Republicans fail in their attempt to impeach Alejandro Mayorkas, Secretary of Homeland Security of the United States. The measure to depose the Democrat has been rejected in the House of Representatives by 216 votes against and 214 in favor, in a surprise result.

Immigration has become one of the big issues of the electoral campaign ahead of the presidential elections next November. Last year it broke records for irregular entries, 2.4 million people, 14% more than the previous year. In December, the Border Patrol detained nearly 250,000 people trying to cross the border illegally, the highest number in decades.