Feb 18 Homeland Security waives contracting laws for border wall By Elliot Spagat, Associated Press The acting Homeland Security secretary, Chad Wolf, is exercising authority under a 2005 law that gives him sweeping powers to waive laws for building border barriers. Continue reading
Jan 06 Homeland Security will share citizenship data with Census By Mike Schneider, Associated Press Information that will be shared includes personally-identifiable data, the Homeland Security document said. Federal law prohibits the Census Bureau from releasing personally identifiable data, and the bureau says in its fact-sheet on privacy, “Your answers can only be used to… Continue reading
Oct 22 Watch 7:56 Kirstjen Nielsen on Trump's controversial immigration policies and why she resigned President Trump’s immigration policies have been among the most controversial and criticized of his administration. Former Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was specifically known for executing and defending those policies when she headed the department between December 2017 and April… Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch 10:26 Trump focuses anger at whistleblower as impeachment inquiry deepens President Trump acted as his own defender in chief on Monday, criticizing a whistleblower complaint, as some of his allies tried to argue that Democrats are rushing an impeachment inquiry. But not all Republicans are defending the president, including his… Continue watching
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