Alejandro Mayorkas Photo

Alejandro Mayorkas

Alejandro Mayorkas was sworn in as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Secretary on February 2, 2021. Previously, Mayorkas served as the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security from 2013 to 2016, and as the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services from 2009 to 2013.

Alejandro Mayorkas

Latest Fact-Checks Of Alejandro Mayorkas

Has Biden deported more people in nine months than in past years? Fact-checking Alejandro Mayorkas
By Maria Ramirez Uribe
March 8, 2024

“Since May of last year, we have removed or returned more individuals than in any year since 2015.”

Fact-checking claim about Trump administration changes to the immigration system
By Miriam Valverde
March 24, 2021

The border surge is “challenging” because the immigration system that had been in place for decades “was dismantled in its entirety by the Trump administration.”

Latest Promises Of Alejandro Mayorkas

No promises found.