The Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee held a confirmation hearing at 10 a.m. Nov. 8 for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary nominee Kirstjen M. Nielsen. Since early September, Nielsen has served as White House deputy chief of staff to President Donald Trump, reporting to former DHS Secretary and current White House Chief […]
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Nicaragua Temporary Protected Status Ends in Jan. 2019
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Monday that Nicaragua’s Temporary Protected Status (TPS) would end Jan. 5, 2019. DHS also extended the TPS designation for Honduras an additional six months from its Jan. 5, 2018, scheduled expiration. TPS status was granted to both countries after Hurricane Mitch struck Central America in 1998. The storm […]
McMaster Notes Counterterror Successes
National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster noted Thursday that President Trump will have the chance to build on earlier counterterrorism efforts on his Asia trip. He said Trump will reiterate three key counterterrorism components he noted in May—eliminate safe havens, combat terror funding, and discredit terror ideology. “I think it’s time for us to recognize that […]
DHS Decision Making Takes Center Stage in New Book
When Congress established the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in 2002, it ignited a steady blowtorch of issues and outcomes for which DHS leadership, employees, and independent contractors were responsible. As such, it created a need to analyze and manage the torrent of decisions surrounding those issues and outcomes. Not long after DHS came into […]