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Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas is an American lawyer and government official who has served as the Secretary of Homeland Security since February 2, 2021. He is notable for being the first Latino and immigrant to lead the Department of Homeland Security. Mayorkas has focused on various issues including immigration reform, cybersecurity, and disaster response during his tenure. His leadership has been marked by significant challenges, particularly regarding the U.S. immigration system and border security.
As I mentioned earlier, our priorities to secure the border in a time of pandemic, we are employing the Department of Health and Human Services, specifically the Center for Disease Control's Title 42 authority, to expel families and single…
DHS will remain focused on strengthening its partnerships across every level of government, the private sector, and the diverse communities we serve to enhance together our collective prevention capabilities nationwide.
Among my top priorities is to ensure that our personnel can perform their critical missions, that they feel safe and secure at work, and that the fabric of our Department is not penetrated by hate or violent extremism.
Further, the Department will continue working closely with its partners to build greater public awareness of and resilience to disinformation.
As I have said before, the Department of Homeland Security is fundamentally a department of partnerships.
We must secure the Southwest Border by addressing the root causes of migration.
We are going to achieve so much under the leadership of President Biden and Vice President Harris.
We really do need Congress to pass immigration reform. It is essential that we do so.
We have an obligation to the Department of Homeland Security to reflect the nation that we want to achieve.
We need to do more. We need to deliver stability and resources to these families.
President Biden from day one directed us to get it done and do whatever it takes to get it done.
We will restore humanity, order, and safety to our country`s immigration system.
Yesterday was a remarkable day. We were able to reunite sons and daughters with their mothers and their fathers.
The impacts of the climate emergency on both our National and collective global security are vast.
When the public health imperative no longer exists, we no longer can use that authority.
If we can spend a dollar on prevention, we will save much more on the costs of recovery.
We are working on a landscape of a completely broken immigration system that everyone agrees is broken.
Our objective, in fact our commitment, is a safe, orderly, and humane immigration system.
I am very well aware of Camp Matamoros. It was quite notorious for regrettable reasons, for the conditions in that camp.
Smart and effective law enforcement is not to be measured quantitatively. It is to be measured qualitatively.
Domestic violent extremism represents the 'greatest threat in the homeland right now.'
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