WASHINGTON - On Wednesday, the United States Senate dismissed articles of impeachment against U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas twice by a vote of 51 to 49. The U.S. House of Representatives impeached Secretary Mayorkas in early February for his unlawful handling of the crisis at the southern border. The two articles of impeachment against Secretary Mayorkas alleged willful and systemic refusal to comply with U.S. immigration laws and breach of public trust by falsely testifying to Congress. Under the Biden administration, the United States has faced the worst border crisis in history with more than 9.2 million illegal crossings in just three years.

After voting against dismissing the two impeachment articles against Secretary Mayorkas, U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) issued the following statement:

"Alejandro Mayorkas is the face of President Biden's reckless open borders. Only a drastic change in enforcement of the law will fix our gaping, ineffective immigration system. President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas have lost all credibility on this issue, and Senate Democrats took the unprecedented step of sweeping these impeachment articles under the rug. Every Senate Democrat voted to block multiple objections raised by Republicans, willfully burying the Secretary's unlawfulness in procedural games. A partisan dismissal of the charges without holding any semblance of a trial is a dereliction of the Senate's duty, and I'll have no part in it."