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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Vivian Ho

First Thing: US House impeaches homeland security secretary

Alejandro Mayorkas arrives for a news conference about security in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 7 February
Alejandro Mayorkas arrives for a news conference about security in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 7 February. Photograph: Patrick T Fallon/AFP/Getty Images

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The US House of Representatives on Tuesday impeached Alejandro Mayorkas, Joe Biden’s secretary of homeland security, on explicitly political charges related to conditions at the southern border. Mayorkas is the first to face such punishment in more than 150 years.

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