Alejandro Mayorkas (Photo by Brad Barket/Getty Images for PEOPLE En Espanol)President-elect Joe Biden has tapped Alejandro Mayorkas for his secretary of Homeland Security.
Mayorkas is the first Latino and immigrant to be nominated to the position in U.S. history.Biden’s announcement came Monday as he made public other picks for his national security team and cabinet.“Their accomplishments in diplomacy are unmatched,” Biden pointed out in a statement. “But they also reflect the idea that we cannot meet the profound challenges of this new moment with old thinking and unchanged habits — or without diversity of background and perspective.