Last week, President-elect Joe Biden chose Alejandro Mayorkas as his nominee for secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. If confirmed, Mayorkas will be the first immigrant and first Latino to lead DHS. Host Marco Werman speaks with immigration attorney Leon Fresco, who was the deputy assistant attorney general in the Office of Immigration Litigation during the Obama administration and worked closely with Alejandro Mayorkas.
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