Lawmakers in the United States have voted to end impeachment proceedings against Director of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, before they could even go to trial.
Democrat Party Senators dismissed the two articles of impeachment against Secretary Mayorkas, which were brought by Republicans who argue his department is failing to stem record flows of migrants entering the country from Mexico.
Secretary Mayorkas — the man in charge of governing America's borders — was the first US cabinet member to be impeached in nearly 150 years, with House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson calling him "the greatest domestic threat to the safety of the American people." But the Senate's actions on Wednesday means he won't be convicted.
Benji Hyer reports.
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