Mayorkas impeachment flop marks latest blow to GOP efforts to tackle border crisis

A failure by House Republicans to impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas Monday is another blow to Republican efforts to solve the ongoing border crisis.

While it does not necessarily mark the end of impeachment efforts against Mayorkas — an investigation is still ongoing into his conduct in the House Homeland Security Committee — it is a significant defeat for Republicans in the House. Adam Shaw is a politics reporter for Fox News Digital, primarily covering immigration and border security.

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The Department of Homeland Security responded by urging Republicans to stop "wasting time and to do its job by funding the government, reforming our broken immigration system, reauthorizing vital tools for DHS and passing the administration’s supplemental request to properly resource the department’s critical work to stop fentanyl and further secure our borders.