Alejandro Mayorkas
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks during the daily press briefing at the White House on March 1, 2021 in Washington, DC. Mayorkas discussed the Biden administration's plans for overhauling immigration policy.
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  • DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas spoke to MSNBC about families separated by the Trump administration.
  • He said that the administration cannot guarantee a path to permanent residency for reunited families.
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Department of Homeland Security Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas told MSNBC in an interview that the Biden administration cannot guarantee a path to permanent residency for families separated by the Trump administration.

"We are very much focused on providing stability, but it is not something that we can guarantee at this point in time," he said in response to a question about whether families reunited under the Biden administration's task force could stay in the US permanently.

In March, Mayorkas said that the administration would "explore lawful pathways for them to remain in the United States," but did not elaborate.

Earlier this week, the Biden administration's task force reunited four families who were separated by the Trump administration – out of more than 1,000.

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