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DHS IG Nominee Receives Bipartisan Welcome, Says Investigation Of Mayorkas A Priority

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, January 8th, 2014

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DHS IG Nominee Receives Bipartisan Welcome, Says Investigation Of Mayorkas A Priority

DHS Inspector General John Roth

The Obama administration’s nominee to be the watchdog within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) received bipartisan support Wednesday from the Senate panel that will vote on his confirmation and said that one of his top priorities will be to complete an ongoing investigation of alleged improprieties by the new deputy secretary of the department, Alejandro Mayorkas, while he was the head of agency that oversees lawful immigration into the United States. If confirmed as the inspector general of DHS,…

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