The Latest Breaking News from Alejandro Mayorkas

House Republicans plot to impeach Mayorkas

The Republican Study Committee is laying groundwork to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

Axios · Apr 26, 2022

The Department of Homeland Security Is Broken and Dangerous

The department suffers “a dangerous combination of broad authorities, weak safeguards, and insufficient oversight.”

Reason · Apr 25, 2022

Supreme Court to hear arguments on 'Remain in Mexico' revival - Roll Call

The Supreme Court hears an immigration case that threatens to curb the power of presidents to reverse the policies of their predecessors.

Roll Call · Apr 25, 2022

Blinken Calls for Global Cooperation on Migration in Panama Trip

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday sought greater cooperation in Latin America on migration, taking on a cause of growing political headaches that has only been exacerbated by the crisis in Ukraine. The top US diplomat was paying a two-day trip to Panama, his first to Latin America…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 20, 2022

Immigration reform on the back burner

Biden has yet to follow through on his promise to push back on anti-immigrant policies

Salon · Apr 16, 2022

US delegation heading to Panama next week to discuss migration

Department of State says regional officials will attend two-day conference on ‘safe, orderly, and humane migration’.

Al Jazeera · Apr 15, 2022

Top U.S. officials to discuss migration in Panama next week

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas will travel with a delegation to Panama next week for a ministerial conference on migration with the Central American country's government, the State Department said on Friday.

Reuters · Apr 15, 2022

CDC says controversial border policy keeping out asylum-seekers will end in May

SAN DIEGO — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has moved to end a controversial border policy that kept thousands of asylum-seekers from requesting protection in the United States over the past two years.

Tribune News Service · Apr 1, 2022

US announces end to Title 42 expulsions at Mexico border

DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas says Title 42 will be rescinded by May 23, but expulsions will continue until then.

Al Jazeera · Apr 1, 2022

CDC: Pandemic-era border policy to end in May

"We have put in place a comprehensive ... strategy to manage any potential increase in the number of migrants."

Axios · Apr 1, 2022