Alejandro Mayorkas
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during a press conference at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington D.C., Dec. 6, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
February 14, 2024, 1:34 pm
US House votes to impeach Jewish Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
Some Jewish groups said the process was tainted by antisemitic rhetoric.
By Ron Kampeas
WASHINGTON - A farewell ceremony was held for Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, which included remarks delivered by several members of President Obamaâs Administration and DHS Component leaders, Oct. 24, 2016. Deputy Secretary Mayorkas was sworn in as Deputy Secretary of DHS on Dec. 23, 2013, and prior to becoming the Deputy Secretary of DHS, Mayorkas served as the Director of the Departmentâs U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Official DHS photo by Jetta Disco.
January 20, 2021, 12:14 pm
A Biden appointee who carries the Jewish story itself
We began by helping refugees because they were Jewish; now we help because we are Jewish.
By Mark Hetfield
Alejandro Mayorkas, then deputy secretary of Homeland Security, addresses the Orthodox Union at a conference in Washington, Sept. 21, 2016. (Orthodox Union via JTA)
November 23, 2020, 4:27 pm
Biden nominates Alejandro Mayorkas, a Latino Jew, as Homeland Security secretary
Mayorkas, 60, the deputy secretary of Homeland Security under President Barack Obama, was born in Cuba to a Cuban Jewish father and Romanian Jewish mother.
By Ron Kampeas
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