Mayorkas Impeachment Articles to Be Sent to Senate on April 10: Johnson

Published on March 28, 2024

The House of Representatives will send the articles of impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on April 10, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) has announced. In a March 28 letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Mr. Johnson asked Mr. Schumer to schedule a trial “expeditiously.” Mr. Johnson noted that Mr. Mayorkas “refused to comply with the requirements of the immigration laws passed by Congress” and “directed, through a series of memoranda, DHS employees to violate U.S. immigration laws.” Mr. Johnson accused Mr. Mayorkas of having “repeatedly lied to Congress and the American people about the scope of the [border] crisis and his role in it.”...