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21 Aug 2019, 8:14 am by Ryan J. Farrick
Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan says it's better for families to stay together, even behind bars--and even when it can take months to get a decision from immigration courts. [read post]
21 Aug 2019, 7:15 am by Immigration Prof
The Trump administration this morning made the following announcement: "Today, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin K. [read post]
13 Aug 2019, 9:11 am by William J. Manning
In a letter to Kevin McAleenan, Acting Secretary of DHS, and Ken Cuccinelli, Acting Director of USCIS, ten members of Congress asked for clarification. [read post]
30 Jul 2019, 12:43 pm by Alex Psilakis
Acting DHS secretary Kevin McAleenan stressed that the administration is implementing this policy with the chief goal of reducing the immense case backlog, which is weighing down courts and overwhelming accommodations in southern border detention facilities. [read post]
30 Jul 2019, 12:43 pm by Alex Psilakis
Acting DHS secretary Kevin McAleenan stressed that the administration is implementing this policy with the chief goal of reducing the immense case backlog, which is weighing down courts and overwhelming accommodations in southern border detention facilities. [read post]
22 Jul 2019, 3:42 pm by Anne Joseph O'Connell
After several Republicans warned that they would not confirm Ken Cuccinelli to a top post at the Department of Homeland Security, the White House had the agency’s acting secretary create a new position—principal deputy director—for Cuccinelli so that he could then arguably step in as acting director of U.S. [read post]
17 Jul 2019, 6:09 am by Erin McCarthy Holliday
The American Civil Liberties Union and Southern Poverty Law Center filed a lawsuit Tuesday on behalf of refugee resettlement organizations and civil rights centers in California against Attorney General William Barr and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin K. [read post]
16 Jul 2019, 2:10 pm by Peter Margulies
  In their statements on the new rule, Acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan and Attorney General William Barr are correct that the substantial increase in asylum claims ultimately found to lack merit has clogged immigration courts, incentivized increased immigration from Central America and increased profits for the smugglers all too happy to exploit their customers' desperate circumstances. [read post]
10 Jun 2019, 1:17 pm by Steve Vladeck
We’ve already seen … creative … interpretations of the FVRA (especially as it relates to other agency statutes) with regard to the appointment of Mick Mulvaney as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Robert Wilkie as acting secretary of veterans affairs, and Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general (not to mention how Kevin McAleenan became acting secretary of homeland… [read post]
10 Jun 2019, 11:58 am by Vishnu Kannan
McAleenan, acting Secretary of Homeland Security, to testify. [read post]
10 Jun 2019, 9:06 am by Immigration Prof
Department of Homeland Security Acting Secretary Kevin McAleenan today announced that Kenneth T. [read post]
6 Jun 2019, 1:45 pm by Steve Lubet
HIAS is calling on Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan to protect the rights of asylum seekers and immediately end the policies that deny access to a humane and fair legal process. [read post]
24 May 2019, 11:08 am by Michael Barber
The order was addressed to the following agency heads: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Secretary of the Treasury Steve Mnuchin, acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Michael Shanahan, Attorney General William Barr, Secretary of Energy Rick Perry, acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats and Director of the CIA Gina Haspel. [read post]
20 May 2019, 11:00 am by Carrie Cordero, Joshua A. Geltzer
(We saw this tension play out just last week when Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan reportedly had to threaten to resign to hold off White House pressure to make more agency leadership changes.) [read post]
16 May 2019, 12:46 pm by Meredith K. Stewart
” In a bipartisan letter to Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan, Representatives from New York, Michigan, New Hampshire, Minnesota, Washington, North Dakota, and Vermont complained, “The decision to deploy northern border CBP officers to the southern border makes it increasingly more difficult for the agency to meet their core mission requirements at the border which include effectively securing U.S.… [read post]
15 May 2019, 7:30 am
Kevin McAleenan, the new acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, abruptly assumed office in April because his predecessor reportedly wasn’t tough enough for President Trump. [read post]
3 May 2019, 12:25 pm by Alex Psilakis
On April 29, 2019, President Trump issued a memorandum to Attorney General William Barr and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan. [read post]
3 May 2019, 12:25 pm by Alex Psilakis
On April 29, 2019, President Trump issued a memorandum to Attorney General William Barr and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan. [read post]
2 May 2019, 9:05 pm by Bobby Chen
Attorney General William Barr and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan, President Donald Trump claimed that asylum seekers are abusing a “loophole” in the system and directed his administration to propose policies that remedy the claimed abuse. [read post]
1 May 2019, 5:33 am by Peter Margulies
How DHS implements the Trump memo may signal what to expect from Acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan. [read post]