Live updates: Senate rejects first impeachment article against DHS Secretary Mayorkas
Here’s the latest on the impeachment of Alejandro MayorkasThe House impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in February and, on Tuesday, formally referred the issue to the Senate.The trial has begun. Democrats voted to rule the first impeachment article, accusing Mayorkas of “willfully and systemically” refusing to comply with federal immigration laws, unconstitutional. They are now considering the second, which charges him with making false statements to Congress, including that the border is “secure.”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.But Senate Republicans are working to make the process as lengthy and painful for Democrats as possible, raising several motions to keep the trial going.Mayorkas is the second Cabinet member in U.S. history to be impeached and the first in nearly 150 years. He is not attending the trial.
