Republicans impeach US homeland security chief over border crisis

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00:00 On this vote, the yeas are 214 and the nays are 213. The resolution is adopted

00:06 by only one vote. House Republicans impeached Joe Biden's Homeland Security

00:13 secretary. By doing so, they made history. The House of Representatives

00:18 has only impeached a cabinet secretary once, and that was almost 150 years ago.

00:24 Republicans who hold the majority in the House say Alejandro Mayorkas is

00:29 responsible for record illegal immigration figures. President Joe

00:34 Biden's reaction. This is a political stunt. And here is Alejandro Mayorkas

00:39 reaction to the charges made before Tuesday's vote. The allegations are

00:44 baseless, and I'm focused on the work, which was what brings me to Las Vegas

00:48 today. Republicans have indicated they may hold another vote, and they might

00:52 have the numbers at that point to impeach you. If that happened, would

00:56 you consider stepping aside? No, I would not. The charges are likely to be

01:00 dropped in the Senate, where Democrats hold the majority. 6.3 million illegal

01:05 crossings have been recorded since Joe Biden's election. Immigration is one of

01:11 the two top issues for the presidential election. With the economy,

01:15 Democrats have submitted a bipartisan bill on immigration hammered by

01:20 senators, which is also on aid to Ukraine and Israel, which the House

01:25 rejected. Donald Trump campaigned on the issue, saying the package was bad

01:31 and that no bill is always better than a bad one. A bad bill. You can't have

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