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Alejandro Mayorkas will become the first Latino person to hold the position of Secretary of Homeland Security in the US executive. It was one of the names announced on Monday by the president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, who will be part of the future cabinet. Mayorkas even has Romanian origins: her mother took refuge in Cuba in the 1940s, during the Holocaust in Romania.
Mayorkas, 61, was born in Havana, the capital of Cuba, but his family fled the country as a child. His father was born in Cuba and has Sephardic Jewish roots, and his mother was a Romanian Jew who fled our country during the Holocaust, according to The Jerusalem Post. He said his family’s origins fundamentally shaped his identity.
“When I was a child, the United States offered my family and me a place of refuge. Now he has been nominated for the Department of Homeland Security and will work to protect all Americans and those fleeing persecution and seeking a better life for them and their loved ones, “Mayorkas said on Twitter Monday.
Mayorkas will be the first immigrant to head the Department of Homeland Security. In the Obama administration, Mayorkas held the highest position ever held by a Cuban-American: he was undersecretary in the same department, and previously he was director of the Citizenship and Immigration Service, a part of the department that deals with the granting of citizenship and other immigration policies.
Mayorkas’ mission will be to relax the draconian immigration policies imposed by the Trump administration
If confirmed and part of a government led by Joe Biden after January 20, Mayorkas is expected to fundamentally change the extremely tough immigration policy of the current president, writes NBC. During Trump’s tenure, the immigration system was drastically transformed and practices such as blocking access to asylum seekers in the country, snatching children from the arms of their parents at the border and restricting access for Muslims were adopted. in various countries.
Much of Trump’s immigration policy was conceived by one of his advisers, Stephen Miller, who, according to emails obtained by the Southern Poverty Law Center, mentioned and promoted ideas pertaining to the ideology of white supremacy.
The Department of Homeland Security was created in the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. There are several agencies within it, including the Secret Service, which deals with the protection and surveillance of the American president.
Joe Biden will introduce the rest of the government team
On Monday, Trump announced that he has allowed the start of the presidential transition procedure, through which Joe Biden and his transition team will be able to access federal funds to install themselves in the White House as of January 20. However, the acting president went on to say that he will continue his fight in court to overturn the results, although several key states have already certified Biden’s victory, including Georgia and Michigan.
Joe Biden will present his office on Tuesday. John Kerry (Environment and Climate Change Advisor) Anthony Blinken (State Department), Alejandro Mayorkas (Homeland Security), Linda Thomas-Greenfield (UN Ambassadors), Jake Sullivan (National Security Advisor) and Avril Haines (Director CIA) have already been confirmed as members of the future Biden Administration.
Editor: Adrian Dumitru
