Alejandro Mayorkas fought for refugees and Dreamers. Can he undo four years of Trump immigration policies?
Rick Jervis, USA TODAY
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After a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in crowded Paris cafes and restaurants in November 2015 left 130 people dead, some members of Congress threatened to shut down the U.S. refugee program.
Alejandro "Ali" Mayorkas, then deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, sprang into action. He and other staffers called individual members of Congress, pointing out the program's value and security features, explaining that most of the Paris attackers were not refugees. It was a Herculean, round-the-clock effort, for three days straight.