{"id":23899,"date":"2020-11-24T11:35:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T16:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=23899"},"modified":"2020-11-24T11:35:33","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T16:35:33","slug":"democrat-bill-dramatic-change-dhs-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2020\/11\/24\/democrat-bill-dramatic-change-dhs-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"House Homeland Security Chairman Introduces DHS Reform Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) recently introduced H.R. 8791<\/a> \u2013 the Department of Homeland (DHS) Security Reform Act. This bill would change a number of things about how the department operates, and is largely a House Democratic wish list targeting many ways that President Donald Trump and his administration used the department. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If it became law, the 200-plus-page bill would significantly reduce the ability of future presidents to use \u201cacting\u201d officials in senior leadership positions that require Senate confirmation. President Trump only had two Senate-confirmed DHS Secretaries: John Kelly, who became Trump\u2019s Chief of Staff after the departure of Reince Priebus, and Kirstjen Nielsen, who resigned in April 2019. Kevin McAleenan and then Chad Wolf both served in an acting capacity, and Wolf\u2019s tenure, in particular, remains marred in legal controversy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n