Alejandro Mayorkas

Sometimes we do not live up to our highest ideals.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

I felt like the luckiest kid in the world with the parents I had. Period.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

We in the Department of Homeland Security don't monitor American citizens.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

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

— Alejandro Mayorkas

I served as - 12 years as a federal prosecutor.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

We are a nation of immigrants and a nation of laws.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

We do not condone, we do not tolerate any mistreatment of any migrant.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

I am extraordinarily proud of the men and women of U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

I oversee three agencies and thousands - tens of thousands of individuals who focus on our immigration system and fixing it.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

The fact is that disinformation that creates a threat to the security of the homeland is our responsibility to address.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

We are deeply concerned about false narratives, ideologies of hate that are fueled by conversations and messages on online platforms and other…

— 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…

— Alejandro Mayorkas

We are seeing a false narratives with respect to the 2020 election. We are seeing ideologies of hate. We are seeing anti-government sentiment.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

I don't speculate about the motives - the political motives of the political motives of personal attacks.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

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

— Alejandro Mayorkas

In a world where unanimity is so difficult to achieve, there is one thing that - as to which there is unanimity,…

— Alejandro Mayorkas

So, one of the limitations on DACA was one had to be under the age of 31 at the time of application,…

— Alejandro Mayorkas

The opportunity to earn citizenship was vital to my success in this country, and today it is my highest honor to be…

— Alejandro Mayorkas

With respect to Guantanamo, Guantanamo was a place that historically has been used to return individuals who are interdicted at sea. That…

— Alejandro Mayorkas

We do not condone violence, and law enforcement will and has responded to acts of violence when people do not honor their…

— 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…

— Alejandro Mayorkas

We are addressing the root causes of irregular migration, why people feel so desperate to leave the countries of origin, their homes,…

— Alejandro Mayorkas

Fleeing from a country where one feared the communist soldier, my parents brought us to a nation whose men and women in…

— Alejandro Mayorkas

In fact, many DACA recipients grew up not knowing that they weren't citizens because they were American in every way except on…

— Alejandro Mayorkas

The cybersecurity of our nation will be one of my highest priorities.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

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

— Alejandro Mayorkas

We know how to conduct an investigation with integrity.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

The Department of Homeland Security is, fundamentally, a department of partnerships.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

Rounding up' is not a term that I would use for people.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

We do not tolerate any mistreatment or abuse of a migrant, period.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

We really do need Congress to pass immigration reform. It is essential that we do so.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

I've never heard anyone say that the laws in immigration are well-structured.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

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

— Alejandro Mayorkas

It's not a monolithic challenge, the border.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

Americans have witnessed the costs of allowing politics to pervade intelligence.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

We will not abandon the needs of vulnerable children.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

Attacks on our critical infrastructure are not new.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

We understood that the Title 42 Public Health Authority of the CDC would not be around forever.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

It was a privilege to stand beside police officers, sheriffs, and agents as a federal prosecutor and support them in their mission…

— Alejandro Mayorkas

A crisis is when a nation is willing to rip a 9-year-old child out of the hands of his or her parent…

— Alejandro Mayorkas