"Current and former senior officials were clear that the turnover is unusual even for a new administration"

Jon D. Feere is reportedly in line for a DHS post as White House debates the treatment of children of illegal immigrants.

"In normal times, an Administration this isolated and divorced from public opinion would seem to be fatally weak. The argument made by the President’s first week is that these conditions, combined with the general assent of a Republican-controlled Congress, might in fact create the opposite situation, freeing him to do whatever he wants."

"Legislators expressed doubt on Monday that CBP was in fact in compliance with the court orders. The day before, four members of Congress were denied access to detained visa holders at Dulles international airport who were not processed through immigration despite the order – something a Virginia Democrat termed a constitutional crisis."

The day after it went into effect, a federal judge said customs officials at Dulles had to provide detained travelers access to lawyers.

The rule would have allowed foreign entrepreneurs to come to the U.S. to start companies.

The waiver excludes rules from major laws including the National Environment Policy Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Clean Water Act, the National Historic Preservation Act and the Antiquities Act, among others.

The child was taken away "screaming and crying, pleading with guards not to take her away from her mother."

The Department of Homeland Security has recently announced the end of Temporary Protective Status for those from El Salvador, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Sudan.

It could affect immigrants protected by DACA if they attempt to file for full legal residency.

Of the 26 domains, 18 are not in compliance with a Department of Homeland Security directive to implement that protocol.

Note that this is not from the Communications Office, but from the Department of Homeland Security.

The judge rejected the government’s assertion that the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program was unlawful.

A rule proposed by the Trump administration could force immigrants seeking permanent resident status to prove they will never become reliant on government assistance.

Kirstjen Nielsen maintained the administration did not enact a family separation policy, but a memo she signed stated that the “zero tolerance” policy would have that effect.

Until now, most undocumented children being held by federal immigration authorities had been housed in private foster homes or shelters, sleeping two or three to a room. They received formal schooling and regular visits with legal representatives assigned to their immigration cases. But in the rows of sand-colored tents in Tornillo, Tex., children in groups of 20, separated by gender, sleep lined up in bunks. There is no school: The children are given workbooks that they have no obligation to complete. Access to legal services is limited.

The US soon will have more troops along the Mexican border than it has fighting in Iraq and Syria.

The asylum approval rate is just over 33% for the 2018 fiscal year. Under the Obama administration, the rate hovered between 44% and 55%. The last time the rate dipped below 33% was in 1999, during the Bill Clinton administration, when it was 31%.

When asked about the border mission for active-duty troops, Dunford said the military will not be coming into contact with migrants traveling toward the border.

In a letter to Customs and Border Protection, senior Democrats said the closed-door testimony raised questions about whether the administration is obeying the law.