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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]
27 Feb 2012, 9:14 am by Suzanne Ito
Witnesses will include Michael Fisher, CBP Chief; Kevin McAleenan, acting assistant commissioner of the Office of Field Operations; Mark Borkowski, assistant commissioner of the Office of Technology Innovation and Acquisition and Michael Kostelnik, assistant commissioner of the Office of Air and Marine. [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. points of entry and safeguarding… [read post]
30 Oct 2018, 10:30 am
We have inquired at all levels of CBP, from port supervisors to Commissioner Kevin McAleenan himself. [read post]
3 Sep 2019, 5:34 pm by Jessica K. Lang
” Earlier in the summer, Harvard President Lawrence Bacow wrote an open letter to Secretary of State Michael Pompeo and Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan expressing concerns about the problems international students and scholars have encountered and the effect on Harvard’s academic programs. [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]
5 Jul 2021, 3:29 pm by John Gotaskie
District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that the EB-5 Modernization Final Rule was not lawfully promulgated because the former-acting Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan was not properly serving in his position. [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]
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]
4 Oct 2019, 2:00 am by Christopher Tyner
McAleenan, the acting secretary of the department, DHS has made it clear that it now views white supremacist ideology and organizations as significant domestic threats. [read post]
3 Oct 2019, 9:05 pm by Alana Bevan
Acting DHS Secretary Kevin McAleenan referenced high levels of undocumented immigrant and illegal drug traffic across the border and stated that this traffic warrants quick action without consideration of environmental impacts. [read post]
4 Feb 2017, 5:17 am by SHG
Acting CBP Commissioner Kevin McAleenan said at the press conference that his agency is “responding immediately to any court orders. [read post]
28 Jun 2021, 5:34 pm by Jacob Sapochnick
On June 22nd Federal Judge Corley announced in a court ruling that the 2019 Modernization Rule passed under the Trump administration would be vacated immediately, considering that the former acting DHS Secretary, Kevin McAleenan was not properly appointed to his position under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act when he implemented the 2019 Modernization Rule. [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]
14 Jun 2021, 9:59 am by Ajay Sarma, Christiana Wayne
The subcommittee will hear testimony from Kevin McAleenan, former acting homeland security secretary; Anthony Reardon, national president of the National Treasury Employees Union; Samuel Vale, president of the Starr-Camargo Bridge Company; and Jaime Chamberlain, president of Chamberlain Distributing Inc. [read post]
Then-acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan introduced the new framework at a joint Brookings Institution and Heritage Foundation event, stating that “[t]here is evidence of this growing number of threat actors who seek to attack the seams of our diverse and violent social fabric and incite our nation’s most vulnerable populations ... to violence against their fellow citizens. [read post]
29 Aug 2019, 2:39 pm by Peter Margulies
The FSA’s Key Safeguard for UACs The key protection under the FSA, as codified in two statutes—the Homeland Security Act (HSA) and the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA)—limits UACs’ time in detention. [read post]
21 Aug 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) concluded that after the resignation of Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen in April 2019, an improper succession occurred, with Kevin McAleenan taking on the position. [read post]