The US Senate approved the appointment of Cuban-born Alejandro Mayoras as Minister of Homeland Security, becoming the first Latino and the first immigrant to lead this ministry that oversees immigration and border issues.
According to the American Al-Hurra channel today, Wednesday, with a majority of 57 senators compared to 43, coinciding with executive decisions issued by US President Joe Biden, to nullify anti-immigration decisions taken by his predecessor, Donald Trump, and amid calls for reform of border protection policies and a decision on the status of millions of immigrants who do not carry documents.
It is noteworthy that Mayoras, a former lawyer aged 61, arrived in the United States as a baby with his immigrant parents, and he previously held high positions in the Department of Homeland Security during the administration of former President Barack Obama.
Biden signed today an executive order that addresses the causes of immigration from Central and South America to the United States, and another order to unify immigrant families whose children have been separated from them, in order to revoke immigration decisions issued by former President Donald Trump.
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