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Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas [18] was born in Havana, Cuba, on November 24, 1959. [4] When he was one year old, his parents fled with him and his sister to the United States in 1960 as refugees, following the Cuban Revolution.
Mayorkas said his immigrant and refugee background mean that he brings an intense patriotism to the job. “This country meant a lot to my parents and to what they could provide to my sister and ...
Mayorkas, 64, was born in Havana and came to the United States as a 1-year-old when his family fled Cuba. ... Mayorkas served as director of U.S. citizenship and immigration services and deputy ...
Mayorkas did so after the greatest number of illegal border crossers, more than 14 million, were reported under the Biden administration ahead of the Trump administration preparing to implement a ...
Children born overseas are Canadian citizens by descent if either parent is a citizen otherwise than by descent (meaning by birth in Canada or naturalization). Citizenship by descent is limited to only one generation born outside of the country, [73] other than children or grandchildren of members of the Canadian Armed Forces. [74]
[2] [3] Mayorkas is the second Cabinet member in history, and first since Secretary of War William W. Belknap in 1876, to be impeached. [ 4 ] A full House vote on February 6 to impeach failed to pass in a 214–216 vote, with four House Republicans joining the minority Democratic Party in voting against the impeachment resolution.
The U.S. Census Bureau defines Hispanic or Latino Americans as citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race. [1]
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. (Tom Williams—CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)