Republicans reacted to the dismissal of impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday with a warning: Democrats would soon regret their decision to skip a trial. The most immediate repercussion was political. Senate Republicans have spent months blaming Mayorkas for the crisis at the southern border and promised that vulnerable Democrats would Republicans reacted to the dismissal of impeachment charges against Homeland Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday with a warning: Democrats would soon regret their decision to skip a trial.