Mayorkas served as the coordinator of the Southern California Telemarketing Fraud Task Force, overseeing the coordination of federal, state, and local law enforcement and regulatory agencies to most aggressively combat telemarketing fraud throughout the Central District of California.

Jan 20, 2025 · Alejandro Mayorkas was the secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Security (2021–25 ). In 2024 he became just the second presidential cabinet member to be impeached by the House of Representatives.

Feb 14, 2024 · The House of Representatives, by an extremely narrow margin, voted Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, the first Cabinet secretary to be impeached in almost 150...

Feb 14, 2024 · WASHINGTON — The Republican-controlled House voted this week to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the Biden administration’s handling of the U.S.-Mexico border. The...

Apr 6, 2020 · Alejandro Mayorkas served as Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), an Under Secretary position within the Department of Homeland Security. Nominated by President Obama in April 2009, he was unanimously confirmed by …

Feb 17, 2024 · Mayorkas made history twice when he was confirmed as D.H.S. Secretary, the following February. Born in Cuba and raised in Los Angeles, he became the first immigrant ever to head the department....

Jan 30, 2024 · WASHINGTON — House Republicans are moving forward with plans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, with a committee vote set for Tuesday morning and Speaker Mike Johnson ...

Alejandro Mayorkas was sworn in as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security by President Biden on February 2, 2021. ... 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 ...

Alejandro "Ali" Mayorkas was the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security in the Biden administration from 2021 to 2025. The U.S. Senate confirmed Mayorkas on February 2, 2021, by a vote of 56-43. Mayorkas, the 14th secretary since the department was created in 2002, is the first Latino and immigrant to hold the position.

Apr 16, 2024 · Alejandro Mayorkas was sworn in as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security by President Biden on February 2, 2021. A political refugee born in Havana, Cuba, Mayorkas is the first Latino and immigrant confirmed to serve as Secretary of Homeland Security.