House Republicans Hold Final Impeachment Hearing for Mayorkas Over Border Crisis

House Republicans held their second and final hearing on Jan. 18 as part of the impeachment proceedings against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Thursday’s hearing, the second in just over a week, focused on examining the consequences of what the House Committee on Homeland Security described in a press release as Mr. Mayorkas’ “intentional border crisis and its impact on Americans across the country.'” It also featured testimony from individuals impacted by his actions, including two mothers who lost their daughters due to gang violence and the fentanyl crisis. Tammy Nobles, one of the mothers, told the committee her 20-year-old daughter, Kayla Hamilton, was raped and murdered by an unnamed minor, alleged to be an illegal immigrant previously arrested in El Salvador for ties to the MS-13 gang....