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5 Aug 2020, 2:52 pm by Ben Berwick, Rachel Homer
In April 2019, Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen—the most recent Senate-confirmed secretary of homeland security—tried to amend the existing succession order (see Enclosure B to the linked letter to the comptroller general from the House Committee on Homeland Security, which in turn refers to Executive Order 13753 for a hierarchy for DHS succession) right before she resigned, in order to make Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin McAleenan… [read post]
17 Jan 2018, 2:30 pm
Yesterday, Secretary Nielsen doubled down, confirming that her agency had sought such prosecutions. [read post]
9 Nov 2017, 12:28 pm by Vanessa Sauter
Kirstjen Nielsen, the nominee for DHS secretary, completed her Senate confirmation hearing Wednesday, the Post reported. [read post]
11 Apr 2019, 9:05 pm by Alana Bevan
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigned as part of a number of key departures from the Department. [read post]
14 Jun 2019, 1:45 pm
But Homan’s appointment will likely intensify the cruelty of the administration’s border policies.Homan was one of three administration officials, including current Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kevin McAleenan, who signed a memo to now-former  Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen which paved the way for the family separation policy. [read post]
8 Feb 2018, 9:30 am by EEM
Dept. of Homeland Security, 31 Jan. 2018) [text via AILA]Migrant Deaths Remain High Despite Sharp Fall in US-Mexico Border Crossings in 2017 (IOM, Feb. 2018) [text]Secretary Kirstjen M. [read post]
14 Mar 2019, 2:30 pm
Last week, Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen of the Department of Homeland Security and Kevin K. [read post]
8 Jan 2018, 12:19 pm by Michael H. Neifach and Amy L. Peck
In her announcement, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen said DHS conducted extensive research and outreach before coming to its decision. [read post]
28 Nov 2018, 7:30 am
Nielsen and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar demanding a reversal of these policies. [read post]
14 Sep 2020, 11:32 am by Anne Joseph O'Connell
President Trump finally submitted a nomination for secretary to the Senate late last week, the first since Kirstjen Nielsen departed in April 2019. [read post]
14 Oct 2019, 9:05 pm by Tim Duncheon
Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen. [read post]
18 Jun 2020, 11:03 am by Donna Bader
Former Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen later announced the program would be phased out, arguing the program increased the risk of undermining public confidence in the rule of law. [read post]
23 Mar 2018, 2:21 pm by Jessica Feinstein
Called on to speak about the bill, DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen added that it was “unfortunate that Congress chose not to listen to the security on the front lines” about the wall. [read post]
19 Jun 2018, 8:50 am by Carrie Cordero
After Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen returned from her working and sightseeing trip to Israel, she tweeted this on Sunday: We do not have a policy of separating families at the border. [read post]
27 Mar 2019, 2:30 pm
Nevertheless, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen again recently called on migrants to present themselves at ports of entry. [read post]
28 Jun 2021, 8:42 am by Zain Abidi
Ultimately, Behring succeeded in showing the acting DHS secretaries succeeding Kirstjen Nielsen (including Kevin McAleenan) were not properly designated in the order of succession in accordance with the FVRA, and therefore they did not hold the authority to promulgate and ratify the 2019 modernization rule. [read post]
13 Mar 2023, 6:10 am by Frank O. Bowman, III
Andy Biggs (R-AZ) and Pat Fallon (R-TX), has proposed impeaching Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for his role in carrying out Biden’s immigration policies. [read post]
17 Jun 2021, 1:17 pm by Jessica K. Lang
After Kirstjen Nielsen left her post as secretary of DHS in April 2019, until February 2021, when President Joe Biden’s nominee for the post, Alejandro Mayorkas, was confirmed, there were only “acting” secretaries in place. [read post]
24 Oct 2017, 12:15 pm
Jumping in on the thread, Principal Deputy White House Chief of Staff Kirstjen Nielsen wrote, “I believe this will be news” to “the Secretary” (though without specifying of which agency). [read post]