Senate votes to confirm Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden’s homeland security nominee The Senate is expected to vote Feb. 2 on the confirmation of Alejandra Mayorkas for secretary of the Department of ...

Assuming she prevails in her Senate confirmation, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem will serve as Mayorkas’ successor. Agency veteran Caleb Vitello has been tapped to lead ICE and former Border ...

Now Alejandro Mayorkas, head of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, needs confirmation from a majority of the Senate. Republicans have objected to Mayorkas because of dogged allegations that he ...

Some takeaways from Noem’s confirmation hearing ... Noem pledged a complete turn from Mayorkas’ policies, saying she was determined to carry out Trump’s plans to choke off illegal ...

She would replace outgoing Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who was so vilified ... backing from GOP senators who will be crucial to her confirmation. Sen. Rand Paul, the Republican chair of the ...