Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., released a statement on Tuesday calling on the Senate to reject a potential motion to dismiss articles of impeachment against Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.

House Republicans plan to deliver articles of impeachment against Mayorkas to the Senate on Tuesday afternoon, despite reports that Senate Democrats, who hold the majority in the Upper Chamber, plan to hold a vote on a motion to dismiss the charges that would require a simple majority to pass.

The House narrowly voted to impeach Mayorkas 214-213 in February, with three Republicans joining with all Democrats in opposing the measure, accusing him of failing to comply with the law, concocting a “catch and release scheme” and for failing to detain illegal immigrants as they awaited deportation.

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