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Senate dismisses two articles of impeachment against Homeland

Security secretary, ends trial

In this image from video from Senate Television, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., presides over the court of impeachment and prepares to swear senators in for the
impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on the Senate floor at the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, April 17, 2024, in Washington.
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By MARY CLARE JALONICK Mayorkas with a "breach of orkas for his handling of the Republicans argue that aloud to a captive audi-
Associated Press trust" for saying the border border, arguing in the two President Joe Biden has ence of senators. But they
WASHINGTON (AP) — The was secure. The votes were articles that he "willfully and been weak on the border did not get a chance to
Senate has dismissed all 51-48 and 51-49, both along systematically" refused to as arrests for illegal cross- present the case before the
impeachment charges party lines. enforce immigration laws. ings skyrocketed to more Senate dismissed it.
against Homeland Security Senate Majority Leader The House vote was the first than 2 million people dur- Once the senators were
Secretary Alejandro Mayor- Chuck Schumer said the time in nearly 150 years that ing the last two years of sworn in on Wednesday, the
kas, ending the House Re- House Republicans' case a Cabinet secretary was im- his term, though they have chamber turned into the
publican push to remove failed to meet "the high peached. fallen from a record-high of court of impeachment, with
the Cabinet secretary from standard of high crimes and An outright dismissal of 250,000 in December amid Democratic Sen. Patty Mur-
office over his handling of misdemeanors" and could House Republicans' prose- heightened enforcement ray of Washington presid-
the the U.S.-Mexico border set a dangerous precedent. cution of Mayorkas, with no in Mexico. Democrats say ing. Murray is the president
and ending his trial before "For the sake of the Senate's chance to argue the case, that instead of impeach- pro tempore of the Senate,
arguments even began. integrity and to protect im- is an embarrassing defeat ing Mayorkas, Republicans or the senior-most member
Senators voted to dismiss peachment for those rare for House Republicans and should have accepted a of the majority party who
both articles of impeach- cases we truly need it, sen- embattled House Speaker bipartisan Senate compro- sits in for the vice president.
ment and end the trial, with ators should dismiss today's Mike Johnson, R-La., who mise aimed at reducing the Senators approached the
Democrats arguing that the charges," said Schumer, D- made the impeachment number of migrants who front of the Senate in groups
articles were unconstitution- N.Y., as he opened Wednes- a priority. And it is likely to come into the U.S. illegally. of four to sign an oath book
al. The first article charged day's session. Senate Re- resonate politically for both House impeachment man- that is stored in the National
Mayorkas with "willful and publicans had argued for a Republicans and Demo- agers delivered the charges Archives.
systemic refusal to comply" full impeachment trial after crats in a presidential elec- to the Senate on Tuesday,
with immigration law. The the House narrowly voted in tion year when border secu- standing in the well of the Continued on Page 2
second article charged February to impeach May- rity has been a top issue. Senate and reading them