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Alejandro Mayorkas

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.

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Alejandro Mayorkas
Alejandro Mayorkas
stated on March 3, 2024 a CNN interview
“Since May of last year, we have removed or returned more individuals than in any year since 2015.”
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By Maria Ramirez Uribe • March 8, 2024
Alejandro Mayorkas
Alejandro Mayorkas
stated on March 21, 2021 in an ABC News interview
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.”
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By Miriam Valverde • March 24, 2021
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stated on March 31, 2023 a Facebook post
Video shows Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas crying after a question from an aide to former President Donald Trump.
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By Ciara O'Rourke • April 5, 2023
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