Of course, but is it all under her as far as who gives the green light to those granted a visa? I honestly don’t know and am asking a sincere question. I probably should know the answer to this!
Alejandro Mayorkas, Director, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Mayorkas was born in Havana, Cuba, and moved to the United States at the age of one. He graduated from Beverly Hills High School and from the University of California at Berkeley.
In 2001, Mayorkas was criticized by the House Committee on Government Reform for his involvement in the commutation of the prison sentence of Carlos Vignali. Vignali had served six years of a fifteen-year sentence for his role in a drug-trafficking operation when he was granted clemency by the then-United-States-President Bill Clinton, one of 176 commutations and pardons performed by Clinton during his last few hours in office.
According to Politico, Mayorkas had phoned the White House to argue that Vignali should be released, apparently in answer to a request by Vignali’s father, a well-known Los Angeles businessman
“We at USCIS look forward to working collaboratively with you, the public whom we serve, to deliver better service and to more ably accomplish our mission, which is defining of our nation.”
Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Director
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Department of Homeland Security
“Saudi Arabia, which gave us 15 of the 19 Sept. 11 hijackers, will soon get the coveted “trusted traveler” status from the Department of Homeland Security.”…NY post March 21, 2013
“I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.”…Barack Obama