Tech entrepreneur Dilawar Syed, co-chair of the AAPI Victory Fund, was announced March 3 afternoon as President Joe Bidenâs nominee for Deputy Administrator at the Small Business Administration.
If he is confirmed by the Senate, Syed would be the highest-ranking Muslim American in the Biden administration, and the first Pakistani American to serve in a Cabinet role. The president had stated on the campaign trail that he hoped to see Syed serve in his administration.
Syed told
India-West he could not comment on the nomination. But in a public post on his Facebook page, he wrote: âI am deeply humbled, honored, and moved by the presidentâs nomination of me to help lead the Small Business Administration as the Deputy Administrator.â
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Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday said that the US southern border is closed. The news comes days after the House of Representatives signed off on two bills that seek to clear a path for certain migrants to receive permanent resident status. Our message has been straightforward and simple, Mayorkas said during a Meet the Press interview. And it s true, the border is closed. We re expelling families, we re expelling single adults and we ve made a decision that we will not expel young vulnerable children.