GOP blasts funding increase for impeached Mayorkas tucked in spending deal

Published March 21, 2024 6:31pm ET



A House Republican called out the bipartisan spending deal that would give Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas‘s office a generous $27 million funding increase, considering the conference recently voted to impeach him.

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) on Thursday pointed out on X the ironic situation that Republicans have put themselves in with plans to send Mayorkas’s office $363 million in the coming year, up from $336 million this past year.

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