Fleeing from a country where one feared the communist soldier, my parents brought us to a nation whose men and women in uniform risk their lives to protect and serve others, including our small family. I was raised with a reverence for those here in uniform, from the military soldier to the uniformed officer patrolling our streets.

Alejandro Mayorkas

We work with the Mexican authorities. We have our own intelligence architecture. And we are aware of the involvement of smuggling organizations in irregular migration and the misinformation that they disseminate to vulnerable populations.

Alejandro Mayorkas

What we have had to do in the Biden/Harris administration is build from the ground up our humane, orderly and safe immigration system.

Alejandro Mayorkas

Working very closely with the Mexican government and international organizations in Mexico, we have developed a virtual platform that enables individuals with active cases in the 'Remain in Mexico' program to actually register for relief using their phones.

Alejandro Mayorkas

With respect to Guantanamo, Guantanamo was a place that historically has been used to return individuals who are interdicted at sea. That is not applicable to the individuals whom we are encountering along the southern border. That is just misinformation.

Alejandro Mayorkas

Attacks on our critical infrastructure are not new.

Alejandro Mayorkas

The principles of homeland and security have been tremendously important in shaping my life.

Alejandro Mayorkas

I was raised to appreciate each day what this country has meant for our family, and the blessing it is to know it is our homeland.

Alejandro Mayorkas

I'm a political refugee, and my identity as a political refugee was extraordinarily important to my upbringing. And my parents were very focused on instilling in me a deep sense of what it means and what it meant to be an individual displaced from one's home.

Alejandro Mayorkas

I understand the hope of so many of the Dreamers I have had the privilege of meeting.

Alejandro Mayorkas

We have asylum laws that provide humanitarian relief. Those who qualify under those laws are entitled to the relief that we extend. Those who do not, will not be able to remain in our country. And we can effectively implement both responsibilities and both opportunities to be both a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants.

Alejandro Mayorkas

It's not about speech, it's about the connectivity to violence. That is what we need to address. You know, an individual has the free speech right to spew anti-Semitic rhetoric. What they don't have the right to do is take hostages in a synagogue, and that's where we get involved.

Alejandro Mayorkas

The border is varied depending on the geography, depending on the specific venue, and depending on the conduct of individuals around it. We don't need, nor should we have a monolithic answer to that varied and diverse challenge.

Alejandro Mayorkas

I served as - 12 years as a federal prosecutor.

Alejandro Mayorkas

I have the privilege of serving at the president's designation as the Chairman of the Family Reunification Task Force.

Alejandro Mayorkas

We are obligated to and very proud to stand by one of the most foundational principles of our country, and that is freedom of expression, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly.

Alejandro Mayorkas

As the horrific events of Jan. 6 underscored, DHS must have the operational capacity to appropriately respond to domestic violent extremism.

Alejandro Mayorkas

My mom, given what she went through, was 'Every day is a new one, something beautiful can happen, something tragic can happen, but every day is a new life, and therefore we have an obligation to be better today than we were yesterday and tomorrow than we are today.' That was her.

Alejandro Mayorkas

Allow me to be clear. If you take to the sea, you will not come to the United States.

Alejandro Mayorkas

Entire systems are not rebuilt in a day or in a few weeks.

Alejandro Mayorkas

Alejandro Mayorkas Quotes

We work with the Mexican authorities. We have our own intelligence architecture. And we are aware of the involvement of smuggling organizations in irregular migration and the misinformation that they disseminate to vulnerable populations.

What we have had to do in the Biden/Harris administration is build from the ground up our humane, orderly and safe immigration system.

Working very closely with the Mexican government and international organizations in Mexico, we have developed a virtual platform that enables individuals with active cases in the 'Remain in Mexico' program to actually register for relief using their phones.

With respect to Guantanamo, Guantanamo was a place that historically has been used to return individuals who are interdicted at sea. That is not applicable to the individuals whom we are encountering along the southern border. That is just misinformation.

Attacks on our critical infrastructure are not new.

The principles of homeland and security have been tremendously important in shaping my life.

I was raised to appreciate each day what this country has meant for our family, and the blessing it is to know it is our homeland.

I'm a political refugee, and my identity as a political refugee was extraordinarily important to my upbringing. And my parents were very focused on instilling in me a deep sense of what it means and what it meant to be an individual displaced from one's home.

I understand the hope of so many of the Dreamers I have had the privilege of meeting.

It's not about speech, it's about the connectivity to violence. That is what we need to address. You know, an individual has the free speech right to spew anti-Semitic rhetoric. What they don't have the right to do is take hostages in a synagogue, and that's where we get involved.

The border is varied depending on the geography, depending on the specific venue, and depending on the conduct of individuals around it. We don't need, nor should we have a monolithic answer to that varied and diverse challenge.

I served as - 12 years as a federal prosecutor.

I have the privilege of serving at the president's designation as the Chairman of the Family Reunification Task Force.

We are obligated to and very proud to stand by one of the most foundational principles of our country, and that is freedom of expression, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly.

As the horrific events of Jan. 6 underscored, DHS must have the operational capacity to appropriately respond to domestic violent extremism.

My mom, given what she went through, was 'Every day is a new one, something beautiful can happen, something tragic can happen, but every day is a new life, and therefore we have an obligation to be better today than we were yesterday and tomorrow than we are today.' That was her.

Allow me to be clear. If you take to the sea, you will not come to the United States.

Entire systems are not rebuilt in a day or in a few weeks.