Alejandro Mayorkas is an American lawyer and government official. Mayorkas was previously the United States Secretary of Homeland Security under the Biden administration. Previously, Secretary Mayorkas worked as an Obama administration appointee, first as Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and later as Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). ¹⁹McArdle, Mairead. “McConnell Urges Caucus to Oppose Mayorkas for Biden DHS Secretary.” Yahoo! Yahoo!, February 2, 2021. https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/mcconnell-urges-caucus-oppose-mayorkas-194233708.html.