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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.
Jun 27, 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).
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.
Feb 14, 2024 · Historic vote: The GOP-led House impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on a second attempt after the resolution failed last week. He is the first Cabinet secretary to...
Apr 17, 2024 · The Senate ended the impeachment case against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, bypassing with procedural votes the first attempt by Congress to oust a Cabinet secretary...
Apr 17, 2024 · The US Senate has voted to kill impeachment charges against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Majorkas, sparing him a trial in the chamber. It was the first time in almost 150 years,...
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
Feb 14, 2024 · The House of Representatives has narrowly voted to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, making him the first cabinet member to face impeachment in nearly 150 years. Many...
Apr 17, 2024 · The Senate on Wednesday dismissed the impeachment case against Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, voting along party lines before his trial got underway to sweep aside two...
Feb 2, 2021 · The Senate has voted to confirm Alejandro Mayorkas as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. He becomes the first Latino and first immigrant to lead DHS.
Secretary of Homeland Security. Alejandro Mayorkas was sworn in as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security by President Biden on February 2, 2021.
Apr 17, 2024 · The House impeached Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in February and, on Tuesday, formally referred the issue to the Senate for a trial.
Jan 10, 2024 · House Republicans are moving closer to impeaching Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over record migrant numbers at the US-Mexico border. In an impeachment...
Feb 17, 2024 · The Trials of Alejandro Mayorkas. The Secretary of Homeland Security has been forced to respond to an unprecedented flow of migrants to the U.S.-Mexico border. Why are Republicans in Congress...
Nov 23, 2020 · Alejandro Mayorkas, formerly the top federal prosecutor in Los Angeles and an ex-deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, was nominated Monday by...
Feb 14, 2024 · The U.S. House voted Tuesday (Feb 13) to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, with the Republican majority determined to punish the Biden administration over its handling of the U.S-Mexico border after failing last week in a politically embarrassing setback.
Feb 3, 2024 · Supporters of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says he brings a prosecutor’s tenacity and a personal understanding of the immigrant experience in America to the job of running the sprawling agency.
Feb 14, 2024 · The House of Representatives, by an extremely narrow margin, voted Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the first Cabinet secretary to be impeached in almost 150...
Jan 30, 2024 · The House Homeland Security Committee approved two articles of impeachment early Wednesday against Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, over his handling of the southwestern...
Jan 30, 2024 · Republicans have taken another step towards impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for his handling of the US-Mexico border. A House of Representatives committee voted to...
May 12, 2021 · Mayorkas is the first immigrant and Latino to head the department and brings his lived experience as a Cuban refugee and son of a Holocaust survivor to the rollback of Donald Trump’s most...
Apr 8, 2024 · WASHINGTON, April 8 (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives this week is due to deliver its impeachment case against President Joe Biden's top border official, Homeland...
Feb 2, 2021 · Biden homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas confirmed Mayorkas is first Latino and first immigrant to head the department, which oversees immigration and domestic security.
6 days ago · WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas today announced the extension and redesignation of Haiti for Temporary Protected Status for 18 months, from Aug. 4, 2024, to Feb. 3, 2026, due to extraordinary and temporary conditions in Haiti.The corresponding Federal Register Notice provides information about registering for TPS as a new or current beneficiary under Haiti’s extension and redesignation.. After consultation with interagency partners, Secretary Mayorkas ...
Jun 26, 2024 · The House adopted an amendment prohibiting funds for the salary of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas amid a series of votes on what to add to a homeland security funding measure. That ...
2 days ago · The memorandum of understanding was signed during an official visit headed by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to Panama for the inauguration Monday of José Raúl Mulino, the country’s new president. The deal is “designed to jointly reduce the number of migrants being cruelly smuggled through the Darien, usually en route to the United States,” National Security Council spokesperson Adrienne Watson said in a statement. ...
MSNBC’s Mika Brzezinski on Wednesday questioned Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about reporting of potentially dangerous migrants illegally crossing the ...
