Biden picks Cuban American lawyer Mayorkas as U.S. homeland security chief

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WASHINGTON — U.S. President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Alejandro Mayorkas to become U.S. secretary of homeland security, Biden’s transition team said on Monday, entrusting the Cuban immigrant to help reverse outgoing President Donald Trump’s hard-line immigration policies. Mayorkas, a former federal prosecutor in California, served as deputy secretary at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security […]

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