Alejandro Mayorkas - Wikipedia
Alejandro Nicolas Mayorkas (born November 24, 1959) is an American attorney and government official who was the 7th United States secretary of homeland security, serving from 2021 until 2025.A member of the Democratic Party, Mayorkas previously served as the director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services from 2009 to 2013, and the 6th deputy secretary of homeland security from ...
Alejandro Mayorkas - Homeland Security
Alejandro Mayorkas was sworn in as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security by President Biden on February 2, 2021. A political refugee born in Havana, Cuba, Mayorkas is the first Latino and immigrant confirmed to serve as Secretary of Homeland Security.
Secretary of Homeland Security | Homeland Security
3 days ago · Alejandro Mayorkas was sworn in as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security by President Biden on February 2, 2021.
Alejandro Mayorkas | Biography, Immigration, & Impeachment
Jan 13, 2025 · In 2009 Pres. Barack Obama appointed him to lead U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, a division of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Mayorkas was praised for the speedy launch of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, among other achievements.
DHS secretary says border is more secure than before pandemic
Jan 15, 2025 · As Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas prepares to leave office, NPR sits down for an exit interview. He tells us the border is more secure now than before the pandemic.
This is what DHS Secretary Mayorkas has to say about his border …
Jan 13, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — In the waning days of the Biden administration, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas defended his agency’s work to tamp down border-crossing numbers and argued against breaking apart the sprawling department in a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press.
Outgoing DHS Secretary Mayorkas discusses his agency's many …
Jan 14, 2025 · Alejandro Mayorkas just spent four years running a vast part of the U.S. government. The Department of Homeland Security includes everything from the Secret Service to the Coast Guard, everything ...
Alejandro Mayorkas Sworn in as Secretary of Homeland Security
Feb 2, 2021 · Today, Alejandro Mayorkas was officially sworn in as the seventh Secretary of Homeland Security. Secretary Mayorkas took the oath this afternoon after the Senate voted to confirm him. As Secretary of Homeland Security, Mayorkas now leads the third largest federal department in the United States.
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says border more secure …
Jan 13, 2025 · President Biden's secretary of homeland security ends four contentious years in which Republicans accused him of failing to secure the border. When he came by our studios for an exit interview,...
The House just impeached Alejandro Mayorkas. Here's what …
Feb 14, 2024 · Washington — The House voted to impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday, casting a historic vote that marks the first time a Cabinet secretary has been...