Member LoginMember Login - User registration - Setup as front page - Add to favorites - Sitemap Impeachment articles against Mayorkas to be sent to Senate !

Impeachment articles against Mayorkas to be sent to Senate

Time:2024-04-30 12:18:38 source:Stellar Spectrum news portal

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson says he is sending impeachment charges against Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday, forcing senators to convene a trial on the allegations that the Homeland Security secretary has “willfully and systematically” refused to enforce existing immigration laws. But the proceedings may not last long.

While the Senate is obligated to convene a trial under the rules of impeachment once the charges are walked across the Capitol, Democrats are expected to try to dismiss or table the charges before the arguments get underway.

Majority Democrats have said the GOP case against Mayorkas doesn’t rise to the “high crimes and misdemeanors” laid out as a bar for impeachment in the Constitution, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., likely has enough votes to end the trial immediately if he decides to do so. The proceedings will not begin until Wednesday.

Related information
  • Bridge on Xiong'an Expressway in place
  • 'Chubby Hearts' installation launches in Hong Kong
  • DOC job cuts plan: Tourism, backcountry huts, flora and fauna at risk, groups say
  • More productive land being used for urban development, study finds
  • Romance of Spring: Cherry Blossoms Meet Beauty of Traditional Chinese Costume
  • 'Major logistics exercise' to deliver humanitarian aid from NZ to Gaza
  • Yemen's Houthis say they targeted Western ships
  • Evergrande's bankruptcy may be just the beginning of China's real estate crisis
Recommended content
  • China's foreign trade starts on steady note in 2023
  • Four killed, several injured as race car hits spectators at Hungary rally
  • Environmentally
  • China news: Mystery as Xi Jinping unexpectedly skips key speech
  • Relaunch of controversial program may send 'shock waves of fear' in U.S.
  • Wellington workforce reeling from public service job cuts