Biden administration over its handling of the U.S-Mexico border after failing last week in a politically embarrassing setback.

The evening roll call proved tight, with Speaker Mike Johnson’s threadbare GOP majority unable to handle many defectors or absences in the face of staunch Democratic opposition to impeaching Mayorkas, the first Cabinet secretary facing charges in nearly 150 years.

House Republicans on Tuesday narrowly secured a historic vote to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, rallying GOP members after a first failed effort.

Mayorkas is the first Cabinet official to be impeached since the 1870s, a vote made all the more remarkable by Republicans’ inability to pass the same articles of impeachment last week, when three GOP members joined Democrats to tank the resolution, citing concerns their colleagues were abusing their impeachment power.

The articles are not expected to move in the Democrat-led Senate.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has been impeached by the House of Representatives.

A Cabinet secretary has not been impeached by the U.S. Congress since 1876.

Tuesday evening’s vote marked House Republicans’ second attempt at impeaching Mayorkas. GOP lawmakers targeted the Biden official over the ongoing migrant crisis at the U.S. border, accusing him of deliberately flaunting existing immigration law and worsening the situation. 

GOP Rep. Tom McClintock (Calif.) said Monday he would once again vote against impeaching Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas after most in his party attempted to do so last week.

“Well, the Constitution hasn’t changed since last week, so my vote is not going to change,” McClintock said in an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill.” “These are the same reasons I vigorously oppose the sham impeachments of Donald Trump.”