Senate Kills First Impeachment Article Against Mayorkas

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U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a hearing with the Senate Homeland Security Committee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on April 18, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

OAN’s Sophia Flores
12:47 PM –Wednesday, April 17, 2024

The Senate has voted to kill the first impeachment article against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

On Wednesday, in a 51-to-48-to-1 vote, the Senate passed the motion to kill Article 1.

Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Ala.) voted “present” due to her discontent with the impeachment effort.

The motion to kill the first article was proposed by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.). Another article of impeachment against Mayorkas has yet to be voted on.

On Tuesday, House Republicans delivered two articles of impeachment against Mayorkas to the Senate chamber.

I just delivered my Articles of Impeachment against Secretary Mayorkas to the United States Senate.

Mayorkas is derelict of his duty and must be removed from office.

Chuck Schumer: HOLD THE TRIAL! pic.twitter.com/pjTAmlJrQa

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) April 16, 2024

House Republicans first voted to impeach Mayorkas in mid-February due to his failure to enforce border laws amid the chaotic influx of migrants arriving at the Southern border who are illegally entering the United States.

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