Ellen M. Gilmer
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Homeland security reporter for Bloomberg Government @bgov | egilmer@bloomberg.net | reach out on Signal: ellen_gilmer.24
Washington, DC
Joined February 2010
New: Kristi Noem is seeking advice on “how to fire people who don’t like us” as she moves to overhaul a DHS workforce that she complained “hasn’t been required to do much.". More here:
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RT @BGOV: Devastating Texas floods are renewing debate over the future of disaster response in the US as the Trump administration works to….
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Secretary Noem said TSA is also evaluating other checkpoint requirements, including liquids restrictions and laptop removal rules, though no decisions have been made
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RT @BGOV: Wish lists from the Army, Navy, and Space Force include requests for drone and counter-drone systems, munitions, and satellite co….
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Secretary Noem at DCA now formally rolling out TSA no-shoes-off policy, which @allyversprille & @mylesmill wrote about here
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Devastating Texas floods are renewing debate over the future of disaster response in the US as the Trump administration works to downsize FEMA
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RT @kreighbaum: The Trump admin didn’t have to wait long for another legal fight over its attack on Temporary Protected Status. A lawsuit….
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RT @BGOV: Commerce Department employees on probation will automatically be fired at the end of their trial periods unless senior political….
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RT @BLaw: A Texas immigration law authorizing the arrest and deportation of undocumented migrants must stay blocked even after the Trump ad….
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RT @mylesmill: My first dispatch took me to Bermuda with @SecretService where I spent time with the most unlikely team of crime fighters —….
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The Trump admin is stitching together a wider network of immigrant-detention sites, expanding capacity by thousands of beds through agreements with local jails and private contractors across the country. Great dive from @aacaldwellLA & @elena___mejia
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RT @lil_byington: What's next on the agenda for Congress now that the megabill is done w/ @MaeveSheehey .
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RT @BLaw: US immigration enforcement is set for the most dramatic expansion in decades with the Republican-controlled Congress on track to….
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RT @jacq_thomsen: New: Star conservative lawyer Paul Clement has moved to defend Maryland's federal trial judges from a Justice Department….
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Law enforcement groups are pushing back on DHS's plan to shrink its intelligence unit (as reported by @NextgovFCW), saying the move may weaken their ability to coordinate with federal partners to share information and respond to threats.
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In court filing yesterday, lawyers for DHS say the civil rights office (what’s left of it/mainly a small group of contractors) is working on a 287(g) report that Congress wanted last year. Deals with ICE partnerships with local law enforcement.
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The sweeping bill Republicans are set to pass includes unprecedented funding that will supercharge efforts to build new immigrant jails, hire thousands of ICE officers and expand the border wall. We broke it all down here:. w/ @hlowenkron & @aacaldwellLA.
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In case you missed it amid everything else, Coast Guard reauth bill dropped last night.
New: House T&I leaders release sweeping Coast Guard authorization bill, which would add a service secretary, putting the Coast Guard on the same footing as other armed services.
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RT @MaeveSheehey: Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick’s ‘no’ vote on the megabill rule took a lot of Republicans by surprise. Given his record, it shoul….
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RT @MaeveSheehey: Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries' 'magic minute' floor speech is heading into its sixth hour. Republicans are desperate to….
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First in @BGOV: A senior DHS official will press lawmakers next week on the need to bolster federal powers to take down dangerous drones amid increasing threats
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