美国国土安全部部长亚历杭德罗·马约尔卡斯是乔·拜登总统政府的四名拉丁裔内阁成员之一，周二说他想结束移民和海关执法局在工作场所的突袭。
“大规模工地作业的部署，有时会导致数百名工人同时被捕，但这并没有集中在我们国家未经授权的就业挑战中最有害的方面:剥削性的雇主，”Mayorkas在美国广播公司新闻获得的一份备忘录中写道。“这些高度可见的操作错误地分配了执法资源，同时冷却了工人在工作场所标准调查中的合作，甚至成为报复的工具。”
与上届政府时期相比，这种变化是政策专家，包括拉丁美洲政策论坛主席兼首席执行官西尔维娅·普恩特说的，可能是拜登让自己被一个更具代表性的内阁包围的结果。
加入马约尔卡斯的还有卫生与公众服务部部长泽维尔·韦塞拉、教育部部长米格尔·卡多纳和小企业管理局局长伊莎贝尔·卡西利亚斯·古兹曼。
普恩特告诉美国广播公司新闻，“这是时候了——看起来像我们在白宫和国会内阁级别的代表性的增加，真的让我们不会被忽视。”。“这确实让我们在美国社会中占据了自己的位置。”
韦塞拉作为第一个领导HHS的拉丁裔人创造了历史，他与美国广播公司新闻讨论了代表对所有美国人的重要性。
韦塞拉说:“当你明白你带来了什么，你的父母教会了你什么，你的祖先和祖先为这个国家做了什么时，你会感到自豪。“我很自豪能把这些带到我的国家。这就是让我们国家如此强大的传统。”
我将确保当总统说“每个人”时，它包括每个人。
韦塞拉是他家第一个拿到四年制大学学位的人，此前他的父母很小就从墨西哥移民过来。他补充说，最终，他的机会让他能够帮助他人提供机会。
韦塞拉说:“这是为了帮助像我爸爸这样的人，他没有读完六年级，他一辈子都是建筑工人、农场工人，所以他实际上可以过上更好的生活，至少对他的孩子来说是这样。”。
“考虑到我们有这么多拉丁裔内阁官员，”普恩特说，“这真的让人感觉政府正在兑现其利润承诺，实现公平、多样性和包容性。”
普恩特说，她希望看到这种情况继续下去，而不仅仅是在9月14日至10月15日的“西班牙裔传统月”。对拉丁裔和西班牙裔个人来说，“成为正在进行的对话的一部分”是很重要的
巴拉克·奥巴马在两届任期内共有六名拉丁裔内阁成员。
教育差距
卡多纳在一次9月15日接受《GMA3》采访他希望增加接受高等教育的机会。
卡多纳说:“我们希望拉丁裔学生能以和其他学生一样的速度接受高等教育——我们希望确保完成学业。
而拉丁美洲人占美国人口的18.7%普查数据，只有16.4%完成四年制学位。
卡多纳补充说:“我们还想确保在学前教育阶段，拉丁裔学生有机会接受作为基础的早期儿童教育。
根据一项调查，拉丁美洲学生的辍学率2019年概况介绍来自国家教育统计中心的数据，约为7.7%，近年来有所下降，但仍落后于黑人(5.6%)、白人(4.1%)和亚裔(1.8%)学生。
移民改革
八月，20多万移民穿越了南部边境，根据DHS的数据。
普恩特告诉美国广播公司新闻，“人们真的很想来美国，因为他们觉得自己无法在自己的祖国谋生，或者无法在自己的祖国保持安全，或者害怕在自己的家里被谋杀。
有报道称，美国边境巡逻人员对海地移民采取了激进行动逃离他们的国家在其中多重危机，DHS展开了调查，并通知了该部门的监察长办公室。拜登谴责了特工的行为，称那些与海地移民进行激烈对抗的人“会付出代价的。”
普恩特是希望拜登的话能带来更大改革的人之一。
“我们当然期待移民改革，”她补充道。“我们期望总统和副总统不仅继续提升这个问题，而且真正与国会合作。有太多的移民需要打开包装。”
上月下旬，马约卡斯宣布成立执法协调委员会，努力“将执法中的最佳实践制度化”
马约卡斯打算担任LECC的主席，这是第一个作为包括美国海关和边境保护局、移民和海关执法局在内的机构的管理组织的全部门机构。
“在我看来，我们正在给(执法政策)带来更大程度的组织性、凝聚力，”马约卡斯当时告诉美国广播公司新闻。
拜登曾多次表示，他将成为所有美国人的领袖，各组织和他的内阁成员也表示，他们将尽全力帮助他兑现这一承诺。
“作为部长，我将确保当总统说‘每个人’时，它包括每个人，”韦塞拉告诉美国广播公司新闻。“我们不会遗漏任何人。我不在乎你来自这个国家的哪个角落，如果你存在于阴影中，我们会为你服务。我们相信那些支撑起这个国家的人。”
Mayorkas calling for end to ICE raids shows diversity of Biden's cabinet, experts say
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, one of four Latino cabinet members in President Joe Biden's administration,said on Tuesdayhe wanted to end raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at workplaces.
"The deployment of mass worksite operations, sometimes resulting in the simultaneous arrest of hundreds of workers, was not focused on the most pernicious aspect of our country's unauthorized employment challenge: exploitative employers," Mayorkas wrote in a memo obtained by ABC News. "These highly visible operations misallocated enforcement resources while chilling, and even serving as a tool of retaliation for, worker cooperation in workplace standards investigations."
Such a change from what was seen under the previous administration is something that policy experts, including Sylvia Puente, president and CEO of Latino Policy Forum, have said may result from Biden having surrounded himself with a more representative cabinet.
Mayorkas has been joined by Secretary Xavier Becerra of Health and Human Services, Secretary Miguel Cardona of the Department of Education and Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman of the Small Business Administration.
"It was about time -- the increase in representation that looks like us in the White House, and cabinet levels in Congress, really allows us not to be invisible," Puente told ABC News. "It really allows us to take our place in our American society."
Becerra, who made history as the first Latino to lead HHS, discussed with ABC News the importance of representation for all Americans.
"There's a pride that comes in understanding what you bring to the table, of what your parents taught you and what your forefathers and foremothers did for this country," Becerra said. "I'm very proud that I bring that to my country. And that's the heritage that has made the fabric of our country so strong."
I'm going to make sure that when the president says 'everyone,' it includes everyone.
Becerrais the first person in his family to get a four-year college degree, after his parents immigrated from Mexico at a young age. Ultimately, he added, his opportunities have allowed him to help provide opportunities for others.
"It's about helping people like my dad, who didn't get past sixth grade, who worked with his hands all his life as a construction worker, a farm worker, so that he could actually have a better [life], at least for his kids," Becerra said.
"Given that we have this historic number of cabinet officials who are Latino," Puente said, "it really feels like the administration is living up its profit promise to have equity, to have diversity and to have inclusion."
Puente said she hopes to see it continue, and not "just in Hispanic Heritage Month," which spans Sept. 14 to Oct. 15. It's important for Latinx and Hispanic individuals "to be a part of this ongoing dialogue."
Barack Obama had a total of six Latino cabinet members over his two terms.
Educational disparity
Cardona said during a"GMA3" interview on Sept. 15that he hopes to improve access to higher education.
"We want access to higher education for Latino students at the same rate as other students -- we want to make sure completion happens," Cardona said.
While Latinos account for 18.7% of the U.S. population, according toCensus data, only 16.4% complete a four-year degree.
"We also want to make sure at the pre-K level that Latino students have access to early childhood education that serves as a foundation," Cardona added.
The dropout rate among Latino students, according to a2019 fact sheetfrom the National Center for Education Statistics, is about 7.7%, which has declined in recent years but still trails Black (5.6%), white (4.1%) and Asian (1.8%) students.
Immigration reform
In August,more than 200,000 migrants were encountered crossing the southern border, according to DHS data.
"People really want to come to the U.S. because they feel they can't make a living in their homeland, or they can't stay safe in their homeland, or they're afraid of being murdered in their home," Puente told ABC News.
After reports of U.S. border patrol agents acting aggressively towards Haitian migrantsfleeing their countryamidmultiple crises, DHS launched an investigation and alerted the department's Office of Inspector General. Biden condemned the agents' actions by saying those who confronted the Haitian migrants aggressively"will pay."
Puente is among those hoping Biden's words can lead to larger reforms.
"We certainly expect immigration reform," she added. "We expect the president and vice president to not only continue to elevate the issue, but to really work with Congress. There are so many pieces of immigration that need to be unpacked."
Late last month, Mayorkas announced the formation of the Law Enforcement Coordination Council,an effort to "institutionalize best practices in law enforcement."
Mayorkas intends to chair the LECC, the first department-wide body to serve as a governing organization for agencies including U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
"We are bringing a greater, in my opinion, a greater degree of organization, cohesion to [law enforcement policies]," Mayorkas told ABC News at the time.
Biden has said on multiple occasions he will be a leader for all Americans, and organizations and his cabinet members have said they'll do what they can to help him keep that promise.
"As secretary, I'm going to make sure that when the president says 'everyone,' it includes everyone," Becerra told ABC News. "We're not going to leave anyone out. I don't care what corner of the country you're from, if you exist in the shadows, we're going to service you. We believe in the people who lift up this country."
