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Homeland Security

Briefing

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, March 30th, 2021

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Briefing

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Photo: DHS

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas will conduct “a comprehensive review” of the Homeland Security Advisory Council to see how it “can be best leveraged to advise the department and advance its broad mission,” a Department of Homeland Security spokesperson says. Mayorkas has disbanded the independent council although he left its top three officials in place. The HSAC will continue to be bipartisan but when it returns in full, it will have a “diverse membership representative of America and the communities…

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