Senate kills Mayorkas impeachment – Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Senate kills Mayorkas impeachment – Jewish Telegraphic Agency

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Voting along party lines, the U.S. Senate buried impeachment proceedings targeting the Jewish Homeland Security secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas.

All 51 senators caucusing with Democrats voted on Wednesday to adjourn the impeachment before proceedings started. All 49 Republicans voted against adjourning, with one voting present on one count of impeachment.

The vote brings to an end attempts to impeach Mayorkas over how he has handled undocumented migrants entering the United States from Mexico. The impeachment in the U.S. House of Representatives barely…

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