Alexander Acosta may be trading Florida’s sunny beaches for the life inside the Beltway. President Donald Trump on Thursday nominated the Florida International University College of Law dean to become labor secretary after cheeseburger honcho Andrew Puzder withdrew. Here’s five things you might not know about Acosta:
1. Acosta—a Cuban-American—was the first Hispanic to be named an assistant attorney general. He headed up the U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division from 2003 to 2005.
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