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DATE | 2021-01-19 |
FROM | Ruben Safir
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SUBJECT | Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Bidens Homeland Security know who is the threat,
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From hangout-bounces-at-nylxs.com Tue Jan 19 19:16:05 2021 Return-Path: X-Original-To: archive-at-mrbrklyn.com Delivered-To: archive-at-mrbrklyn.com Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (www2.mrbrklyn.com [96.57.23.82]) by mrbrklyn.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2DF9163FC0; Tue, 19 Jan 2021 19:16:04 -0500 (EST) X-Original-To: hangout-at-nylxs.com Delivered-To: hangout-at-nylxs.com Received: from [10.0.0.62] (www.mrbrklyn.com [96.57.23.83]) by mrbrklyn.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2DFEE163FBB; Tue, 19 Jan 2021 19:16:01 -0500 (EST) To: Hangout , George Moskowitz MD From: Ruben Safir Message-ID: <0010a712-5a95-293e-795c-c5f5ca7b1a07-at-mrbrklyn.com> Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2021 19:15:02 -0500 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.6.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Language: en-US Subject: [Hangout - NYLXS] Bidens Homeland Security know who is the threat, and the threat is US * I think he is a KGB agent. X-BeenThere: hangout-at-nylxs.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.30rc1 Precedence: list List-Id: NYLXS Tech Talk and Politics List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Errors-To: hangout-bounces-at-nylxs.com Sender: "Hangout"
wsj.com DHS Pick Mayorkas Says He Would Work to Thwart Another Capitol Attack Michelle Hackman 6-8 minutes
WASHINGTON=97 Alejandro Mayorkas, President-elect Joe Biden=92s pick for Homeland Security secretary, told a Senate hearing Tuesday he would work to ensure that an attack like the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol wouldn=92t be repeated, though his confirmation by Inauguration Day appeared to be delayed.
Mr. Biden=92s team had named Mr. Mayorkas as one of a handful of national-security nominees it wanted confirmed on Inauguration Day because of continuing domestic threats. In 2017, the Senate confirmed both President Trump=92s homeland security and defense nominees on Inauguration Day. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.), who is set to become the chamber=92s majority leader on Wednesday, said on the Senate floor he hoped Mr. Mayorkas would be confirmed on Inauguration Day.
That timeline appeared less likely Tuesday after Sen. Josh Hawley (R., Mo.) said he would object to an attempt to fast-track the nomination. Mr. Hawley expressed concern about the incoming Biden administration=92s plan to undo much of Mr. Trump=92s immigration agenda, along with an expected push to create a pathway to citizenship for 11 million immigrants without a permanent legal status.
Mr. Hawley, who was the first senator to announce he would formally object to certifying the election results on Jan. 6, has faced a backlash from colleagues and donors since that day. Many Senate Republicans blame him for what they see as his role in instigating the riot that resulted in the deaths of five people, including a Capitol Police officer.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R., Ky.) and Mr. Schumer met Tuesday to iron out details of a power-sharing agreement in a Senate divided evenly along party lines. Under a similar agreement in 2001, nominees and bills could advance to the floor even if a committee vote tied.
The 2=BD-hour hearing Tuesday, one of five scheduled ahead of Mr. Biden=92s inauguration on Wednesday, focused on immigration matters. The hearing also touched on the range of the Department of Homeland Security=92s responsibilities, from investigating the government=92s failure to adequately anticipate the Capitol riot to a cyberattack against several government agencies and the coronavirus pandemic.
The hearing was mostly devoid of the fireworks seen at many DHS hearings during the Trump administration, with Republican senators pressing Mr. Mayorkas to work with them on combating cyber threats, natural disasters and human trafficking.
Mr. Mayorkas, the deputy DHS secretary during the Obama administration, singled out right-wing extremism as a threat he would give priority to. He said DHS has a central role in gathering information about extremists and disseminating it to state and local law enforcement.
Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio, the top Republican on the Senate Homeland Security Committee, said DHS has struggled in recent years because of a lack of Senate-confirmed leadership. DHS hasn=92t had a Senate-confirmed secretary since April 2019, when Kirstjen Nielsen was forced to resign. A number of its leadership posts, including at the three primary immigration agencies, also haven=92t had permanent leaders. Several GOP senators have privately expressed to colleagues that the situation made confirming a new leader all the more urgent, according to people familiar with the matter.
If confirmed, Mr. Mayorkas would become the first Latino and first immigrant to hold the job. Mr. Mayorkas discussed during the hearing how his personal story shaped his view of the job. Mr. Mayorkas=92s Romanian-born mother fled the Holocaust in the 1940s, and less than 20 years later, he said, she fled Fidel Castro=92s Cuba with her husband and Mr. Mayorkas, then just a year old. They eventually settled in Los Angeles.
=93My father and mother brought me to this country to escape communism and to provide me with the security, opportunity and pride that American citizenship brings to each of us,=94 Mr. Mayorkas said in his opening statement.
During the hearing, senators asked about border security, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program and asylum law.
Mr. Mayorkas said he would halt construction of President Trump=92s border wall, as Mr. Biden has said he would do, but wouldn=92t commit to dismantling existing barriers.
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