Alejandro N. Mayorkas. J. Scott Applewhite/Associated Press

NAFUSA member Alejandro Mayorkas will be nominated by President Elect Joe Biden to become the secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Mayorkas served as the deputy secretary of Homeland Security from 2013 to 2016 and the director of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) from 2009-2013. He is currently a partner at WilmerHale.

“It is no small task to lead the Department of Homeland Security, but I will work to restore faith in our institutions, and protect our security here at home,” Mayorkas said in a tweet.

Cuban born, Mayorkas graduated from the University of California at Berkeley and Loyola Law School. He served as the United States Attorney for the Central District of California, 1998-2001. He has been recognized as one of the “50 Most Influential Minority Lawyers in America” by the National Law Journal.