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The House's impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas

Overview · reviewed October 28, 2026

In February 2024 the Republican-led House impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over his handling of the US-Mexico border, accusing him of being "derelict in his duty," after a first vote failed narrowly.[1][2][3] When the Democratic-led Senate took up the articles in April, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said they failed to meet the standard of high crimes and misdemeanors.[4][5]

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When the Democratic-led Senate took up the articles in April, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said they failed to meet the standard of high crimes and misdemeanors.[4][5]

Coverage over time

Share of tracked outlets · monthly average of weekly shares (UTC)

Nov 2022: average weekly share 8% (left 1%, center 3%, right 4%), from 2 of 2 weeksDec 2022: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJan 2023: average weekly share 2% (left under 1%, center under 1%, right 1%), from 5 of 5 weeksFeb 2023: average weekly share 1% (left 0%, center 1%, right under 1%), from 4 of 4 weeksMar 2023: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksApr 2023: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMay 2023: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJun 2023: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJul 2023: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksAug 2023: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksSep 2023: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksOct 2023: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksNov 2023: average weekly share 1% (left under 1%, center under 1%, right under 1%), from 4 of 4 weeksDec 2023: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJan 2024: average weekly share 9% (left 3%, center 4%, right 2%), from 5 of 5 weeksFeb 2024: average weekly share 17% (left 6%, center 7%, right 5%), from 4 of 4 weeksMar 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksApr 2024: average weekly share 8% (left 3%, center 4%, right 2%), from 5 of 5 weeksMay 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJun 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJul 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksAug 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksSep 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksOct 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksNov 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksDec 2024: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJan 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksFeb 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMar 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksApr 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMay 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJun 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJul 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksAug 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksSep 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksOct 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksNov 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksDec 2025: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJan 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksFeb 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMar 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksApr 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksMay 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksJun 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksJul 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksAug 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 5 of 5 weeksSep 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksOct 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 4 of 4 weeksNov 2026: average weekly share 0% (left 0%, center 0%, right 0%), from 2 of 2 weeks, so far

LeftCenterRight

Each bar is the share of the outlets on our Left / Center / Right rating scale that we tracked publishing that week which carried reporting on this story, split by the outlets' ratings. Over more than two years each bar is a month: the average of that month's weekly shares, so the shape stays readable. The weekly table below keeps every week. We track more outlets now than in the archive, so a share keeps earlier and later weeks comparable. An outlet counts once a week however much it published, and outlets in one ownership or syndication group count as one on each side they appear on. A rating describes the outlet, not the report. A gap means no such reports were collected that week, not that nothing was reported anywhere. Weeks run Monday to Sunday in UTC, so a report published on a Sunday evening in US Eastern time counts in the next week. 5 more outlets off the scale (not rated, or outside the left-right graphs) also reported; they are not in this chart. See them.

Weekly counts, outlets and reports (14 weeks with coverage)
Outlets on the rating scale that carried this story each week, of the outlets tracked that week, newest first
Week of (UTC)LeftCenterRightOf trackedShareReceipts
Apr 15, 202426331675 of 24730%
Apr 8, 2024717832 of 26412%
Feb 26, 2024510116 of 2566%
Feb 12, 202424282274 of 24231%
Feb 5, 202426302379 of 24233%
Jan 29, 202420241559 of 23525%
Jan 22, 2024109726 of 23811%
Jan 8, 202479622 of 2439%
Nov 13, 20231214 of 2152%
Nov 6, 20230033 of 2371%
Feb 6, 20230437 of 1854%
Jan 30, 20231157 of 1904%
Jan 9, 202311810 of 1985%
Nov 21, 20223111428 of 16617%

Latest coverage

The newest reporting in this story's record.

  1. Apr 16, 2024 · first reported · Headline from Anchorage Daily News

    Schumer says he’ll move to end Mayorkas impeachment trial in the Senate as soon as it begins

Background

Republicans had pressed for Mayorkas's removal since House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy demanded his resignation in November 2022.[6] Republican lawmakers filed articles of in early 2023,[7][8] the department hired a private law firm to prepare,[9] and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene tried to force a vote that November.[10] In January 2024, with Speaker Mike Johnson's backing, the House Homeland Security Committee held its first impeachment hearing,[1][11] unveiled two articles,[12] and voted to advance them.[13]

In early February the first House vote on impeachment failed 214-216,[14][2] the same week a border security package collapsed in the Senate.[15] The House impeached Mayorkas in a second vote later that month,[3][16] and sent the articles to the Senate in April,[17][3] where Democrats moved to dispose of them quickly.[4][5]

Supporting stories (17)
  1. House GOP launches effort to impeach Mayorkas as Senate tries to strike border deal
  2. House votes to impeach Mayorkas, a historic rebuke of sitting Cabinet member by Republicans
  3. Mayorkas impeachment trial set to start in Senate this week, but may be over before it starts
  4. Senate rejects impeachment articles against Mayorkas, ending trial
  5. Senate convenes Mayorkas impeachment trial
  6. Kevin McCarthy threatens to impeach Mayorkas over border
  7. House Republican files articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary Mayorkas
  8. GOP Rep. Andy Biggs announces articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary Mayorkas
  9. First on CNN: DHS hires private law firm to defend against possible impeachment of Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
  10. House blocks Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s impeachment resolution against DHS chief Mayorkas
  11. House committee to hold first impeachment hearing for DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
  12. House GOP releases impeachment articles in bid to oust Homeland Security’s Mayorkas over the border
  13. House Republicans push toward historic impeachment of Secretary Mayorkas
  14. Mayorkas vote: House fails to impeach Homeland Security Secretary, thwarted by Republican defections
  15. Broken Congress: It can't fix the border, fund allies or impeach Mayorkas as GOP revolts.
  16. Leaders are likely to seek quick dismissal as Mayorkas impeachment moves to the Senate
  17. Mayorkas impeachment proceedings pushed to next week

The full record

Each date is when an update was first reported.

All 20 recorded updates

April 2024

  1. Senate convenes Mayorkas impeachment trialHeadline from Honolulu Star-Advertiser · 6 outlets
  2. Senate rejects impeachment articles against Mayorkas, ending trialHeadline from ABC 12 Flint · 74 outlets
  3. Mayorkas impeachment proceedings pushed to next weekHeadline from ABC 7 San Francisco · 25 outlets
  4. Mayorkas impeachment trial set to start in Senate this week, but may be over before it startsHeadline from Minneapolis Star Tribune · 12 outlets

February 2024

  1. Leaders are likely to seek quick dismissal as Mayorkas impeachment moves to the SenateHeadline from Daily Journal · 16 outlets
  2. House Homeland chairman announces retirement a day after leading Mayorkas’ impeachmentHeadline from Washington Times · 9 outlets
  3. House votes to impeach Mayorkas, a historic rebuke of sitting Cabinet member by RepublicansHeadline from KVOA Tucson · 76 outlets
  4. Broken Congress: It can't fix the border, fund allies or impeach Mayorkas as GOP revolts.Headline from KOB 4 · 12 outlets
  5. Mayorkas vote: House fails to impeach Homeland Security Secretary, thwarted by Republican defectionsHeadline from ABC 7 Los Angeles · 75 outlets
  6. House GOP Could Impeach DHS Secretary Mayorkas Today—Here Are The Allegations Against HimHeadline from Forbes · 5 outlets

January 2024

  1. House Republicans to hold hearing on impeaching Homeland Security Secretary MayorkasHeadline from NBC4 Washington · 4 outlets
  2. House Republicans push toward historic impeachment of Secretary MayorkasHeadline from ABC 11 Raleigh · 54 outlets
  3. House GOP releases impeachment articles in bid to oust Homeland Security’s Mayorkas over the borderHeadline from WTOP Washington DC · 36 outlets
  4. House committee to hold first impeachment hearing for DHS Secretary Alejandro MayorkasHeadline from CBS News · 8 outlets
  5. House GOP launches effort to impeach Mayorkas as Senate tries to strike border dealHeadline from Fox26 Houston · 14 outlets

November 2023

  1. House blocks Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s impeachment resolution against DHS chief MayorkasHeadline from New York Post · 6 outlets

February 2023

  1. First on CNN: DHS hires private law firm to defend against possible impeachment of Secretary Alejandro MayorkasHeadline from Local News 8 · 7 outlets

January 2023

  1. GOP Rep. Andy Biggs announces articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary MayorkasHeadline from KYMA Yuma · 7 outlets
  2. House Republican files articles of impeachment against DHS Secretary MayorkasHeadline from Washington Examiner · 10 outlets

November 2022

  1. Kevin McCarthy threatens to impeach Mayorkas over borderHeadline from KENS 5 San Antonio · 28 outlets

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