Ali Mayorkas, Keep Faith With Cubans

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, whose family and the author’s were friends in Cuba before both fled the Castro regime for freedom in United States

I know Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as “Ali,” a childhood friend and the son of my father’s best friend, Nicky Mayorkas.

Read the full column in The Wall Street Journal.

Leora R Levy, RNC National Committee Member, Wall Street Journal, July 22, 2021 - Posted

Ms. Levy is a Republican National Committeewoman from Connecticut and was President Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Chile.

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Ali Mayorkas, Keep Faith With Cubans

My family and the Mayorkas family were friends who fled Cuba for a better future in America.