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Homeland Security

Mayorkas Restarts, Restocks Advisory Council

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, March 17th, 2022

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Mayorkas Restarts, Restocks Advisory Council

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. Photo: DHS

After disbanding a prominent advisory council a year ago to review how to utilize it going forward, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Thursday reconstituted the bipartisan group, adding a number of new members and named former Clinton-era Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick as a co-chair. William Bratton, the former Los Angeles Police Commissioner and New York City Police Chief, who was appointed to the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC) as a vice-chair during the Obama administration, retains his most…

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