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21 Nov 2022, 7:46 am by Alondra M. Bribiesca
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas has said, “Ultimately, we need Congress to urgently pass legislation that provides Dreamers with the permanent protection they need and deserve. [read post]
Human rights organizations widely condemned the policy after US Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas announced it in May. [read post]
16 May 2022, 7:29 pm by Jacob Sapochnick
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas released these additional visa numbers to help U.S. employers meet labor shortages for seasonal workers. [read post]
18 Jan 2023, 8:10 am by Ana Popovich
A little under a month later, on May 20, 2021, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas sent a memo to U.S. [read post]
17 Mar 2021, 11:07 am by Victoria Gallegos
” Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testified before the House Homeland Security Committee today, calling the recent migrant flows to the border an “undoubtedly difficult” situation and reaffirming that domestic terrorism is the “most lethal and persistent terrorism-related threat to the homeland today,” according to the New York Times. [read post]
20 Mar 2021, 6:46 am by Victoria Gallegos
  Victoria Gallegos shared a livestream of the House Homeland Security Committee hearing featuring testimony from Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. [read post]
29 Oct 2021, 12:32 pm by Emma Winger
As described in a letter sent today by the American Immigration Council, the ACLU, and 88 legal service provider organizations to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, ICE detention facilities have systematically restricted the most basic modes of communication that detained people need to connect with their lawyers and the rest of the outside world, including phones, mail, and email access. [read post]
30 Jan 2021, 9:17 am by Victoria Gallegos
  Howell shared an episode of the Lawfare Podcast, which includes audio from last week’s confirmation hearings of four core national security nominees: Avril Haines, Alejandro Mayorkas, Lloyd Austin and Antony Blinken: Tia Sewell shared the livestream of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the nomination of Linda Thomas-Greenfield to be the U.N. ambassador. [read post]
10 Sep 2021, 10:27 am by Christiana Wayne
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said instances of Afghan evacuees flagged as security threats are “an example of a multilayered screening process working. [read post]
17 Dec 2021, 11:06 am by Mitra Ebadolahi
” Eleven senators wrote to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urging DHS to adopt a policy similar to one that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) adopted earlier this year, which states that “[g]enerally, ICE should not detain, arrest, or take into custody” people who are “known to be pregnant, postpartum, and/or nursing. [read post]
4 May 2022, 1:10 pm by Hadley Baker, Katherine Pompilio
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas noted that the board has no operational authority and would neither monitor U.S. citizens nor infringe on free speech. [read post]
12 Jan 2022, 11:54 am by Brian Tashman
While Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced his intention to shut down inhumane facilities in spring 2021, DHS is now moving to award new contracts to private prison companies. [read post]
12 Feb 2021, 11:02 am by Victoria Gallegos
“This latest action is another step in our commitment to reform immigration policies that do not align with our nation’s values,” said Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. [read post]
24 Jun 2021, 9:02 am by Shaw Drake
“A Border Patrol facility is no place for a child,” said Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas in March 2021 as unaccompanied children — many trapped in dangerous circumstances by Trump era policies — began crossing the border in increasing numbers due to the backlog created by President Trump’s shutdown of asylum. [read post]
13 Jun 2021, 7:01 am by Carly Gordenstein, Seamus Hughes
Similarly, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas has established a coalition aimed at addressing DVE within the department. [read post]
23 Jan 2021, 10:24 am by Victoria Gallegos, Tia Sewell
Lloyd Austin III to serve as defense secretary; Antony Blinken as next secretary of state; Alejandro Mayorkas to be secretary of homeland security and Avril Haines as the next director of national intelligence. [read post]