Jan 15, 2025 · Mayorkas will step down next week after four contentious years as DHS secretary come to an end. His sprawling department encompasses everything from the Coast Guard to the Secret Service — and...

Feb 11, 2024 · Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday blamed House Republicans for record-high migrant crossings at the southern border after they voted largely along party lines to sink the...

Jan 13, 2025 · WASHINGTON (AP) — In the waning days of the Biden administration, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas defended his agency’s work to tamp down border-crossing numbers and argued against breaking apart the sprawling department in a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press.

May 14, 2023 · Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday defended the country's border policies, insisting the Biden administration was taking a strong enough stance on a surge of migration while batting away claims it was being overly strict.

Feb 14, 2024 · The U.S. House voted Tuesday (Feb 13) to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, with the Republican majority determined to punish the Biden administration over its handling of the U.S-Mexico border after failing last …

May 6, 2023 · U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says authorities face “extremely challenging” circumstances along the border with Mexico days before pandemic-related asylum restrictions end.

Jan 15, 2025 · Outgoing Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, who came under attacks including an impeachment during his four years in office, has insisted in a new interview that several aspects of border security were successful during his tenure.

Mar 30, 2024 · As Homeland Security secretary, Mayorkas oversees a vast agency that includes US Customs and Border Protection. As a result, the GOP has tried to make him the poster boy for what they view as ...

3 days ago · Under Mayorkas, voter opposition to migration rose nationally as more Americans saw and felt the pocketbook impact of Mayorkas’s planned flood of migrant workers, consumers, and renters. In 2024, Mayorkas’s hard-nosed pro-migration gamble culminated in the Senate’s border bill, which offered the GOP a choice between a future of more ...

Jan 13, 2025 · Alejandro Mayorkas steps down one week from today. President Biden's secretary of homeland security ends four contentious years in which Republicans accused him of failing to secure the border....