Homeland Security

Republicans know it's a political stunt. But if they can help Trump look tough on border security ahead of the presidential election, who cares!
In a stunning defeat for GOP leaders, a handful of Republicans joined Democrats in condemning the effort as bad politics, bad policy and unconstitutional.
The impeachment vote was part of a broader attack on President Joe Biden’s immigration policies ahead of the November election.
Mayorkas is the first immigrant and the first Latino person to serve as secretary of homeland security.
"Just shoveling the same old s**t and calling it sugar,” a House Democrat said of the GOP's effort to oust Alejandro Mayorkas.
The state's attorney general blamed the Biden administration for the recent drownings and called legal threats a waste of time and resources.
"Perhaps he does not know that I am the child of a Holocaust survivor," Alejandro Mayorkas said.
Officials also pointed to the ongoing scourge of illicit drugs, mainly fentanyl, as a danger to Americans.
The agency is partnering with the National Indian Gaming Commission to train workers to detect and report the crime, which heavily impacts Native women.
Rep. Mark Green, chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, was reportedly furious after the Georgia Republican's outburst.