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Undated: The United States Department of
Homeland Security (DHS) is a
cabinet
department of the
United States
federal government with responsibilities in
public security, roughly comparable to the
interior or home ministries of other countries. Its stated missions involve
anti-terrorism, border security, immigration and customs, cyber security, and
disaster prevention and management.[3]
It was created in response to the
September 11 attacks and is the youngest U.S. cabinet department.
In fiscal year 2017, it was allocated a net discretionary budget of $40.6
billion.[2]
With more than 240,000 employees,[4]
DHS is the third largest
Cabinet department, after the Departments of
Defense and
Veterans Affairs.[5]
Homeland security policy is coordinated at the
White
House by the
Homeland Security Council. Other agencies with significant homeland security
responsibilities include the
Departments of Health and Human Services,
Justice, and
Energy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security
-- 2017 --
Undated: In January 2017, the president
announced a series of Executive Orders that provide the Department with
additional resources, tools and personnel to carry out the critical work of
securing our borders, enforcing our immigration laws, and ensuring that
individuals who pose a threat to national security or public safety cannot enter
or remain in our country. Protecting the American people is the highest priority
of our government and this Department.
https://www.dhs.gov/executive-orders-protecting-homeland
March 23: Trump's Unbalanced Homeland
Security Budget
The president prioritized border security and immigration enforcement in his
blueprint, but it risks coming at the expense of other equally important
priorities.
Indeed, paying for border security and interior enforcement by cutting funds to
the Transportation Security Administration and Federal Emergency Management
Agency, and capping investments in agencies like the United States Secret
Service and the United States Coast Guard is akin to double-locking your front
door, but leaving your side door open—and your windows, and your garage door,
and turning off your alarm.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/trump-budget-department-of-homeland-security/520512/
July 28: Hours After North Korea Missile
Launch, Trump Reassigns Homeland Security Chief
http://fortune.com/2017/07/28/north-korea-missile-trump-homeland-security/
July 28: Trump names Homeland Security
Secretary John Kelly as White House chief of staff, ousting Reince Priebus
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/07/28/trump-names-homeland-security-secretary-john-kelly-as-white-house-chief-of-staff-ousting-reince-priebus/?utm_term=.f177ad03343c
August 1: ... former Homeland Security
Secretary John Kelly was sworn in as chief of staff at 9:30 a.m. ET [on Monday,
July 31], and by mid-afternoon, communications director Anthony Scaramucci was
ousted just days after he joined the Trump team.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/01/politics/ivanka-trump-reset-kelly-scaramucci/?iid=ob_lockedrail_bottomlist
September 1: A month after former Homeland
Security secretary John Kelly decamped for the White House, President Donald
Trump has yet to formally interview any potential candidates to replace the
retired general as the head of the department.
Though White House aides have whittled the contenders down to a final shortlist,
it could be weeks before Trump finalizes his choice, according to a senior
administration official and a homeland security expert familiar with the
conversations.
https://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/01/trump-homeland-security-kelly-242226
October 19: Homeland Security sees power
grow under Trump
Homeland Security, established just 15 years ago after the Sept. 11 attacks, has
enjoyed greater visibility and influence as Trump has pledged to establish “law
and order” and build a wall at the southern border.
The department has been given the lead on implementing Trump’s most
controversial and prominent policy moves, including the president’s executive
orders barring certain travelers from entering the country.
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/356131-homeland-security-sees-power-grow-under-trump
October 19: Department of Homeland Security
press secretary David Lapan, the voice of the department and a longtime
colleague of White House chief of staff John Kelly, is leaving the Trump
administration...
Lapan began telling people this week of his move to the private sector, a source
familiar with his plans said. In confirming the news, Lapan said he would be
joining the Bipartisan Policy Center as senior director of communications and
public affairs at the end of the month.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/17/politics/david-lapan-dhs-spokesman/?iid=ob_lockedrail_bottomlist
December 6: The Senate voted Tuesday to
confirm Kirstjen Nielsen as the next secretary of the Department of Homeland
Security, installing a close confidant of White House Chief of Staff John Kelly
to lead the federal agency responsible for carrying out many of President
Trump's most ambitious domestic policy plans.
Nielsen, 45, developed a reputation for fierce devotion to Kelly as his deputy
at the White House and before that as his chief of staff at the Department of
Homeland Security, which he ran from January until July.
An attorney and cybersecurity expert, Nielsen will be the first DHS secretary
with previous experience working at the agency. Her confirmation Tuesday gives
the White House a DHS chief well versed in the politics and policy goals of
Trump's immigration enforcement agenda.
http://www.myajc.com/news/senate-confirms-kirstjen-nielsen-top-white-house-aide-lead-homeland-security/hKjKGZ0Sf3hiFrjPL3URYP/
December 18: Today, the President released a
bold vision for our nation’s security and outlined how we will defend our
homeland by putting America first. Our highest responsibility as a government is
to protect our people, and the President’s strategy makes it clear we will do
that by implementing sweeping security enhancements covering cyberspace and our
borders. The strategy also makes clear that homeland security extends beyond our
territory, which is why we will pursue threats to their source—whether they are
from terrorist groups or transnational criminal organizations.
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2017/12/18/secretary-nielsen-s-statement-president-trump-s-national-security-strategy
-- 2018 --
Undated: The National
Homeland Security Association is pleased to partner with the city of New York,
New York to host the 12th annual National Homeland Security Conference July 9 -
12, 2018 at the beautiful Sheraton Hotel in Midtown New York City. The Sheraton
is just steps away from the site of the Host Social at Rockefeller Center and
other New York City attractions including Times Square and Central Park.
http://www.cvent.com/events/national-homeland-security-conference-2018/event-summary-9f8060e06a5d4ca09433b214ea0a0257.aspx
January 8:
Today, the Secretary of Homeland Security [Kirstjen M. Nielsen ] announced her determination that
termination of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for El Salvador
was required pursuant to the Immigration and Nationality Act. To allow for an
orderly transition, she has determined to delay the termination for 18 months.
The designation will terminate on Sept. 9, 2019.
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2018/01/08/secretary-homeland-security-kirstjen-m-nielsen-announcement-temporary-protected
March 1: How the D.H.S. Secretary, Kirstjen
Nielsen, Became One of President Trump’s Fiercest Loyalists
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-dhs-secretary-kirstjen-nielsen-became-one-of-president-trumps-fiercest-loyalists
April 10: John Bolton pushes out Tom Bossert
as homeland security adviser
https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/10/politics/tom-bossert-homeland-security-adviser/index.html
May 10: Kirstjen Nielsen, Chief of Homeland
Security, Almost Resigned After Trump Tirade
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/10/us/politics/trump-homeland-security-secretary-resign.html
May 11: President Donald Trump unloaded on
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen at a heated cabinet meeting this
week, railing against her for failing to stop illegal border crossings.
Trump, who has growing increasingly frustrated by a spike in apprehensions at
the border and other legal setbacks, blamed Nielsen Wednesday for failing to do
enough to stop them, according to people familiar with the exchange.
Nielsen, one person said, tried to explain the issues were complex and that the
department's powers were limited by a slew of legal restrictions. She told the
president her team was doing everything it could, but the president was left
unconvinced.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/05/11/donald-trump-kirstjen-nielsen-immigration-border-security/601271002/
May 11:
Advisers bad-mouth Nielsen as a ‘never Trumper’
The president, who demands the loyalty of his aides, is increasingly
disenchanted with his homeland security chief.
She’s the latest senior administration official to bear the brunt of the
president’s obsession with keeping “never Trump” Republicans out of his
administration, a preoccupation that hobbled efforts to recruit appointees to
the State Department and National Security Council early in Trump’s presidency
because of the number of experienced George W. Bush administration alumni who
signed letters opposing him during the campaign.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/11/kirstjen-nielsen-never-trumper-white-house-loyalty-583914
September 5: Hacking, cyberattacks now the
biggest threat to U.S., Trump’s Homeland Security chief warns
https://www.washingtonpost.com/
November 12: Trump is preparing to remove
Kirstjen Nielsen as Homeland Security secretary, aides say
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-is-preparing-to-remove-kirstjen-nielsen-as-homeland-security-secretary-aides-say/2018/11/12/77111496-e6b0-11e8-bbdb-72fdbf9d4fed_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d66cefc38d7e
December 6: House Minority Leader
Nancy Pelosi, suggesting she doesn’t see a resolution to the partisan
impasse over border wall funding, said Thursday she’d like to see the Department
of Homeland Security funded on a continuing resolution through the remainder of
fiscal 2019.
Seven of the 12 annual appropriations bills, including the DHS measure, are
currently running on a continuing resolution that expires Friday. The House and
Senate Thursday passed another stopgap to extend the funding deadline to Dec.
21.
Pelosi said said her preferred solution for meeting the new deadline is for
Congress to pass the six appropriations bills that appropriators have agreement
on with a continuing
resolution for the DHS measure.
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/pelosi-pass-funding-bills-delay-homeland-security-funding
December 3:
Homeland Security chief Nielsen has saved her job — for now
The embattled DHS secretary, recently said to be on the brink of ouster, may now
survive well into 2019.
On the verge of firing by a president who has said she isn’t a strong enough
defender of the U.S.-Mexico border, Nielsen has adopted — and made sure to
publicize — a tough stance in response to the caravan of Central American
migrants headed toward the U.S. that Trump turned into a major midterm campaign
issue. She has visited the southern border three times since October and
recently hailed Trump as a forceful “leader.”
The firm posture seems to have impressed her most important audience: the
president.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/03/nielsen-trump-migrant-caravan-1041327
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