FILE PHOTO: Alejandro Mayorkas, U.S. deputy secretary of homeland security gestures as he speaks during the annual Cyberweek conference at Tel Aviv University, Israel June 20, 2016. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Alejandro Mayorkas to become U.S. secretary of homeland security, Biden's transition team said on Monday, entrusting the Cuban immigrant to help reverse outgoing President Donald Trump's hard-line immigration policies.
Mayorkas, a former federal prosecutor in California, served as deputy secretary at the Department of Homeland Security under President Barack Obama when Biden was vice president. Mayorkas became one of Biden's first Cabinet selections as the Democratic former vice president prepares to take office on Jan. 20.
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