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Nov 24 2020
Headline Roundup
Biden Selects Alejandro Mayorkas as Secretary of Homeland Security
Projected 2020 presidential election winner Joe Biden selected Alejandro Mayorkas, a Cuban American and former Obama administration official, to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Mayorkas helped create the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program but also helped expand family detention. He's the first Latino selected to lead the DHS.
NBC News (Online)
NPR (Online News)
Washington Times 
Oct 19 2021
News
DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas Tests Positive for Breakthrough Coronavirus Case
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday morning.
DHS spokesperson Marsha Espinosa said Mayorkas is fully vaccinated against coronavirus and is experiencing minor symptoms.
“Secretary Mayorkas tested positive this morning for the COVID-19 virus after taking a test as part of routine pre-travel protocols. Secretary
Breitbart News
Nov 24 2020
News
Biden Choses Alejandro Mayorkas As His Secretary Of Homeland Security
President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Alejandro Mayorkas to head the Department of Homeland Security, tapping the Cuban American to reverse President Trump's hard-line immigration policies.
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If confirmed, Alejandro Mayorkas would be the first Latino and the first immigrant to become secretary of Homeland Security. The Biden transition team announced his
NPR (Online News)
Apr 25 2022
News
Top Republicans question Mayorkas’ role, blast border crisis response
More than 50 Republican members of Congress blasted Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas’ response to the growing border crisis over the weekend, questioning his actions in the role and “suitability for office.”
In a letter sent to the secretary on Sunday, the lawmakers claimed his actions have dismantled “the security of our nation’s southern border” and disregards “the
New York Post (News)
May 18 2022
News
Ex-ICE officials push back on Mayorkas claim that illegal immigrants will be deported ‘promptly’
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has repeatedly claimed that illegal immigrants whose asylum claims fail will be removed "promptly" from the United States – but former Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials are pushing back, saying that there is little chance of that happening given the mass release of illegal immigrants into the U.S. and the current policies of the
Fox News (Online News)
Apr 22 2022
Analysis
Even DHS Secretary Mayorkas Is Worried About Biden Admin Ending Title 42
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is privately voicing his concerns with the Biden adminstration's plan to end enforcement of Title 42 at the U.S.-Mexico border amid a continued surge of illegal crossings that are expected to get worse after May 23.
Axios reported Mayorkas told lawmakers in Congress over the past few week he is frustrated at the Centers for Disease Control
Townhall
Oct 12 2021
Headline Roundup
Mayorkas Tells ICE to Stop Worksite Deportation Raids
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in a memo sent Tuesday to cease mass worksite deportation raids. Mayorkas said the Biden administration would instead focus on penalizing employers who hire immigrants without work authorizations, rather than the immigrants themselves. The memo also instructed DHS officials to
CBS News (Online)
Axios 
Fox News (Online News)
Oct 12 2021
News
Mayorkas orders ICE to stop worksite raids, in latest limits on immigration enforcement
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to immediately stop any mass worksite deportation raids, in what is the latest limit placed on ICE's deportation powers.
"The deployment of mass worksite operations, sometimes resulting in the simultaneous arrest of hundreds of workers, was not focused on the most pernicious
Fox News (Online News)
Mar 21 2021
News
Mayorkas blames migrant surge on Trump admin, not Biden policies
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas has claimed that the number of people looking to enter the U.S. at the sourthern border could be the highest in 20 years, but in an interview with "Fox News Sunday" he claimed that this is because of the Trump administration's actions, not policy changes that took place in the early days of President Biden's administration.
Biden has
Fox News (Online News)
Mar 16 2021
News
Mayorkas: Southern Border Crossings On Pace To Hit 20-Year High
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Tuesday that the number of migrants apprehended at the United States’ southern border is on track to hit a two-decade high.
“We are on pace to encounter more individuals on the southwest border than we have in the last 20 years,” Mayorkas said in a statement. “We are expelling most single adults and families. We are not expelling
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