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Alejandro Mayorkas

Alejandro Mayorkas, then deputy secretary of Homeland Security, addresses the Orthodox Union at a conference in Washington, Sept. 21, 2016. (Photo/Courtesy Orthodox Union)
Posted inU.S.

Mayorkas, Garland and other US officials meet with Jewish groups to discuss synagogue security post-Colleyville

by Andrew Lapin and JTA January 19, 2022

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said the United States considers the hostage-taking at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, “an act of terror” and “an antisemitic attack targeting the Jewish […]

Alejandro Mayorkas testifies at his Senate confirmation hearing to be secretary of Homeland Security, Jan. 19, 2021. (Photos/JTA-Joshua Roberts-Pool-Getty Images)
Posted inNews

Alejandro Mayorkas, a Cuban-born Jew, confirmed as Homeland Security secretary

by Ron Kampeas and JTA February 3, 2021
Dr. Rachel Levine in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, May 16, 2016. She will serve  as deputy health secretary and is the first known transgender person to be nominated for a position that requires Senate confirmation (Photo/JTABonnie Jo Mount-The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

All the Jews Joe Biden has tapped for top roles in his administration

by JTA January 20, 2021January 27, 2021
Blinken, a middle-aged white man, stands at a podium speaks. biden stands several feet away wearing a face mask.
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Tony Blinken, accepting Biden’s secretary of state nomination, notes Jewish roots

by Ron Kampeas and JTA November 24, 2020November 24, 2020
Alejandro Mayorkas, then deputy secretary of Homeland Security, addresses the Orthodox Union at a conference in Washington, Sept. 21, 2016. (Photo/JTA-Orthodox Union)
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Biden’s Homeland Security pick: Alejandro Mayorkas, Latino Jew who has said Jews face heightened threats

by Ron Kampeas and JTA November 23, 2020November 23, 2020

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