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Biden Plans to Nominate Former BIEC Chair Mayorkas to Be DHS Secretary

President-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate Alejandro Mayorkas for secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, the Biden transition team said in a news release. Mayorkas is currently a law partner at WilmerHale and previously was appointed deputy secretary of…

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Homeland Security by President Barack Obama. While at DHS, Mayorkas was chair of the Border Interagency Executive Committee and worked on the International Trade Data System (see 1503230018).