by MARY CLARE JALONICK and STEPHEN GROVES Associated PressFILE - Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas appears before the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Capitol Hill, April 10, 2024, in Washington. House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-la., says he is sending impeachment charges against Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday, April 16, forcing senators to convene a trial on the allegations that Mayorkas has "willfully and systematically" refused to enforce existing immigration laws.
Impeachment should never be used to settle a policy disagreement," Schumer said. "That would set a horrible precedent for the Congress. Since then, Johnson has delayed sending the articles to the Senate for weeks while both chambers finished work on government funding legislation and took a two-week recess. Johnson had said he would send them to the Senate last week, but punted again after Senate Republicans said they wanted more time to prepare.
House Homeland Security Chairman Mark Green, a Tennessee Republican who is one of the impeachment managers, said earlier this month that he believes Democrats "have failed to meet the moment when it comes to ending this crisis and resolving the chaos at our borders.