U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during an interview, in Guatemala City, Thursday, March 21, 2024. Mayorkas said at a joint conference with the Guatemalan president, that a Texas law giving state authorities the power to arrest and deport migrants who have entered the country illegally is unconstitutional.
The Republican speaker said he would send the two articles on April 10. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer plans to swear in senators as jurors in the trial the next day, according to his office. The Houseon a razor-thin party-line vote in February, but Johnson had delayed sending the articles of impeachment to the Senate while Congress addressed funding for the government.in the Democratic-controlled Senate.
“He deserves to be impeached and the American people demand that those responsible for the border crisis be held accountable,” Johnson said. Still, some GOP senators have expressed skepticism about the House argument, and a conviction is highly unlikely. Two-thirds of the Senate would have to vote to convict as opposed to the simple majority needed to impeach in the House. That means all Republicans as well as a substantial number of Democrats would have to vote to convict Mayorkas.
However, a comprehensive trial would allow Republicans to continue to hammer on the Biden administration’s immigration policies. Johnson urged Schumer to hold “a full public trial” to show he cared about “ending the devastation caused by Biden’s border catastrophe.”
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