House will vote on Homeland Security secretary impeachment: How did we get here, what does it mean?

REBECCA SANTANA
Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House of Representatives is gearing up to decide whether to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. It’s not clear whether Republicans have the votes to impeach but if they do it would mark the first time in nearly 150 years that a cabinet secretary has been impeached. The vote is the culmination of months of examination by House Republicans as they’ve aimed to make immigration and border security a key issue. Republicans say Mayorkas has failed to uphold immigration laws and that’s led to a crisis on the southern border. Mayorkas has called this baseless while Democrats and many legal experts have said this is a policy dispute and not the grounds for impeachment.