ADThe president took office with immigration enforcement plans that placed DHS at the forefront of his domestic agenda. Proposals to carve up DHS remain outside the mainstream, but they have intensified within a segment of the Democratic Party. The Treasury Department would reabsorb the U.S. Secret Service, and the Transportation Department would take over the Transportation Security Administration. “We are a what-have-you-done-lately-for-me country,” said Stewart Baker, who was the top policy official at DHS after the department’s creation. DHS spokesman Alexei Woltornist said the administration’s response in Portland was fully consistent with the Bush-era legislation that established the department.

Source: Washington Post August 13, 2020 12:25 UTC