Alejandro Mayorkas

Tony Blinken is shown wearing a blue suit and tie while speaking with Joe Biden wearing a face mask in the distance.

Senate begins Biden cabinet hearings; Mexico urges US immigration policy reform; American woman allegedly steals Pelosi laptop for Russian intelligence

January 19, 2021Top of The World

On inauguration eve, President-elect Joe Biden’s top national security cabinet picks are set for Senate approval hearings Tuesday.

President-elect Joe Biden's Homeland Security Secretary nominee Alejandro Mayorkas speaks at The Queen theater, Nov. 24, 2020, in Wilmington, Delaware.

How Mayorkas might shape US immigration policy during the Biden administration

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