Apr 07 Read: Kirstjen Nielsen’s full resignation letter from Homeland Security Secretary post By Kamala Kelkar In an abrupt departure, Homeland Security Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned from her post on Sunday. Read her the full letter. Continue reading
Mar 06 WATCH: Nielsen ‘not familiar’ with how toxic stress harms separated families Mental health experts have warned migrant children who were separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border are at risk of developing the condition known as toxic stress. Continue reading
Mar 06 WATCH: Crisis on southern border is not ‘manufactured,’ Nielsen says Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen told a House committee that the U.S. faces "a real, serious, and sustained crisis" at the U.S.-Mexico border. Continue reading
Mar 06 WATCH: Kirstjen Nielsen testifies on border security, future of border wall The hearing was rescheduled from February when Nielsen said she was not available to testify. Continue reading
Oct 29 WATCH: Pentagon says 5,200 troops will be sent to U.S. border By Robert Burns, Colleen Long, Jill Colvin, Associated Press The Pentagon said Monday it is sending 5,200 troops to the Southwest border in an extraordinary military operation ordered up just a week before midterm elections in which President Donald Trump has put a sharp focus on Central American migrants… Continue reading
Oct 03 Officials were ‘not fully prepared’ to handle family separations at border, new report says By Joshua Barajas, Amna Nawaz A government watchdog report made public confirms what many media outlets, immigration lawyers and advocates have said for months after the Trump administration rolled out its "zero tolerance" policy earlier this spring: Officials were not prepared. Continue reading
Jun 18 WATCH: DHS head Nielsen says no apology for separating families By Associated Press Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen says officials will not apologize for enforcing immigration laws that result in the separation of children from their parents. Nielsen was speaking Monday at the National Sheriff's Association conference in New Orleans. Continue reading
Jun 18 Hundreds of children wait in Border Patrol facility in Texas By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press Inside an old warehouse in South Texas, hundreds of immigrant children wait in a series of cages created by metal fencing. One cage had 20 children inside. Scattered about are bottles of water, bags of chips and large foil sheets… Continue reading
May 11 Trump fumes at Homeland Security head over border security By Jill Colvin, Associated Press Trump, who has growing increasingly frustrated by a spike in apprehensions at the border and other legal setbacks, blamed Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Wednesday for failing to do enough to stop them, according to people familiar with the… Continue reading
May 08 WATCH: Sessions says ‘zero-tolerance’ policy may split families at border By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press A "zero-tolerance" policy toward people who enter the United States illegally may cause families to be separated while parents are prosecuted, U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Monday. Continue reading