The Republicans in the US House of Representatives have voted in favour of initiating impeachment proceedings against US Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in their second attempt. A narrow majority in the House voted in favour of impeachment proceedings Tuesday evening, 214-213. However, such impeachment proceedings would have to be conducted and decided in the Senate, where the Democrats have a narrow majority and some Republicans have also expressed doubts about the efforts against Mayorkas. It is therefore likely that the Senate will reject the impeachment request – and thus av…