mayorkas' migrant crisis. and city officials fear it will spend another $12 billion over the following three fiscal years causing painful budge cuts to important city services. three, alejandro n. mayorkas' unlawful mass release of apprehended aliens and grant of categorical parole to aliens have enticed an increasing number of aliens to make the dangerous journey to our southwest border. consequently, according to the united nations' international organization for migration, number of migrants intended to illegally cross our border who have perished along the way either enroute to the united states or at the border almost doubled during the tenure of alejandro n. if mayorkas as secretary tear of homeland security from an average of about a 700 a year during fiscal years 2017-2020 to an average of about 1300 a year during fiscal year 2021-2023. alien -- four. alien smuggling organizations is have gained the tremendous wealth al man degree n. mayorkas' tenure as secretary of homeland security with their estimat

mayorkas inherited what his first key u.s. border patrol called quote, arguably the most effective for security in our nation's history, end quote. alejandro n. mayorkas however proceeded to abandon effective border security initiatives without engaging in adequate alternative initiatives. without engaging in adequate alternative efforts that would enable dhs to maintain control of the border and guard against illegal entry, and despite clear evidence of the devastating consequences of his actions he failed to take action to fulfill his statutory duty to control the border. according to his first chief of the u.s. border patrol, alejandro n. mayorkas quote come masummarily rejected, end quote, the quote multiple options to reduce the illegal entries through proven programs and consequences, end quote. provided by civil service staff at dhs. despite clear evidence of the devastating consequences of his actions, he failed to take action to fulfill his statutory duty to control the border, and that among other things alejandro n.

if you're so sure that secretary mayorkas, under secretary mayorkas' leadership customs and border protection hasn't dramatically decreased its vetting process for allowing chinese immigrants to cross our border, including military-aged chinese males, then let's hold a trial. if you believe that we haven't seen a dramatic increase in the known terrorist encounters at our border, then let's hold a trial. if you're confident that secretary mayorkas hasn't allowed enough fentanyl to flow across the southern border to kill every man, woman, and child in this country, then let's hold a freaking trial. madam president, these are not victimless crimes. the tragic case of laken rile reilly you a life cut short by an illegal alien. secretary mayorkas allowed to enter our country illegal lay, unchecked, unveted is, is an abdication of his duty. laken isn't alone. her case represents hundreds of thousands of families across the nation -- across this nation whose lives have been upended by the invasion that our leaders allowed to happen. think about that for a minute. they allowed it to happen, not by ne

what secretary mayorkas has been doing with regard to parole. maybe they think it's bad too and don't want to have to defend it. whatever the reason, if our leader does not have a trial, it will be the first time this has happened is happened. it will be unprecedented. and we will be bringing breaking again another norm. for the u.s. senate. impeachment is serious. these charges are serious. the american people deserve an answer. we need to have a trial. i call on my colleagues on the other side of the aisle to insist upon a trial, uphold our constitutional authority. let's have a trial so that we can hear and determine the guilt or innocence. that is what the american people deserve. madam president, i yield back. >> madam president. >> senator from oklahoma. >> we are scheduled to begin a trial of the secretary of homeland security. doesn't begin a conversation about homeland security in the country, that conversation started three years ago now. the american people are frustrated with what they are seeing on the southern border and keep sayin

mayorkas. our constitution gives the senate the responsibility and the duty to try all impeachments, and it requires a vote of two thirds of the senate present before the federal officer is convicted. that is a pretty high standard for a constitutional process. for every impeachment in the history, the senate has held some form of a trial. unless the federal officer has resigned prior to the trial. this time, it should be no different. under president biden and secretary mayorkas, there've been more than 9.2 million illegal crossings along the countries southern borders. or to put it another way, the average monthly encounters have increased 400% under the biden mayorkas dhs. the record illegal crossings, and this past in february of 189,922 marks the seventh consecutive month of the highest numbers of encounters that these months have ever seen, and on top of this, there have been 36 straight months with higher encounters at the southern border than any other month under the trump administrati

mayorkas, head of the homeland security department. and that is about to be reported to the senate and we have constitutional responsibilities when it is reported. in this situation we are waiting for the actual report to arrive. i think it will be momentary, perhaps this week or next, and we will take up this matter as we're required no do. the -- required to do. the house homeland committee engaged in a year long investigation of secretary mayorkas and his alleged now administration of the border of the united states. this committee in the house held 12 hearings, testimony from more than two dozen witnesses, producing nearly 400 pages of re reports. the senate when sitting as a court of impeachment is not responsible for making the case on behalf of the impeachment managers. we are the jury. we are the ones who will decide the impeachment. our duty is to make the determination based on the articles of impeachment and the facts at hand. we are not a fact finding -- fact-finding operation. my friend from utah is also on the floor. duri

homeland security secretary mayorkas to the senate. that will happen on wednesday to officially mark the start of the impeachment trial. you can watch live coverage here on cspan2. >> on wednesday president biden first lady jill biden host a state dinner honoring japanese prime minister. watch guest arrivals life beginning at 5:30 eastern on our website c-span.org or he spent now are free mobile video app. later at 11:00 p.m. eastern on c-span we will feature highlights from the evening including the prime minister's white house arrival toast given at the dinner. watch the white house state dinner wednesday on c-span networks. ♪ c-span as your unfiltered view of government. funded by these television companies and more including cox. ♪ is extremely rare. but friends don't have to be. when you're connected you are not alone. >> cox support c-span as a public service along with these other television providers. giving it a front row seat to democracy. madam president as we all know two months ago the house of representatives impeached ho

and secretary mayorkas must be held accountable. the house of representatives was completely correct to impeach secretary mayorkas and now the senate has a duty under the constitution to hold a trial. unfortunately, this has become a familiar process for a majority of our senate colleagues, both 2019 and 2021, the democratic-controlled house impeached president trump. at the time my republican colleagues and i criticized the motivation and process behind these impeachment inquiries, but those concerns didn't impact the process on the senate floor. to cite our views about the actions, the senate carried out our constitutional duty to convene a court of impeachment. in both cases senators were sworn as jurors, we listened patiently to both sides presented as they presented their arguments, in the end we had a fair guilty or not guilty vote. prior to the impeachment of secretary mayorkas the house had sent impeachment to the senate 21 times and the senate has held a full trial in all but four instances. in three cases, all of whom were

secretary mayorkas claims he's come to oto -- secretary mayorkas claims -- he's come to the senate and claimed that the border is secure. people laugh knowing how untrue it is. it is a lie to the senate. a lie to the house. such a serious matter, though, it's hard to laugh. meanwhile our country is losing control of our borders to the cartels and to the criminals. every fair-minded person knows that these are serious charges. and the senate must hold a full and fair trial. it is our constitutional duty. the house has done its job. yet senate democrats, each and every one of them it are refusing to do theirs. it seems this week that the senate democratic leader is scheming to bury these charges without a full and fair trial. the constitution demands there be one. the senate majority leader's actions would turn the senate from the world's greatest deliberative body into the world's quickest dismissal body. the senate majority leader is not here on the floor today. seems to be afraid of allowing the case against the lawless actions of the secretary of homeland security to even be presente

if you're so sure that secretary mayorkas, under secretary mayorkas' leadership customs and border protection hasn't dramatically decreased its vetting process for allowing chinese immigrants to cross our border, including military-aged chinese males, then let's hold a trial. if you believe that we haven't seen a dramatic increase in the known terrorist encounters at our border, then let's hold a trial. if you're confident that secretary mayorkas hasn't allowed enough fentanyl to flow across the southern border to kill every man, woman, and child in this country, then let's hold a freaking trial. madam president, these are not victimless crimes. the tragic case of laken rile reilly you a life cut short by an illegal alien. secretary mayorkas allowed to enter our country illegal lay, unchecked, unveted is, is an abdication of his duty. laken isn't alone. her case represents hundreds of thousands of families across the nation -- across this nation whose lives have been upended by the invasion that our leaders allowed to happen. think about that for a minute. they allowed it to happen, not by ne

host: on the mayorkas impeachment? caller: yes. in the words of president roosevelt, a day which will live in infamy fits the narrative on this case. that is what i have to say. host: and why do you feel that way, anthony? caller: if you can lie to congress multiple times, like mayorkas did come and get away with it, others no -- mayorkas did, and get away with it, there's no -- in other words, there's no reason to be impeached again. nobody will be impeached. host: let's hear from bill in newburgh, new york, independent. good morning. caller: i just want to comment on the previous caller from north carolina saying the military does not cook their own food. that is not true. they certainly do. we learn how to wash our own close in the marine corps by hand with scrub brushes, so he's not accurate. i don't know what branches of service he was in but the social service does not count. mayorkas lied to the american people, saying that the border was closed and secured, neither of which is true. he's just doing when his boss told him to

and that is secretary mayorkas. and now that it is, the shoe is on the other foot, if you will, and now that it is a democrat, leader schumer wants to change the rules and say, no. he's even willing to take unprecedented actions that this chamber has never taken when it comes to the issue of impeachment. and i believe this should incense every single american. i know it incenses the people of tennessee. because what we have learned in the last three years about secretary mayorkas, even though his title is the secretary of homeland security, he does not believe in securing the homeland, and he has refused to fulfill his duty of securing the homeland. now, i know that secretary mayorkas is doing the bidding of joe biden and the biden administration. he's just doing what they tell him he's got to do. that in and of itself tells you a lot about what this administration thinks about the security and sovereignty of this country. and here is why. on the biden-mayorkas watch, you have more than 9.4 million illegal aliens co

coverage of the impeachment triale of alejandro mayorkas on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] on this vote, the yeas are 49, the nays are 51. the motion is not agreed to. depending motion is the point of order raised by the majority leader. >> madam president. >> the senator recognizes -- >> i think it goes without saying that the mayorkas, biden policies have led to the worst border crisis in american history. 7.6 million people apprehended, 1.8 million got a ways. >> we are in a non-debatable position. >> one thing we know, we have a responsibility to hear these articles of impeachment. >> the senate will be in order. >> therefore i moved to table the schumer point of order and ask for the nays and yeas. >> is there sufficient second? >> there is a sufficient second. the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] that was a vote on the ninth motion offered by senate republicans. this to table the senate majority leaders point of order. his point of order raise

and so the reality is that impeaching mayorkas, while it is important because mayorkas did most likelylated the law in not enforcing congressional law as written, it won't change anything as long as the official biden administration policy refuses to change. but all of this is signaling to voters that joe biden is indeed doubling down on open borders policy. >> neil: i'm sorry for the confusion at the outset. the democrats, with whom i have talked on the subject, say there is a very big difference between expressing concern for the border and what they call a sham scam to get rid of the guy running homeland security. and they are happy to fight that out in the press and in the polls. to justify the distinction to you. >> well, first and foremost, i fully agree with what tiana just said. i thought it was very well put. to add to that, democrats are clearly shown that they are hell-bent on politics. the migrant crisis has impacted the country in ways that not many people expected. if you look at an example in chicago. you've got 11000% increase in migrant crime in the city of chicago. if

biden, mayorkas and democrats said they don't care. if i was mayorkas.been impeached and he has the opportunity now to say he didn't do anything wrong. he knows he can't defend h imself, biden knows they can't defend it. chuck schumer can't defend it or pure politics and they don't want you to talk about it and be beyond television. all of its wrong. so the right thing that happened tomorrow is we have to start a trial. we hear the evidence and house of representatives in contrast to the trump impeachment and they took time and got evidence and should have the opportunity to present it and we should have the opportunity to say yes or no. >> very convincing case to hold a trial and chairman green did an excellent job of reading those and going for senator schmidt and the chamber and listening to the gravity of the charges and i don't know how you cannot be moved and i can't imagine why chuck schumer would dismiss even thinking of having a trial. if we had a trial, we could lay out the evidence and developing on chairman homeland security in 2015, this at

mayorkas has been derelict in his duties. derelict. confrontational in his duty to to all of us when he passed him personally what he is doing at the southern border. in voted against his impeachment are democratic colleagues are risking the lives of americans. senator schumer and the democrats can't say that they want to fix the border while trying to save his job but americans are dying every day from what's going on from our southern border. every state is a border state now. not just texas in arizona california come every state my state of alabama is being overrun with illegal aliens. the number of people crossing the border who are not on a terrorist watch who are on the terrorist watch list is unprecedented and that's what scares me. if you ask her fbi director he says we have a major threat to our country and he said it is coming but it doesn't seem like anybody is listening. nobody is listening that is in charge. this last week he was supported and afghan on the fbi terror watch list has been in the u.s. from lost a year. he's

and for the sake of america's safety and security, let's impeach alejandro mayorkas. taking this decisive action will send a clear message to this administration they'll be held accountable for orchestrating this deadly invasion. thank you, mr. president. i yield back. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senator from wisconsin. mr. johnson: mr. president, earlier today we heard a very convincing case laid out by the house managers of why the senate should fulfill its constitutional duty and proceed to a trial on the impeachment of secretary mayorkas. if we were to hold that trial, we should do so, this chart that i've been developing since i became chairman of homeland security in 2015 would basically be the irrefutable dna evidence of the crime. what i've tried to lay out in this chart is the cause and effect of an ongoing set of illegal immigration crises faced by the last three administrations. so what i'd like to do briefly here on the senate floor is go through that history dating back to 2012 and show the impact of certain actions, certain court

take you back now to the start of today's impeachment trial against homeland security secretary mayorkas. >> a quorum is present pursuant to rule three of the rules and procedure and practice in the senate. sitting on impeachment trials at 1:00 p.m. having arrived in a quorum having been established, the senate will consider to consideration of articles of impeachment against alejandro mayorkas secretary of homeland security. majority leak is recognized by. >> pursuant to rule three of impeachment in eisai's isis constitution, the president pro tem emeritus the senator from iowa will now administer the oath to the president pro tem patty murray. >> you solemnly swear that it all things pertaining to the trial of impeachment of alejandrohe mayorkas secretary f homeland security now pending you will do impartial justice according to the constitution and laws is to help you god? >> i do. at this time i will administer the oath to all senators in the chamber in conformance with article one section iii clause six of the constitution and the senates impeachment rules. while all senators now st

it is secretary alejandro mayorkas. repeatedly, repeatedly stood before the american people, stood before us in hearings and committees and said the border is secure. anyone who was watching, anyone who has ever been to that border knows the border is not secure. they know that on the side of that border it is being run by the cartel. you can spend an hour with the border patrol and you will find out. last year there were people from 170 different countries that came to that southern border seeking entry and not one of them got here on their own. they paid the cartel and the cartel bring them over. the cartel are making a fortune. we are paying the price. and we are paying this price because of the dereliction of duty carried out by secretary mayorkas. in the way he's not standing up for the border patrol and not standing up for the american people. that is an issue and yes a responsibility, did we have that responsibility? you bet we do and that is why we are here on this floor to talk about this. because our border, w

but joe biden and alejandra mayorkas released. he also didn't mention the illegal immigrant that joe biden and mayorkas flew from haiti to america and released and then violently raped a 15-year-old girl in boston, massachusetts, who was severely disabled. what we are witnessing is evil, it is wrong, and that is why the house of representatives impeached him because he aided and abetted to the criminal thel invasion of this united states. and yet chuck schumer and the democrats don't want to talk about it. even worse, chuck schumer and the democrats want to defy the constitutional responsibility. twenty-one times in the nation's history the house of representatives sent articles of impeachment over to the senate. only the second cabinet member ever to be impeached. under the constitution of the te responsibilities of the senate are simple and straightforward if they are to try this impeachment. he wants to move the table and the three reasons he wants to move the table, the articles of impeachment. reason number one he does not wa

and that is secretary mayorkas. and now that it is, the shoe is on the other foot, if you will, and now that it is a democrat, leader schumer wants to change the rules and say, no. he's even willing to take unprecedented actions that this chamber has never taken when it comes to the issue of impeachment. and i believe this should incense every single american. i know it incenses the people of tennessee. because what we have learned in the last three years about secretary mayorkas, even though his title is the secretary of homeland security, he does not believe in securing the homeland, and he has refused to fulfill his duty of securing the homeland. now, i know that secretary mayorkas is doing the bidding of joe biden and the biden administration. he's just doing what they tell him he's got to do. that in and of itself tells you a lot about what this administration thinks about the security and sovereignty of this country. and here is why. on the biden-mayorkas watch, you have more than 9.4 million illegal aliens co

joe biden and alejandro mayorkas released into this country. when biden gave his state of ofe union address they didn't mention the name jeremy cÁceres, the two year old little boy murdered just miles away fromeo your end prince george's county again by an illegal alien that joe biden and alejandro mayorkas released into this country. he also didn't mention the haitian illegal immigrant that joe biden and alejandro mayorkas flew from haiti to america, released, who then violently raped a 15-year-old girl in boston, massachusetts, who was severely disabled. what we are witnessing is evil. it is wrong. that is why the house of representatives impeached alejandro mayorkas, because he is aided and abetted the criminal invasion of this unitea states. and yet, chuck schumer of the democrats don't want to talkde about it. even worse, , chuck schumer and the democrats want to defy their constitutional responsibility. 21 times in our nation's history, the house of representatives ascent articles of impeachment over to the senate, 21 times. alejandro may

mayorkas is working with what he has to work with. republicans had a bill and the democrats went whroong that bill. and then trump said he didn't want it he was going to use it for his republicans that the republicans shouldn't push it. but you know what, mayorkas said what he said because that's what he has to work with. republicans do not wants to win the border crisis they want to use it as a campaign. and that's for trump. now, the republicans know trump is going to be convicted and they're doing everything they can to push it on biden for everything that's going wrong in this country. biden is out there doing his best for everyone. republicans and democrats. and it's a shame that it was a circus today with the republicans. especially at the end when that man ranted two hours after it was adjourned and just kept on going. thank you for listening to me.

caller: i would like to comment -- host: mayorkas impeachment. caller: a day which will live in infamy fits the narrative on this case. that's what i have to say. host: why do you feel that way, anthony? caller: if you lie to congress couple of times to congress like mayorkas did, there is no getting back to -- in other words no reason for anything to be impeached. nobody will be impeached. host: independent line. caller: i want to comment on the previous caller from north carolina that the military does not cook their own food. that is not true. we learned how to wash our own clothes in the marine corps with scrub brushes the social service doesn't count. and mayorkas stood there with a straight face and lied to the american people saying that the border is secure. and he did what his boss told him to do. and impeachment of mayorkas will lead to the impeachment of biden. host: senator schumer's comments after wednesday's vote. >> as suspected the republicans proved this afternoon that the impeachment was nothing more than a political show. probl

it is secretary alejandro mayorkas. repeatedly, repeatedly stood before the american people, stood before us in hearings and committees and said the border is secure. anyone who was watching, anyone who has ever been to that border knows the border is not secure. they know that on the side of that border it is being run by the cartel. you can spend an hour with the border patrol and you will find out. last year there were people from 170 different countries that came to that southern border seeking entry and not one of them got here on their own. they paid the cartel and the cartel bring them over. the cartel are making a fortune. we are paying the price. and we are paying this price because of the dereliction of duty carried out by secretary mayorkas. in the way he's not standing up for the border patrol and not standing up for the american people. that is an issue and yes a responsibility, did we have that responsibility? you bet we do and that is why we are here on this floor to talk about this. because our border, w

secretary mayorkas is still in office. unlike those four he was neither a member of the senate and, therefore, not subject technically to impeachment authority but rather to expulsion, nor is he deceased nor this has he left office. so we we can subject matter jurisdiction over this in that circumstance where expected and effect required to conduct a trial. what that means is we are sworn in, we will be sworn into more as senators, as perform the equivalent of the judge jury function where we are both finders of fact and also imbued with the authority to decide questions of law relative impeachment trial. and what all that presupposes is that we will reach a finding of guilt or innocence. hilty, not guilty. we shouldn't the site step in despair previously chuck schumer of the democrats have talked a lot about wanting to just table this, it never in history of the united states said it had we address articles of impeachment with a motion to table. they are not talking about doing a motion to dismiss. that begs the question,

mayorkas committed.publicans were, for the most part, embarrassed to have to deal with it. clearly, the senate responded as i think they needed to, to dismiss the whole thing as the political farce that it was. there are reasons for impeachment. but when the secretary of homeland security is simply attempting to carry out the policy -- and by the way, the funding that has been requested for more additional border security has been prevented from taking place by some of the same republicans who voted to impeach mayorkas. i don't get it. we have a border security package that many republicans have said was a very strong measure to provide additional border security. it's a crisis. certainly is a terrific problem we are dealing with. the former president says don't pass this, because i want to keep this as a campaign issue for the november campaign. that is hypocrisy. give me a break. the fact of the matter is, we have challenges there, we had a bipartisan solution. would it have done everything that people

point of order of the impeachment article article one refers to the willful defiance by secretary mayorkas of the law and making that to article one and the reasons articulated by the senate entrance editors. he is far wrong with respect to article two article two accuses him of making false statements this is a violation of section 1001. a felony offense. if this is not a high crime and misdemeanor what is. if this is not teachable what is. what precedents will be -- we need to address this and discuss it. >> in closed session. i move that the senate proceed closed session to allow for deliberation on the very consequential point of order that he just made which violates under them years of american legal precedent and understanding. >> and we enter into motion. >> rule 24. >> the question is on the motion is there a sufficient second? there is, the clerk will call the roll. [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] [roll call] >> senators voting whether to proceed to close session so they would be able to debate whether article two of the impeachment article against ale

mayorkas, secretary of homeland security. mr. schumer: madam president, at this time, pursuant to rule iii of the senate rules on impeachment and the united states constitution, the president pro tempore emeritus, the senator from iowa, will now administer the oath to the president pro tempore, patty murray. mr. grassley: will you place your left hand on the bible and raise your right hand? do you solemnly swear that in all things appertaining to the trial of the impeachment of >> do you solemnly swear that -- to the impeachment of alejandro n. mayorkas, secretary of homeland security, now pending, you will do impartial justice according to the constitution and all ofra us so help you god? >> i do. the president pro tempore: at this time i will administer the oath to all senators in the chamber in conformance with article i, section 3, clause 6 of the constitution, and the senate's impeachment rules. will all senators now stand and raise their right hands? do you solemnly swear that in all things appertaining to the trial of the

we're also not going to see defense lawyers for mayorkas there and of course, mayorkas himself is noting to be present for these proceedings. all of this expected to kick off officially tomorrow and be dispensed with frankly pretty quickly after that. >> so, david, this is the same group of house republicans who said no to a massive funding be ill to help protect the border. now impeaching a guy on accusations he's not doing enough. what's going on here? >> look. the one thing that republicans wan the biden administration to do is what the trump administration tried to do and the court said you're not allowed to. so biden and mayorkas have gone to congress and said we want to help fix this. it takes congress to send legislation to the white house. house republicans have failed to work with senators on that compromise and so what you're seeing is the angry caucus, a bit of the crazy caucus on the house side. house republican side, really hold this over mike johnson, a speaker who's fighting for his job. to push this kind of angry impeachment of the homehomeland security secretary. nobo

that article, breach of public trust charges senator mayorkas told the u.s. and mexico border was secure amid a record search in migrants. this is the article being discussed right now and voted on. we will see what happens as we watch along, live coverage on c-span2. c-span2. >> on this vote the yays 59, the nays are 51, attending business the majority leader. >> madam president. >> senator from florida. >> as yours we've not had the time to review whether this point of order is contrary to the constitution therefore i moved to adjourn the court of impeachment until 12:00 p.m. noon on tuesday april 30 as for the nays and yays. >> is there a sufficient second. >> there is a sufficient second, the clerk will call the roll. [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [calling roll] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] [roll call vote] >> so far when it comes articles against alejandro mayorkas, repeat of the back-and-forth of what happened with article one republicans tryin

now you've got him facing this impeachment, and secretary mayorkas, he appears pretty unfazed by thisrocess earlier this month. he said when i say i'm not focused on the impeachment proceedings, clearly a disconnect on the amount of things on secretary mayorkas' plate, the portfolio he has whether the u.s.-mexico border, international threats, and what republicans want him focused on. >> well, if you think about it given this is just a policy conflict and at least a dozen republican senators have acknowledged that over the last couple of days, the public is dramatically on the side of mayorkas and the bipartisan senate deal, which was blown up at the last minute by maga republicans and donald trump because trump doesn't want a border solution. he wants a border crisis to run against. he's got nothing else in the tank. he's running on empty because he can't talk about abortion anymore because the whole country has so decisively turned against him whether we're talking about kansas or ohio or pennsylvania or florida. they can't talk about that so it's just immigration. he also had vladi

they're not necessarily fans of alejandro mayorkas.y have been more critical of using impeachment in this form or fashion to settle a policy dispute. so they could be among a group of people that work to try and wrap this up quickly. that's why i think you will see republicans given a little bit of runway here to make this case on the floor, to come out and say these are the reasons why we think we should have a full trial. these are the examples of similar impeachment proceedings in years past, where a full trial took place even if there was no chance of a conviction. these were all things that republican senators have been insistent upon, saying that it met the banner, the standard necessary of passing through the republican house of representatives, even though it was by a razor thin majority. even though the votes against impeachment were bipartisan. the votes in favor of impeachment were partisan. senate republicans believe that that doesn't disqualify this from the standard of requiring a trial. i think the important thing to kee

i mean, mayorkas is just the vehicle here. but the more republicans can talk about the failures on immigration, the maladministration as it's called, of immigration policy the better it is for them. and the white house understands that. and my orcas has just the vehicle for it, so we see this playing out really in both houses. and also all around the country in, in down-ballot races. and so we know that it's going to be one of the biggest issues heading into this next election. and one of the reasons republicans want this debate on the senate floor is they want people to pay attention to it they want to draw attention to it. and when you have an impeachment debate on the floor of the senate, people tend to sit up and listen and what chuck schumer is saying is this is unconstitutional and we're not abide by this. >> okay. so what you're watching now on the senate floor is the senate is setting up a vote to kill the first impeachment articles against the homeland security secretary. so we will watch how this unfolds before us. w

mayorkas is carrying out biden's policy.on't think that is in defense of mayorkas i think that's biden. >> part of that may be a political question too, andy. i don't know what your interpretation would be but maybe they felt like it was just too hot to touch. i'm sorry, just coming out of two impeachment of president trump, would they go there yet again? >> i would say two things about this. number one to the extent of the democrats saying this is a political stunt, i would not call it a political stunt but it is political. it's about accountability, it's not a stun. is trying to focus the country's attention to put the attention on the crisis of the border and this is a good way of drawing the public attention to it. the fact that democrats are fighting so hard against having a trial is an indication that even though they know they will be deeply criticized over that, they think it's better to take that hit then actually to have a trial where you show the country the border day after day after day. speed to andy, some of t

to dismiss or table articles of impeachment againstst secretary mayorkas without a trial is an unprecedented move bite senator schumer. never before in the history of our republic has the senate dismissed or table articles of impeachment when the impeached individual was alive and had not resigned. senator schumer said in 2020 quote a fair trial has witnesses, a fair trial has well documented asof part of the recd affair trout seeks the truth. nothing more, nothing less i will not assist to senator senator schumerin setting our cn ablaze and bulldozing 200 years of precedent. therefore i objected. >> madam president park objection is heard. >> madam president i raise the point ofde order that impeachmet article one does not allege conductt that rises to the level of a high crime or misdemeanor as required under article two section four of the united states constitution t. and is therefore unconstitutional. >> under the precedents and practices of the senate the chair has no power or authority to pass on such a point of order by the chair therefore under the precedence of the senate submits t

they voted to impeach mayorkas back in february. the first cabinet secretary impeachment and nearly 150 years. but constitutional experts say the evidence and the allegations here fall short of the high crimes and misdemeanors threshold cnn's lauren fox is up on the hill for us and lauren, do we know yet how this might play out well, we've gotten some early indications, jessica, that this trial is not going to last long. >> we do expect the democrats will likely bring a motion to dismiss or emotion the table to wrap things up relatively quickly. there hadn't been some discussion about trying to get a time agreement to allow republicans to have some amendments, to have some discussion around this impeachment trial. but so far i just talked to joe josh hawley as he was headed to the senate floor. it doesn't appear that they've been able to clinch any agreement. democrats obviously have the majority and the united states senate and you've heard from the majority leader, chuck schumer that this in his mind does not meet the threshold of

the counter-gument to that thou, is that mayorkas mayorkas acton behf of president biden, right? >> yeah. i mean, they're saying that he willfully allowed the border to get out of control, to allow for the influx of migrants at the southern border of mico. and thais something that of course the stngly denie the white contend thats essentlly llowing e law of t land, and that ultimately the pocy is said by t white house and house is policy. mayorkas was central, also the negotiations in the senate to change immigration law, to actually try to move ahead with a new border security measure route with border security package. but that plan the scuttled in the united states and a by republicans, mayorkas had argued he needed more tools and more different laws in order to do what republicans in the house essentially had accused him of ignoring. so that has been the essence of the dispute here as rewatching here right now, boris, the senate sergeant at arms, called so of business here in the unitedtates senate. >> let's take a moment and list in >> nicholas mayorkas secretary homeland se

when mayorkas last testified before the senate judiciary committee i asked how many migrants died last year crossing into the country and he said i don't know. the number is 853 but this administration doesn't care about the body bags that the open borders are producing. when joe biden stood before congress and gave the state of the union address he planned in his remarks not to say a word about lincoln riley the beautiful 22-year-old woman the nursing student murdered by an illegal alien joe biden and mayorkas released into this country. m when biden gave the state of the union address he didn't mention the name jeremy the 2-year-old little boy murdered miles away from here in prince george county again by an illegal alien that joe biden and mayorkas released into this country. he also didn't mention the illegal immigrant that flew from haiti to america, released and who then violently raped a 15-year-old girl in boston massachusetts who was severely disabled. what we are witnessing is evil and it is wrong. that is why the house of representatives impeached mayorkas becausehe he has a

mayorkas committed. senate republicans were, for the most part, embarrassed to have to deal with it. clearly, the senate responded as i think they needed to, to dismiss the whole thing as the political farce that it was. there are reasons for impeachment. but when the secretary of homeland security is simply attempting to carry out the policy -- and by the way, the funding that has been requested for more additional border security has been prevented from taking place by some of the same republicans who voted to impeach mayorkas. i don't get it. we have a border security package that many republicans have said was a very strong measure to provide additional border security. it's a crisis. certainly is a terrific problem we are dealing with. the former president says don't pass this, because i want to keep this as a campaign issue for the november campaign. that is hypocrisy. give me a break. give me a break. the fact of the matter is, we do have channels, but we had a bipartisan solution. would it have d

to dismiss articles against secretary mayorkas without a trial, here today or in committee, is unprecedented move by senator schumer. never before in the history of our republic has the senate dismissed or tabled articles of impeachment when the impeached individual was alive and not res resigned. as senator schumer said in 2020, a fair trial has witnesses, relevant documents as part of the record, a fair trial seeks the truth, nothing more, nothing less. i will not assist senator schumer in setting our constitution ablaze and bulldozing 200 years of precedents. therefore, i object. mr. schumer: madam president. the presiding officer: objection is heard. mr. schumer: madam president, i raise a point of order that impeachment article 1 does not allege conduct that rises to the level of a high crime or misdemeanor as required under article 2, section 4 of the united states constitution and is therefore unconstitutional. the presiding officer: under the press depths and -- precedents and practices of the senate, the chair has no power or authority to pass on such a point of order. the chair the

where members of the senate have begun dhs secretary mayorkas' inch impeachment trial we see senators sworn in to oversee that trial of homeland security secretary mayorkas come democrats are expected to dismiss the case expeditiously according to what we have heard so far, we know republicans are going to try to carry that out. they will try to make this process is lengthy and as politically painful as possible so we are watching this as it has officially begun after they came from house to the senate yesterday and we will continue watching this for you. >> bill: we shall end in the meantime some medical news interesting stuff here important as well groundbreaking research offers great hope for children with cancer. that creates a personalized approach that combines dna analysis with drug testing on tumors. if it works, it would quickly figure out which treatment works best. dr. marc siegel fox news contributor with me now, good to see you good afternoon. this is florida international unit combining dna analysis with drug testing. you've seen the research doesn't work as an effective

here he is explaining why mayorkas is being impeached. >> mayorkas is not impeached for being incompetent or negligent, this invasion is not an accident, it is not that they're bad at the job. sadly, it is that alejandro mayorkas is very good at the job he's trying to do and the job he is trying to do is maximize number of illegal immigrants in america. this is absolutely deliberate and this is flouting the law. >> lucas: white house spokesman calls it a pr stunt, writing if know ares believe this impeachment was so urgent, they wouldn't have delayed for two months and now delayed it again for another week. lays bear how void of substance this pr stunt is. many would like president biden to bring back trump policies, including remain in mexico, which biden scrapped first day in office. >> president biden: i would have that power under legislation when the border has 500,000 people, 5000 people per day trying to cross the border because can't manage it. slow it up. there is no guarantee i have that power all by myself without legislation. and some have suggested i should go ahead and try i