Kevin McAleenan

• Acting U.S. Homeland Security chief stepping down, Trump says

  "I will be announcing the new Acting Secretary next week. Many wonderful candidates," Trump said.

  Politics

  Oct 11, 2019
  
• U.S. migrant holding centres clearing up with fewer detentions: official

  With fewer immigrants and more detention space, people apprehended along the U.S.-Mexico border won't be subject to the squalid, overcrowded conditions criticized earlier this year, said the acting secretary of homeland security.

  World

  Aug 15, 2019
  
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• U.S. Homeland Security secretary defends conditions at migrant detention centres

  He said everyone in the chain of command is worried about the situation of children detained at the border. He said that on June 1, his department had 2,500 children in custody, including 1,200 who had been there for more than three days.

  World

  Jul 7, 2019
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• Amid migrant surge, Trump adds hardliner Ken Cuccinelli to administration

  Ken Cuccinelli, former attorney general of Virginia, has advocated for denying citizenship to the American-born children of parents living in the U.S. illegally.

  Canada

  May 21, 2019
• Acting U.S. defence secretary to make second trip to U.S.-Mexico border

  Acting Defence Secretary Patrick Shanahan is making his second trip to the U.S.-Mexican border to highlight what President Donald Trump calls a national emergency.

  World

  May 11, 2019
• Trump pushed official to shut the border to migrants — and pledged to pardon him for it: reports

  Donald Trump's White House didn't respond to the allegation directly. Then the president called the report "fake news" when it appeared on NBC.

  Politics

  Apr 13, 2019
• Trump says only one person in charge of American immigration policy: him

  President Donald Trump says there’s only one person in charge of his immigration policy: Him.

  World

  Apr 10, 2019
• Despite resignation, Kirstjen Nielsen says she still supports Trump’s border policies

  Kirstjen Nielsen said Monday she still shares President Donald Trump’s goal of securing the border, a day after she resigned as Homeland Security secretary.

  World

  Apr 8, 2019
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• U.S. border agency chief says agents did everything they could to save Guatemalan children

  Felipe Gomez Alonzo, 8, and Jakelin Caal, 7, both died this month while being held by U.S. authorities, sparking outrage from immigration advocates.

  World

  Dec 30, 2018