U.S. homeland security chief survives House impeachment vote

<img src='https://news.cgtn.com/news/2024-02-07/Impeachment-of-homeland-security-chief-Mayorkas-fails-in-U-S-house-of-representatives-1qZvXqHBBN6/img/2ded48a8ca60480abfd4c6229384cae1/2ded48a8ca60480abfd4c6229384cae1.jpeg' alt='Alejandro Mayorkas, secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, speaks during a news conference at the U.S.-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, Texas, U.S., January 8, 2024. /CFP'

U.S. President Joe Biden’s immigration chief escaped impeachment over border crisis by a razor-thin margin of two votes on Tuesday.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has long been in Republicans’ crosshairs over what they describe as a humanitarian crisis, with record numbers of mainly South and Central Americans trying to enter the United States from neighboring Mexico. 

(With input from agencies)