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Joan E Greve in Washington

House showdown as Republicans try to escalate border and immigration issues

Homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
The homeland security secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, during a hearing on Capitol hill in Washington DC on 15 November 2023. Photograph: Elizabeth Frantz/Reuters

A partisan showdown was on display on Tuesday as House Republicans attempted to escalate immigration and border issues on two fronts.

Republicans moved forward with efforts to impeach Alejandro Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, as they lambasted the border deal recently brokered between the Joe Biden White House and a bipartisan group of senators, in a split-screen that Democrats criticized as hypocritical.

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