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The Democratic-controlled Senate has swiftly dismissed the impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, marking the end of a months-long effort by Republicans to remove him from office. The Senate voted to rule both impeachment articles as unconstitutional, with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer leading the charge in declaring that they did not meet the threshold of "high crimes and misdemeanors."
The first article of impeachment, focused on Mayorkas's handling of border policies, was dismissed after a point of order passed along party lines, with Democrats. . .