Mayorkas Confirmed to Lead Biden’s Homeland Security Department
- Born in Cuba, first immigrant to lead Homeland Security
- Mayorkas confirmed with bipartisan support after initial delay
Alejandro Mayorkas
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The Senate confirmed Alejandro Mayorkas to head the Homeland Security Department Tuesday with a bipartisan vote of 56-43, giving the agency its first permanent leadership in several years.
Mayorkas, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Cuba, is an Obama administration DHS alumnus. He developed and shepherded the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program, which protects people brought to the U.S. illegally as children, often called Dreamers, from being deported and allows them to work legally.