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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

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US border official becomes the first cabinet member to be impeached in nearly 150 years

todayFebruary 14, 2024 20

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Here’s an update on our earlier story….
Alejandro Mayorkas — the man in charge of governing America’s borders — has become the first US cabinet member to be impeached in nearly 150 years. Representatives in Congress’s lower chamber, the House of Representatives, voted narrowly on Tuesday night to impeach the Secretary of Homeland Security, at the second time of asking. Republican Party lawmakers in the House allege that Secretary Mayorkas is failing to stem record flows of migrants across the US-Mexico border. Our correspondent in Washington Benji Hyer reports.

 

Written by: Leonard Witbeen

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