Marjorie Taylor Greene's bid to impeach DHS Secretary Mayorkas FAILS after 8 Republicans join with Democrats to sideline push to oust Biden's embattled immigration chief

The House voted down a proposal to impeach Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas after a small handful of Republicans sided with Democrats against the move. 

In a 209 to 201 vote, eight Republicans joined Democrats in voting to refer the impeachment resolution back to the Homeland Security Committee - effectively punting it indefinitely. 

The proposal, put forth by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, had support from other establishment and moderate Republicans, proving how much tides have changed for the Homeland Security secretary since the start of this Congress when many were leery of impeaching him. 

Greene worked on the resolution with Rep. Tony Gonzales, a moderate Republican from border district Texas who was hesitant of the movement to fire Mayorkas earlier this year. 

'Enough is enough,' he told DailyMail.com on Friday. 

Only one Cabinet secretary, Secretary of War William Belknap in 1876, has ever been impeached, that time over corruption allegations. 

Homeland Security Committee Chair Mark Green is conducting his own five-phase investigation of Mayorkas that could end in an impeachment vote. He's on phase five - transcribed interviews with DHS employees. 

'I support whatever it takes to get that guy out of office,' he told reporters when asked whether he supported Greene's resolution, but adding: 'I would really like to finish my investigation.'

'We’ve got some smoke, we’re looking for the fire,' he said. 

Greene's impeachment resolution accused him of failing to uphold U.S. law to uphold operational control of the border.  

'In his willful admittance of border crossers, terrorists, human traffickers, drugs and other contraband, Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas has failed to maintain operational control of the border, thereby violating the Secure Fence Act of 2006,' the resolution claims. 

Under the Biden administration some border agents have apprehended migrants some 6.6 million times, with millions more estimated to have evaded border patrol. 

This is the third privileged resolution Greene has introduced in the past few weeks - bypassing House leadership to force votes on the floor. 

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) called Greene's resolution a 'reckless impeachment charade.' 

'While the House Majority has wasted months trying to score points with baseless attacks, Secretary Mayorkas has been doing his job and working to keep Americans safe,' a DHS spokesperson said in a statement. 

Last week she introduced a resolution to censure Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., that failed after Republicans took issue with her claim that Tlaib 'incited an insurrection' by speaking at a ceasefire protest on Capitol Hill where around 300 were later arrested. 

This week she changed the language to inciting an 'illegal occupation' - but Rep. Rich McCormick's resolution to censure Tlaib for antisemitic language came up for a vote first and passed with 22 Democratic votes. 

Greene withdrew her resolution shortly before McCormick's passed.