Management
Analysis: Kirstjen Nielsen Shows Why It’s Impossible to Restrain Trump
If anyone was going to moderate the president’s worst impulses, it was an expert and a bureaucrat like the former DHS secretary. Instead, all she did was sacrifice her own reputation.
Management
If Trump’s Border Wall Becomes Reality, Here’s How He Could Easily Get Private Land for It
A law is supposed to protect property owners from lowball offers by the government when it takes land through eminent domain. But a letter shows how simple it is for officials to eviscerate what is already a pretty toothless law.
Management
U.S. Government Uses Several Clandestine Shelters to Detain Immigrant Children
An investigation finds the resettlement agency relies on clandestine shelters to hold unaccompanied minors
Management
Analysis: What Trump Could Do If He Declares a State of Emergency
A president’s emergency powers are extensive, and largely unchecked.
Defense
The Problem With a ‘Smart’ Border Wall
To resolve Trump’s impasse, many lawmakers have proposed boosting surveillance technology to create a virtual border wall. Is that more humane and effective?
Management
The Citizenship Question Isn’t Quite Dead Yet
A federal judge held that the Trump administration’s desired change to the census violates the law, but the Supreme Court could review the decision.
Management
Why Did the Border Patrol Union Switch Its Position on the Wall?
The NBPC once opposed “wasting taxpayer money on building fences and walls along the border.”
Management
Analysis: $5 Billion Could Buy a Lot of Border Security
Fixing the asylum system, upgrading ports of entry, and tightening security checkpoints might do more to advance Trump’s goals than a wall.
Management
Analysis: What Someone Needs to Explain to Trump About ‘National Emergencies’
It’s not just the likelihood that he will lose in court—it’s how he will lose that matters.
Defense
Can the U.S. Military Build a Border Wall Even as It Struggles to Rebuild Itself?
President Donald Trump has floated the idea that the military build his much-touted border wall. The idea might become reality.
Defense
Immigrant Kids In ‘Tender Age’ Shelters Face Myriad Risks
The youngest immigrant children—detained in so-called "tender age" shelters—may be the most vulnerable to the stress of separation from their parents.
Oversight
It May Take A While For House Democrats To Catch Up With The Homeland Security Secretary
Kirstjen Nielsen is filling her schedule with overseas travel, making it tough for Democrats to schedule testimony while on the job.
Management
Agency Policing Tent City for Immigrant Kids Lacks Experience Investigating Sex Crimes Involving Children
The Federal Protective Service, which primarily secures federal buildings, has been charged with responding to incidents at the shelter with 2,800 immigrant children in Tornillo, Texas.
Management
Democrats Challenge Trump Over Vietnam Deportations
Members of the House of Representatives are raising concerns over the White House’s reinterpretation of a decade-old deal with Vietnam.
Management
Customs And Border Protection Is Using Retinal Scans To Try To Catch Liars
They may hold promise as deception-detectors, but some think the technology isn't quite there yet.
Oversight
Government Reverses Course, Sending 4-Year-Old Boy Back to His Father
More than 11 weeks after separating a young Salvadoran boy from his father and claiming, without evidence, that his father was a gang member, the Department of Homeland Security returned the boy.
Defense
Trump’s New Vetting Center Just Opened. Will It Make Us Safer?
Too little is known about the visa and immigration center, including the extent of its authority and whether adding a bureaucratic layer will cause more problems than it solves.
Management
Families Are Still Being Separated at the Border, Months After 'Zero Tolerance' Was Reversed
Immigration lawyers say border agents are again removing children from their parents. The explanation? They’re protecting kids from criminal dads and moms. Immigration advocates say it’s zero tolerance by another name.
Management
Analysis: How to Fix the Broken U.S. Immigration System
We must deal with a years-long backlog and millions of undocumented workers, while remaining competitive in a global marketplace.
Management