WASHINGTON (JTA) — President-elect Joe Biden announced the nomination of Alejandro Mayorkas, a Latino Jew who has emphasized the heightened threat facing American Jews, as his Homeland Security ...

Mr. Mayorkas, known to employees as “Santo Mayorkas” for his frequent vacation indulgences, announced the extra time off in a departing message this week to his workforce.

A target for political criticism, he spoke in an exit interview with ABC News. Outgoing Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, who for four years has been a target of Republican ...