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Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas (born November 24, 1959) is an American lawyer and politician who is the 7th United States Secretary of Homeland Security, serving since 2021.
4 days ago · 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).
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 be...
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.
Apr 17, 2024 · The Democratic-controlled Senate on Wednesday voted to kill both articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as the historic trial of the Cabinet secretary...
Feb 14, 2024 · Washington — The House voted to impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday, casting a historic vote that marks the first time a Cabinet secretary has...
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 extremism.
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 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...
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. The vote was...
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 14, 2024 · The United States House of Representatives voted narrowly on Tuesday to impeach Alejandro N. Mayorkas, the homeland security secretary, in a precedent-shattering vote that charged him with...
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 President-elect Joe...
Secretary of Homeland Security. Alejandro Mayorkas was sworn in as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security by President Biden on February 2, 2021.
Feb 7, 2024 · Impeachment effort fails: The GOP-led House on Tuesday failed to impeach Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, a stunning defeat and embarrassment for Republican...
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...
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...
Feb 2, 2021 · Washington — The Senate on Tuesday approved the nomination of Alejandro Mayorkas to become secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), confirming the former federal...
Jan 18, 2021 · The family of Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden’s pick to head DHS, fled the Nazis and then Cuba before arriving in the United States
Feb 2, 2021 · WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate confirmed Alejandro Mayorkas, a Cuban-born son of a Holocaust survivor, as Homeland Security secretary on Tuesday.
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.
Jul 1, 2024 · The United States is going to pay for flights and offer other help to Panama to remove migrants. The agreement was signed Monday during an official visit to Panama by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for the inauguration of the Central American country’s new president.
Apr 17, 2024 · House Republicans have sent to the Senate two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, a step that launches a trial in the Senate as GOP lawmakers seek to...
2 days ago · Release Date: July 13, 2024. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas released the following statement regarding the shooting at former President Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Pennsylvania earlier today. “U.S. Secret Service Director Cheatle and I have briefed President Biden on today’s shooting in Pennsylvania.
Jun 22, 2021 · Mayorkas won’t earn quite so much as secretary of homeland security, which comes with a salary of about $200,000. But his new role will offer him an opportunity to impact U.S. immigration policy.
1 day ago · A House Republican lawmaker is alleging that Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas denied stronger Secret Service protection for former President Trump multiple times. Rep. Mike Waltz, R ...
May 19, 2023 · WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, House Committee on Homeland Security Chairman Mark E. Green, MD (R-TN) subpoenaed Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for information on national security threats at America’s borders.The subpoena comes after more than a year of the department’s stonewalling and failure to satisfy the Committee’s document and information requests ...
1 day ago · Mike Waltz has alleged that the Secret Service was urged to increase the protection for Donald Trump, but it was denied by Alejandro Mayorkas. Florida GOP Rep. Mike Waltz has alleged that the ...
6 days ago · Sec. Mayorkas: Developing our enforcement strategy and how we can more effectively enforce the UFLPA, whether that’s in the issuance of withhold release orders, whether that’s in adding entities to the Entities List. I mentioned we have 68. 48 of those have been added in the last 12 months.
Mike Waltz has alleged that the Secret Service was urged to increase the protection for Donald Trump, but it was denied by Alejandro Mayorkas.
