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U.S. homeland security chief survives House impeachment vote

CGTN

 , Updated 08:44, 07-Feb-2024
Alejandro Mayorkas, secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, speaks during a news conference at the U.S.-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S., January 8, 2024. /CFP
Alejandro Mayorkas, secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, speaks during a news conference at the U.S.-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S., January 8, 2024. /CFP

Alejandro Mayorkas, secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, speaks during a news conference at the U.S.-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S., January 8, 2024. /CFP

U.S. President Joe Biden's immigration chief escaped impeachment over border crisis by a razor-thin margin of two votes on Tuesday.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has long been in Republicans' crosshairs over what they describe as a humanitarian crisis, with record numbers of mainly South and Central Americans trying to enter the United States from neighboring Mexico. 

(With input from agencies)

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