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• Video
  • February 2, 2021
  Alexis Collins on Domestic Terrorism Threats

  Alexis Collins talked about the heightened domestic terrorism threat in the U.S. with The Washington Journal on C-SPAN....

  By Alexis Collins

• Commentary
  • December 14, 2020
  Enacting Reforms for the Department of Homeland Security

  Given its size and scope of responsibilities, DHS would benefit from additional leadership capacity at its headquarters....

  By Katie Galgano

• Commentary
  • Lawfare
  • December 9, 2020
  Modernizing the Department of Homeland Security

  There is a fresh opportunity to conceive of a forward-looking Department of Homeland Security....

  By Carrie Cordero & Katrina Mulligan

• Commentary
  • November 5, 2020
  Sharper: The Next Four Years

  America will face a range of national security challenges over the next four years. From sustaining military deterrence to bolstering the nation's economic leadership and more...

  By Chris Estep & Cole Stevens

• Commentary
  • The Washington Post
  • August 31, 2020
  The Department of Homeland Security is broken. Here’s what it needs in a boss.

  The span of responsibility for DHS may well be the broadest of any single Cabinet department....

  By Paul Rosenzweig & Carrie Cordero

• Commentary
  • Just Security
  • July 28, 2020
  A Window to Rein in DHS

  Oversight and accountability of this massive department have lagged far behind....

  By Carrie Cordero & Elizabeth Goitein

• Podcast
  • July 21, 2020
  The Lawfare Podcast: The Expanded Intelligence Activities of the Department of Homeland Security

  Yesterday, Lawfare published an article revealing and analyzing a document from the Department of Homeland Security that offers legal guidance to analysts ...

  By Carrie Cordero

• Commentary
  • The Bulwark
  • July 20, 2020
  How the Portland Secret Police Happened

  The rule of law matters most in times of crisis....

  By Carrie Cordero

• Commentary
  • Lawfare
  • June 3, 2020
  Department of Homeland Security Law Enforcement Agencies Require Expanded Oversight

  Hundreds of Department of Homeland Security officers have been called up to serve along with other federal law enforcement officers and the National Guard to provide security ...

  By Carrie Cordero

• Commentary
  • April 9, 2020
  Sharper: America's National Security Workforce

  The greatest source of strength in American national security is the people who lead and serve within its institutions. The ongoing U.S. response to the global coronavirus out...

  By Emma Moore, Chris Estep & Cole Stevens

• Podcast
  • February 25, 2020
  Congressional regulation of federal cybersecurity offers only a mixed-bag of solutions

  Cybersecurity is a big challenge for the federal government because of the way it encompasses technology, foreign policy, national security and crime. Carrie Cordero argues th...

  By Carrie Cordero

• Commentary
  • Just Security
  • December 9, 2019
  Holding DHS Accountable for a Child’s Death in the Custody of Border Patrol

  ProPublica published an extensive investigative report last week detailing the circumstances surrounding the death of 16-year-old Carlos Gregorio Hernandez Vasquez. The teenag...

  By Carrie Cordero, Heidi Li Feldman & Chimène Keitner

• Commentary
  • Just Security
  • October 25, 2019
  Assessing the Legal Landscape of Family Separation in the Immigration Context

  Former Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen was interviewed this week as part of FORTUNE’s “Most Powerful Women Summit” in Washington. Nielsen, who seemed nonplusse...

  By Carrie Cordero, Heidi Li Feldman & Chimène Keitner