Washington, United States.
The President of the United States, Joe Biden, has announced this Monday to his chosen ones to occupy six places in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS, in English), among which are a police chief and an activist who, if confirmed by the Senate, will be put in front of key migration agencies.
To direct the Customs and Border Protection Office (CBP, in English), Biden selected to the head of the Tucson Police (Arizona), Chris Magnus, a lot critical with the migratory measures of Government of Donald Trump.
If ratified on the site, Magnus would become the commissioner of the agency in charge of the border surveillance of country.
If he is confirmed as a CBP commissioner, he will have to face the challenge of manage the record numbers of undocumented migrants, among which are many unaccompanied minors, who have crossed the boundary since Mexico in the last few weeks.
According to The New York Times, a photo of Magnus –which is white- wearing the police uniform and a sign of Black life matters (black lives matter) for a protest in Richmond (California) in 2014.
On the other hand, it has not been exempt from controversies, As last June he tried to resign – although his resignation was rejected – after the death in the Hispanic April Carlos Ingram López, when it was immobilized by agents a Tucson.
Another of the prominent figures nominated by Biden is the activist Ur Mendoza Jaddou, Of Iraqi father and Mexican mother, whom the president wants to head the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS, In English), the agency that manages the migratory system and the processes of naturalization, according to a White House statement.
Mendoza Jaddou has so far been the director of DHS Watch, an America ‘s Voice group project that advocates for a migration reform, and has past experience in USCIS, Where he has worked in his legal services.
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Biden has also nominated the veteran of the Armed Forces John Tien, As undersecretary of DHS; a Jen Easterly, as director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency; a Jonathan Meyer, as legal officer of the DHS, and to Robert Silvers, as undersecretary for Strategy, Policy and Planningfrom.
In a statement, the DHS secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, He stressed the “deep experience” of these professionals in their fields.
“Together they will help progress in the mission of the Department of Homeland Security to ensure equality and security from’ American people“, He indicated. EFE