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    Alejandro Mayorkas

    United States Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security since 2021

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  2. Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas (born November 24, 1959) is an American lawyer and politician who is the 7th and current United States Secretary of Homeland Security, serving since 2021. A member of the Democratic Party, Mayorkas previously served as director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services from 2009 to 2013, and the 6th ...

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  3. A political refugee born in Havana, Cuba, Mayorkas is the first Latino and immigrant confirmed to serve as Secretary of Homeland Security. He has led a distinguished 30-year career as a law enforcement official and a nationally recognized lawyer in the private sector.

  4. May 9, 2024 · Alejandro Mayorkas (born November 24, 1959, Havana, Cuba) is the secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security (2021– ). He is a former federal prosecutor and served in other high-ranking federal positions during Pres. Barack Obama’s administration (2009–17).

  5. Jan 18, 2021 · Mayorkas, 61, is a former federal prosecutor, not a liberal activist, but he brings a deep sympathy for immigrants rooted in his own family’s extraordinary journey to the United States, his ...

  6. Nov 23, 2020 · Nov 23, 2020. Biden Announces Key Members of Foreign Policy and National Security Teams. Mayorkas was born in Havana, Cuba, and was the highest-ranking Cuban American to serve in the Obama-Biden...

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  7. Feb 3, 2021 · WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate confirmed Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday as President Joe Biden's homeland security secretary, the first Latino to fill a post that will have a central role in the government's response to the coronavirus pandemic, a sweeping Russia-linked cyber hack and domestic extremis.

  8. Alejandro Mayorkas was sworn in as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security by President Biden on February 2, 2021. The Secretary of Homeland Security leads the third largest Department of the U.S. government, with a workforce of 260,000 employees and 22 components including TSA, Customs and Border Protection, CISA, Immigration and ...

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