Mayorkas Ends Grueling Homeland Term With Lessons for Trump, GOP

Jan. 15, 2025, 10:00 AM UTC

No one would blame Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for needing a break from the stress that keeps him up at night. The border numbers, the wildfires, the cyberattacks, the terrorist plots.

But after nearly four years in what many deem the hardest job in Washington, Mayorkas says the homeland security concerns will continue to weigh on him when he returns to private life next week.

“Some folks have said, you know what, it’s going to be really great to read the paper and realize that it’s not my problem anymore,” he said in an exclusive interview with Bloomberg Government. ...

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