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“Your false accusations do not rattle me,” Alejandro Mayorkas, the homeland-security secretary, wrote in a letter to Mark Green, the Republican leading the effort to impeach him. Since Tuesday morning the House homeland-security committee, which Mr Green chairs, has been considering articles of impeachment that accuse Mr Mayorkas of defying immigration laws on the southern border. A full House vote could happen as soon as next week.

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