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DHS Head Fires Most Members of Homeland Security Advisory Council

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DHS Head Fires Most Members of Homeland Security Advisory Council
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas delivers remarks while visiting a FEMA community vaccination center in Philadelphia, Pa., on March 2, 2021. Mark Makela/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has fired nearly all members of the department’s independent advisory panel, retaining only its senior leadership, according to a letter obtained by media outlets and confirmed by Republicans on a House committee.

In the March 26 letter (pdf) to members of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC), Mayorkas announced that in “the service of an orderly transition to a new model for the HSAC,” he would be ending the current term of all HSAC members, effective March 26.
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Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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