FILE – Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on threats to the homeland, Oct. 31, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. As Republicans in the House of Representatives threaten to make Mayorkas the first Cabinet official impeached in nearly 150 years, Mayorkas says, in a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press, he is “totally focused on the work” that his agency of 260,000 people conducts and not distracted by the politics of impeachment. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has voted to dismiss the first of two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the first step in ending its trial on his handling of the U.S.-Mexico border.
Democrats said the article, which charged Mayorkas with “willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law,” is unconstitutional.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the articles of impeachment against Mayorkas “fail to meet the high standard of high crimes and misdemeanors.”
The House narrowly voted in February to impeach Mayorkas, arguing in the articles that he refused to enforce immigration laws.
Mayorkas has said he’s focused on the work of his department.
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