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brush

(53,467 posts)
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 09:03 PM Nov 2020

Shrewd move by Biden to nominate a Hispanic immigrant, and a Cuban-American at that...

to head the DHS. This is a nod to Florida in future elections and also to Latinx people in all the border states that the Biden administration is going to move to solve the plight of immigrants to this country.

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brush

(53,467 posts)
2. Pls explain yourself better than that. How is it a negative to appoint a Latino-American...
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 09:08 PM
Nov 2020

to head the DHS who will get rid of Steven Miller's anti-immigrant and racist policies?

AkFemDem

(1,796 posts)
5. Not sure what you're talking about
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 09:13 PM
Nov 2020

Mayorkas is eminently qualified. Sure doesn’t piss this “lib”.

 

StarfishSaver

(18,486 posts)
13. Funny how no one assumes white men are unqualified and selected because of their race when THEY
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 09:28 PM
Nov 2020

get placed in positions - even when they are unqualified and selected because of their race...

Cha

(295,899 posts)
9. Thank you.. from wikipedia..
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 09:20 PM
Nov 2020

Alejandro N. Mayorkas is a Cuban-American lawyer who served as the Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security from December 23, 2013 to October 31, 2016. He is a partner in the law firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, joining the firm on November 1, 2016. Mayorkas practices in the areas of civil and criminal litigation, i…

 

Budi

(15,325 posts)
10. Yes. Mayorkas' brings Biden's direction full circle. Ck out his creds!
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 09:20 PM
Nov 2020
https://buildbackbetter.com/the-administration/nominees-and-appointees/alejandro-mayorkas/


Alejandro Mayorkas is the first Latino and immigrant nominated to serve as Secretary of Homeland Security. He has led a distinguished 30-year career as a law enforcement official and a nationally-recognized lawyer in the private sector. Mayorkas served as the Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in the Obama-Biden Administration from 2013 to 2016, and as the Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services from 2009 to 2013. During his tenure at DHS, he led the development and implementation of DACA, negotiated cybersecurity and homeland security agreements with foreign governments, led the Department’s response to Ebola and Zika, helped build and administer the Blue Campaign to combat human trafficking, and developed an emergency relief program for orphaned youth following the tragic January 2010 earthquake in Haiti. Mayorkas also created the Fraud Detection and National Security Directorate to better ensure the integrity of the legal immigration system.

Mayorkas began his government service in the Department of Justice, where he served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Central District of California, specializing in the prosecution of white collar crime. After nearly nine years as a federal prosecutor, he became the youngest United States Attorney in the nation, overseeing prosecutions of national significance, including the investigation and prosecution of financial fraud, violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, public corruption, violent crime, cybercrime, environmental crime, international money laundering, and securities fraud.

Mayorkas has also led a distinguished legal career in the private sector, at O’Melveny & Myers and most recently WilmerHale, where he has specialized in strategic counseling and crisis management. He serves several non-profit organizations focused on providing legal services to the poor, refugee resettlement, and education for underprivileged youth.

Mayorkas was born in Havana, Cuba and was the highest-ranking Cuban American to serve in the Obama-Biden Administration. Mayorkas received his bachelor’s degree with distinction from the University of California at Berkeley and a law degree from Loyola Law School.
*****

DAMN!

Alejandro Mayorkas

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
7. Alejandro Mayorkas.
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 09:17 PM
Nov 2020

A Cuban-Jewish immigrant whose family escaped Castro. He is an experienced veteran of the Clinton and Obama Administrations.

I believe it was a wise pick.

Cha

(295,899 posts)
12. Thank you, Blue_true.. I just posted this from wikipedia..
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 09:24 PM
Nov 2020

Alejandro N. Mayorkas is a Cuban-American lawyer who served as the Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security from December 23, 2013 to October 31, 2016. He is a partner in the law firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, joining the firm on November 1, 2016. Mayorkas practices in the areas of civil and criminal litigation, i…

He looks like an excellent choice

Cha

(295,899 posts)
14. TY for the info, brush.. in the mean
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 09:28 PM
Nov 2020

time I had looked him up, too. From wikipedia..

Alejandro N. Mayorkas is a Cuban-American lawyer who served as the Deputy Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security from December 23, 2013 to October 31, 2016. He is a partner in the law firm of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr, joining the firm on November 1, 2016. Mayorkas practices in the areas of civil and criminal litigation, i…

I can see why you wrote the OP!

FM123

(10,050 posts)
11. Good choice. He has literally been there done that....
Mon Nov 23, 2020, 09:24 PM
Nov 2020

This is what he tweeted:

When I was very young, the United States provided my family and me a place of refuge. Now, I have been nominated to be the DHS Secretary and oversee the protection of all Americans and those who flee persecution in search of a better life for themselves and their loved ones.

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