Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said the articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas are “absurd” and “will be resolved as soon as possible.”
Amid reports that Schumer is preparing a motion to dismiss articles of impeachment against Mayorkas, the majority leader told the media on Tuesday that he hopes to “resolve” the matter quickly. suggested.
“We’re going to try to resolve this issue as quickly as possible,” Schumer said. “Impeachment should never be used to resolve policy disagreements.”
“We will work to resolve this matter as quickly as possible. As I have said before, it is absurd and there are no charges in the House complaint that rise to the level of impeachment,” Schumer said in a statement. answered the question. “…We intend to move forward and resolve this issue as soon as possible.”
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Monday night, Sen. Mike Braun (R-Indiana), Sen. Eric Schmidt (R-Missouri), Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kansas), and Sen. Ted Budd (R-North Carolina) ), Sen. John Kennedy (R-Louisiana), Sen. Rick Scott (R-Florida) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) spoke on the Senate floor, and Schumer spoke against Mayorkas. He warned that he may be considering filing or dismissing an impeachment trial.
“[Schumer] “If the American people witness the public trial of Mayorkas and his record is exposed, I fear it will seal a deal in which the Democratic Party loses the White House and the Senate majority,” Marshall said. . Said“They are clearly concerned about the next election, not the national security threat that wide open borders pose to national sovereignty.”
On Wednesday, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) plans to send articles of impeachment against Mayorkas to the Senate. In February, the House of Representatives voted 214-213 to impeach Mayorkas, in the first move in about a century and a half.
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas (John Moore/Getty Images)
Mr. Mayorkas has overseen record numbers of illegal immigrants to the United States, with more than 7.4 million people crossing the southern border since February 2021, and a release rate of 85% reported, meaning that out of 20 migrants It is suggested that 17 people have been released into the interior of the United States.
Exclusive: Large groups of immigrants from many countries cross the border into Arizona
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