VOA News | Thursday, March 28, 2024 
US House to Deliver Homeland Secretary Mayorkas Impeachment to Senate April 10

The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives will deliver two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on April 10, House Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday. Mayorkas, who Republicans blame for record flows of migrants across the U.S.-Mexico border, was narrowly impeached by the House last month on allegations that he has not enforced U.S. immigration laws and has made false statements to Congress. Mayorkas, part of Democratic President Joe Biden’s cabinet, has said he does not bear responsibility for the border situation, blaming it instead on a broken U.S. immigration system that Congress has not been able to fix. “We will present to you upon the Senate’s return, on April 10, 2024, the duly passed articles of impeachment,” Johnson and 11 Republican impeachment managers informed Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in a letter on Thursday. The House and Senate are currently on a two-week recess. “We urge you to schedule a trial of the matter expeditiously,” they wrote. Federal officials, including presidents, who are impeached by the House are subject to a trial in the Senate to determine whether they should be removed from office…Read more