Kirstjen Nielsen

Science Museum Just Killed Its 'Own Reputation,' Says Greta Thunberg After Docs Reveal Gag Clause With Shell

"It essentially creates a 'chilling effect,' where museum staff must refrain from speaking openly about the reality of Shell's activities."

Andrea Germanos · Jul 30, 2021

protesters dressed as 'Greenwash Busters'

Europe's Flooding Shows Climate Solutions Must Be Driven by People-Power

Lesley Rankin · Jul 29, 2021

'Turn This Destruction Around': 5 Months Left in 2021 But Humanity's Used Up Earth's Ecological Budget

Andrea Germanos · Jul 29, 2021

We're Still in a Health Crisis. It’s Called Fossil Fuels

Cara Cook · Jul 29, 2021

A person in India is hospitalized on June 4, 2019 after suffering heat stroke amid temperatures of 50°C (122 °F) in Churu, a city in the state of Rajasthan. (Photo: Money Sharma via Getty Images)

Eliminating Carbon Emissions by 2050 Would Save 74 Million Lives This Century: Study

Kenny Stancil · Jul 29, 2021

In Trump's America, Even Nielsen Wasn't Cruel Enough

We cannot allow Trump’s slippery slope into hell to distort our moral compasses

Sonali Kolhatkar · Apr 12, 2019

Kirstjen Nielsen’s Brutal and Calamitous Leadership of the Department of Homeland Security Comes to an End

All in all, Nielsen’s legacy as an apologist and enabler of Trump’s detention and deportation machine will go down in history as one of the crucial—and cruel—moments of this presidency

Brian Tashman · Apr 9, 2019

With Nielsen Out and Stephen Miller Driving Immigration Policy, Critics Fear 'The Worst Is Yet to Come'

"Now this president wants someone even 'tougher.' This should be a warning to all who believe in justice," says Rep. Ilhan Omar

Andrea Germanos · Apr 8, 2019

'History Will Judge Her': DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen Resigns After Months of Imposing Trump's Immigration Policies

"Nielsen presided over a [DHS] that showed a blatant disregard for our Constitution, civil rights, and human life."

Jessica Corbett · Apr 7, 2019

'Shame!': DHS Asks for Power to Deport Unaccompanied Children

"Don't it make you feel proud to be an American?"

Eoin Higgins · Mar 29, 2019

After Locking Migrant Children in Cages, DHS Chief Tells Congress, 'They're Not Cages'

Asked how a cage in a federal detention center differs from a dog kennel, Kirstjen Nielsen said, "It's larger."

Jessica Corbett · Mar 6, 2019

Doctors Group, Citing Dangerous Conditions, Demands Immediate Release of Babies Detained by ICE

"ICE is required to meet basic standards of care for minor non-citizens in its custody. It repeatedly has demonstrated an inability to do so."

Julia Conley · Mar 1, 2019

Merkley Calls for FBI Perjury Probe into Homeland Secretary Nielsen After Child Detention Memo Leaked

"Merkley deserves a ton of credit for his leadership here. This is good, honest, careful work in response to cynicism, cruelty, and lies."

Jessica Corbett · Jan 18, 2019

'Beyond Repulsive': Outrage After Trump DHS Secretary Blames 'Parents' and 'Open Borders' Advocates for Deaths of Children in US Custody

"Children in the custody of the Trump administration are dying, and the best the Secretary of Homeland Security can do is blame 'those who seek open borders' and 'parents.'"

Jake Johnson · Dec 27, 2018