- Title: US House sends impeachment of Biden border official to Senate
- Date: 16th April 2024
- Summary: WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (APRIL 16, 2024) (SENATE TV) WIDE OF HOUSE IMPEACHMENT MANAGERS ENTERING SENATE CHAMBER CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY MARK GREEN (REPUBLICAN – TENNESSEE) APPROACHING LECTERN (SOUNDBITE) (English) CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY MARK GREEN (REPUBLICAN – TENNESSEE) SAYING: "Mr. President, the managers on the part of the House of Representatives are present and ready to present the articles of impeachment, which have been referred by the House of Representatives against Alejandro Nicolas Mayorkas, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.” WHITE FLASH (SOUNDBITE) (English) CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON HOMELAND SECURITY MARK GREEN (REPUBLICAN – TENNESSEE) SAYING: "Article one - willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law."
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- Keywords: Alejandro Mayorkas Homeland Security Secretary Republican border crisis immigration impeachment migrant migration
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- Country: US
- Topics: North America,Government/Politics
- Reuters ID: LVA002567316042024RP1
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The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday (April 16) delivered two articles of impeachment against President Joe Biden's top border security official to the Democratic-majority Senate, which is expected to quickly defeat the effort.
House Republican "managers" who hope to argue their case for removing Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas from office read aloud to the Senate their charges of failing to enforce U.S. immigration laws and lying to Congress.
The politically charged effort comes following record-setting levels of illegal immigration last year. Voters cite immigration as a top concern ahead of the Nov. 5 presidential and congressional elections.
The 100 senators are due on Wednesday (April 17) to be sworn in as jurors for a trial that could take at least a week. However, top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer is expected to try to end it before it starts.
Earlier in the day, Mayorkas spent nearly three hours testifying to the House Homeland Security Committee -- the panel that originated his impeachment. He was called to testify about his agency's budget for next year, but impeachment permeated the hearing.
Mayorkas is only the second presidential cabinet official facing removal through impeachment. The last time was in 1876.
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