Here’s the latest on the impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas
- The House impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in February and, on Tuesday, formally referred the issue to the Senate.
- The trial has begun. Democrats are expected to vote to dismiss or table the impeachment articles. But a group of Senate Republicans will try to make the process as lengthy and politically painful as possible.
- There are not sufficient votes to convict Mayorkas. Sixty-seven votes would be needed to remove him from office, and Democrats hold 51 seats in the Senate. Some Republicans have also said he has not committed impeachable offenses.
- Mayorkas is the second Cabinet member in U.S. history to be impeached and the first in nearly 150 years. He is not expected to attend the trial.
- The articles of impeachment charge him with “willfully and systemically” refusing to comply with federal immigration laws and having “breached the public trust” by making false statements to Congress, including that the border is “secure.”
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