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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Eric Garcia and Andrew Feinberg

White House pushes back on GOP border inaction as House plans Mayorkas impeachment

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The White House is hitting out at Republicans’ failure to approve needed border security funding and their plan to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as House Speaker Mike Johnson and the House GOP continue to blame President Joe Biden and his administration for continuing record migrant arrivals along the US-Mexico border.

It has been more than two months since Mr Biden asked Congress to enact a supplemental appropriations bill to fund critical national defence and security needs, including billions for stepped-up border enforcement and processing of asylum seekers.

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