Top DHS official on how his background informs his mission: Dismantling drug cartelsDeputy Homeland Security Secretary John Tien, a 24-year Army vet, now finds himself with a new challenge, handed down by Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas specifically because of his background: defeating, disrupting and dismantling Mexican drug cartels. "As a first-generation Asian American, I know that I've got a responsibility to be both seen and heard," he explained. PHOTO: Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security John K. Tien arrives for a G7 Interior and Security Ministers Meeting in Eltville am Rhein, western Germany on Nov. 18, 2022. "The way al-Qaida operates is very similar to the way the cartels operate," he said. Top DHS official on how his background informs his mission: Dismantling drug cartels originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News May 28, 2023 22:27 UTC