House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., will send articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to the Senate on Wednesday.

The House voted Feb. 13 to impeach Mayorkas for his failure to control the migrant crisis at the southern border. He became the first Cabinet secretary to be impeached in almost 150 years.

Johnson informed Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., when the articles would be delivered to the Senate in a March 28 letter.

“We urge you to schedule a trial of the matter expeditiously,” Johnson wrote to Schumer.

By sending the articles to the Senate, Politico reported Monday that “the long-simmering Senate debate over what to do with those impeachment articles will soon come to a head.”

However, Schumer is expected to swiftly dismiss the impeachment charges against Mayorkas, Senate aides told The Hill.

According to one Republican Senate aide, Schumer is expected to schedule a vote on a motion to dismiss or table the charges on Thursday.

On Friday, Schumer sent a letter to Democrat colleagues and laid out a tentative upcoming agenda for the chamber.

“Please be advised that all Senators will be sworn in as jurors in the trial the day after the articles are presented, and Senate President Pro Tempore Patty Murray will preside,” Schumer wrote to members of his caucus, The Hill reported. “I remind Senators that your presence next week is essential.”

The outlet added that Schumer either could hold a floor vote to dismiss the articles outright or refer them to a special committee, essentially burying them until after November’s general election.

A simple majority is all that’s needed to pass a motion to dismiss or table the charges against Mayorkas. Democrats currently hold a 51-49 majority in the Senate.

Schumer has denounced the House impeachment effort as lacking evidence that Mayorkas committed the high crimes and misdemeanors called for by the Constitution as the standard for impeachment.

“There’s no evidence that he’s committed any impeachable activities or actions, and I think it’s absurd,” he told reporters last month.

After the Mayorkas impeachment, President Joe Biden released a statement saying Republicans are not interested in border security and described Mayorkas as a decorated public servant.

“History will not look kindly on House Republicans for their blatant act of unconstitutional partisanship that has targeted an honorable public servant in order to play petty political games,” Biden said in a statement released by the White House said.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

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