The Republican-controlled US Home of Representatives will ship two articles of impeachment in opposition to Homeland Safety Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on April 10, Home Speaker Mike Johnson mentioned on Thursday.
Mayorkas, who Republicans blame for document flows of migrants throughout the US-Mexico border, was narrowly impeached by the Home final month on allegations that he has not enforced US immigration legal guidelines and has made false statements to Congress.
Mayorkas, a part of Democratic President Joe Biden’s cupboard, has mentioned he doesn’t bear duty for the border state of affairs, blaming it as a substitute on a damaged US immigration system that Congress has not been in a position to repair.
“We’ll current to you upon the Senate’s return, on April 10, 2024, the duly handed articles of impeachment,” Johnson and 11 Republican impeachment managers knowledgeable Senate Majority Chief Chuck Schumer in a letter on Thursday.
Republicans impeach US homeland safety chief over border disaster
Republicans impeach US homeland safety chief over border disaster
The Home and Senate are at present on a two-week recess.
“We urge you to schedule a trial of the matter expeditiously,” they wrote.
Federal officers, together with presidents, who’re impeached by the Home, are topic to a trial within the Senate to find out whether or not they need to be faraway from workplace.
Schumer’s workplace issued an announcement saying that senators will likely be sworn in as trial jurors the day after the articles are delivered.
Nevertheless, the Democratic-led chamber is extremely unlikely to vote to take away Mayorkas from workplace.
The Home voted twice earlier than impeaching Mayorkas on a vote of 214-213, after an preliminary vote failed. Democrats and a handful of Republicans opposed the motion.
