Wolf's wife, Hope Wolf, is vice president of professional staff operations at Berkeley Research Group, a consulting firm. Although the company has a long history of federal contracts, it did not do work for DHS until after Wolf became the TSA's chief of staff in 2017. Keep Reading
In a ruling Friday blocking the Trump administration from enforcing new asylum employment authorization restrictions, federal Judge Paula Xinis wrote that the plaintiffs "are likely to demonstrate" order of succession was invalid. Keep Reading
Brian Murphy says he was demoted for "protected disclosures ... primarily focused on the compilation of intelligence reports and threat assessments that conflicted with policy objectives set forth by the White House." Keep Reading
He criticized "a vocal and ill-informed minority" that "has clamored to paint recent DHS actions as examples of mission drift." Keep Reading
Wolf’s participation in the event, which was taped and broadcast at the RNC, prompted immediate outcry from Democrats who alleged that Wolf had violated the Hatch Act — a law that restricts most executive branch employees from engaging in partisan political activity. Keep Reading
The announcement comes days after the Government Accountability Office refused a DHS request to rescind their report that found the appointments of Wolf and Acting Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli invalid. Keep Reading
"Despite the obvious fact that the agency is entitled to interpret its own internal memoranda, the GAO improperly rejected DHS's reading," argued acting DHS counsel, accusing nonpartisan watchdog of partisanship. Keep Reading
Former Deputy Administrator for Resilience at the Federal Emergency Management Agency Dan Kaniewski and former director of the United States Marshals Service John Clark among the appointees. Keep Reading
Nielsen only changed line of succession relating to a disaster or catastrophic emergency, says review. Keep Reading
"This was an exceptionally hard decision to make, a decision prolonged due to the uncertainty of a global pandemic and the essential role ICE continues to play in our nation’s response." Keep Reading
Acting secretary Wolf said that "as the Department continues looking at the policy and considers future action... there are important policy reasons that may warrant the full rescission of the DACA policy." Keep Reading
Wolf accuses local and state leaders of not "coming out strong enough condemning the violent activity there"; lawmakers say "anonymous law enforcement officers appear to be indiscriminately arresting anyone." Keep Reading
Data over the past two weeks reflect a 52 percent increase in positive COVID-19 cases at Customs and Border Protection while the Transportation Security Administration saw a 43 percent increase. Keep Reading
While airlines are encouraged to enforce social distancing and face coverings, they're not subject to mandates. Keep Reading
Wolf announced that economically impacted fire departments can apply for and receive SAFER funding for FY2019 through May 27th. These changes will be extended into FY2020. Keep Reading
The order, signed on May 22, 2020, states that it is in the national interest to except aliens who compete in professional sporting events organized by certain professional sporting groups. Keep Reading
Though Police Week was conducted virtually this year due to the coronavirus pandemic, DHS has still made honoring our brothers and sisters in law enforcement a priority. Keep Reading
ICE detention facilities "are actually down to about 70 percent to 75 percent capacity trying to do that social distancing where they can - in some cases we can, in some cases, we can't." Keep Reading
Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) had placed a hold on his nomination in June 2019 "until the inhumane and substandard conditions for children at DHS processing and detention facilities improve significantly." Keep Reading
The group discussed a range of homeland security issues and received progress reports from the Economic Security, Information and Communications Technology Risk Reduction, Youth Engagement, and Biometric subcommittees. Keep Reading