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Immigration

Apr. 28, 2009

Former U.S. Attorney Nominated to Administration

President Barack Obama announced Friday his intent to nominate Alejandro N. Mayorkas of O'Melveny & Myers to head the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency.

By Robert Iafolla and Sandra Hernandez
Daily Journal Staff Writers

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama announced Friday his intent to nominate Alejandro N. Mayorkas of O'Melveny & Myers to head the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services at the Department of Homeland Security.

Mayorkas, a former U.S. attorney for Los Angeles who was born in Cuba, is positioned to take over the agency that oversees all legal immigration services, including ci...

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