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Pakistani police officers conduct biometric identification of a resident during a search operation against illegal immigrants at a neighborhood of Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan, File)

Pakistan’s deportation push strands Afghan refugees who worked with U.S.

Pakistan has forced nearly 500,000 Afghans to return home over the last four months, complicating life for Afghan refugees who worked with the U.S. and who were promised a special visa to rebuild their lives in America. Many of the refugees fled to Pakistan to try to connect with U.S. authorities and now find themselves thrown back into danger, one of the findings of a new U.S. government watchdog report being released Thursday.

February 1, 2024
Chairman Mark Green, R-Tenn., center, joined by Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the ranking member, leads the House Homeland Security Committee move to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas over the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House committee gives first approval to Mayorkas impeachment

The House Homeland Security Committee gave initial approval Wednesday morning of articles on impeachment against Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, saying his mismanagement of the border should make him the first sitting Cabinet member ever to be impeached.

January 31, 2024
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks at a news conference at the U.S. Border Patrol South Station in Eagle Pass, Texas, Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Mayorkas lashes out at GOP ahead of first impeachment vote

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas erupted at congressional Republicans on Tuesday ahead of a first impeachment vote, saying he would not countenance "politically motivated accusations and personal attacks you have made against me."

January 30, 2024
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies on Capitol Hill, Nov. 8, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

GOP’s fury at ‘smug’ Homeland Security secretary fuels Mayorkas impeachment

House Republicans revealed articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday and scheduled a first vote for Tuesday. If the articles clear the Homeland Security Committee, where all Republican members say they will vote for it, it will move to the full House. Speaker Mike Johnson has promised speedy action.

January 29, 2024
Texas Department of Public Safety officers guard an entrance to Shelby Park on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas. The Justice Department on Friday, Jan. 12, asked the Supreme Court to order Texas to stop blocking Border Patrol agents from a portion of the U.S.-Mexico border where large numbers of migrants have crossed in recent months, setting up another showdown between Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and the Biden administration over immigration enforcement. (Sam Owens /The San Antonio Express-News via AP)

Texas attorney general rejects Biden demands over border standoff

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton flatly rejected the federal government's demands that the state relinquish access to a key illegal immigrant staging ground on the Rio Grande, saying the Department of Homeland Security should spend more time enforcing the border and less time suing Texas.

January 26, 2024