5 Department of Homeland Security

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1. 133 Pursue legislation to dismantle the Department of Homeland Security Needs Congress Not started
2. 133 Combine CBP, ICE, USCIS, ORR, EOIR and OIL into a Cabinet-level border agency Needs Congress Not started
3. 133 Move CISA to the Department of Transportation Needs Congress Not started
4. 134 Move FEMA to the Department of the Interior Needs Congress Not started
5. 134 Move the U.S. Coast Guard to DOJ, and to DOD in time of full-scale war Needs Congress Not started
6. 134 Split the Secret Service between DOJ and Treasury Needs Congress Not started
7. 134 Privatize the Transportation Security Administration Needs Congress Not started
8. 134 Move S&T to DOD and the Countering WMD Office to the FBI Needs Congress Not started
9. 134 Dismantle DHS's remaining supporting components Needs Congress Not started
10. 135 Return CISA to its narrow statutory mission Not started
11. 135 Shift the majority of FEMA preparedness and response costs to states Needs Congress Not started
12. 136 Give the DHS Secretary a dedicated team of political appointees Not started
13. 136 Place nominees in DHS 'acting' posts while confirmations proceed Not started
14. 136 Strip Senate-confirmation requirements from lower-level DHS positions Needs Congress Not started
15. 136 Legislate a political-only DHS line of succession Needs Congress Not started
16. 137 Give acting Secretaries explicit authority to finalize agency actions Needs Congress Not started
17. 137 'Soft close' ineffective DHS offices using the Secretary's discretion Not started
18. 137 Move all law enforcement personnel from office billets to field billets Not started
19. 137 Condition FEMA grants on certified compliance with federal immigration law Not started
20. 137 Require E-Verify registration and use as a condition of DHS grants Not started
21. 138 Require grantee states to share DMV and voter registration databases Not started
22. 138 Refuse to raise the H-2B visa cap using discretionary authority Not started
23. 138 Issue no regulations supporting the 'H-2 eligible' country list Not started
24. 138 Fulfill outstanding congressional inquiries and public information requests Not started
25. 138 Replace every member of the Homeland Security Advisory Committee Not started
26. 138 Consolidate ICE and CBP into a Border Security and Immigration Agency Needs Congress Not started
27. 139 Designate BSIA elements as part of the Intelligence Community Not started
28. 139 Issue a regulation requiring CBP to publish border security data Not started
29. 139 Let CBP and DHS executives travel on Office of Air and Marine aircraft Not started
30. 139 Combine Border Patrol and the Office of Air and Marine within CBP Not started
31. 139 Restart and expand the horseback-mounted Border Patrol Not started
32. 139 Clear the records of agents accused of whipping migrants and apologize Not started
33. 139 Merge CBP's Office of Trade into the Office of Field Operations Not started
34. 140 Limit CBP-issued Notices to Appear to humanitarian cases Not started
35. 140 Codify a single nationwide immigration detention standard Needs Congress Not started
36. 140 Request a budget that fully funds CBP temporary migrant facilities Needs Congress Not started
37. 140 Increase funding for Border Patrol support personnel Needs Congress Not started
38. 140 Fund port of entry facility upgrades and Non-Intrusive Inspection technology Needs Congress Not started
39. 141 Order ICE to stop closing out pending immigration cases Not started
40. 141 Direct ICE to take custody of criminal aliens identified under 287(g) Not started
41. 141 Eliminate the T and U visas Needs Congress Not started
42. 141 Issue new guidance on immigration detention and bond Not started
43. 141 Cut student visas from enemy nations under the SEVP program Not started
44. 142 Refocus HSI 1811 agents on Title 8 and Title 18 border crimes Not started
45. 142 Clarify ERO's authority to arrest and remove aliens anywhere in the U.S. Not started
46. 142 Rescind all ICE 'sensitive zones' memoranda Not started
47. 142 Use expedited removal nationwide, beyond the 100-mile border zone Not started
48. 142 Make ICE/HSI and CBP full participants in the Intelligence Community Not started
49. 143 Fund 100,000 immigration detention beds Needs Congress Not started
50. 143 Fund 20,000 ERO officers and 5,000 OPLA attorneys Needs Congress Not started
51. 143 Restructure FDNS to report directly from the field to headquarters Not started
52. 143 Reimplement the USCIS denaturalization unit Not started
53. 144 Create a criminal enforcement component inside USCIS Needs Congress Not started
54. 144 Audit and rescind Biden-era USCIS policies in the first days Not started
55. 144 Retrain the USCIS workforce on eligibility and fraud detection Not started
56. 144 Return USCIS training to FLETC and rebrand the agency Not started
57. 145 Bar USCIS staff from being pulled onto DACA and mass parole programs Not started
58. 145 Submit rulemakings on public charge, asylum bars and third-country transit Not started
59. 145 Shorten employment authorization documents and end COVID flexibilities Not started
60. 145 Reject incomplete applications and require FDNS sign-off on approvals Not started
61. 145 Return USCIS to nearly 100 percent interview requirements Not started
62. 145 Repeal the diversity visa lottery Needs Congress Not started
63. 145 End chain migration and limit family immigration to the nuclear family Needs Congress Not started
64. 145 Transform H-1B into an elite, highest-wage-only program Not started
65. 145 Improve the integrity of the temporary work visa programs Needs Congress Not started
66. 145 Repeal Temporary Protected Status designations Needs Congress Not started
67. 146 Permanently authorize and mandate E-Verify Needs Congress Not started
68. 146 Legislate parole standards returning immigration parole to a limited remedy Needs Congress Not started
69. 146 Have USCIS decline to honor court decisions where no jurisdiction exists Not started
70. 146 Submit a USCIS fee rule raising fees and limiting fee waivers Not started
71. 146 Authorize a 10 percent across-the-board increase in all USCIS fees Needs Congress Not started
72. 146 Expand USCIS premium processing Not started
73. 146 Require rejected benefit applicants to leave the U.S. immediately Not started
74. 146 Pause application intake in categories with excessive backlogs Not started
75. 147 Classify USCIS as national security-sensitive and decertify its union Not started
76. 147 Cut USCIS's Washington presence to skeletal and rotate staff to the field Not started
77. 147 Create a Title 42-style expulsion authority inside Title 8 Needs Congress Not started
78. 147 Enact a mandatory appropriation for the border wall system Needs Congress Not started
79. 147 Appropriate funds for port of entry infrastructure and personnel Needs Congress Not started
80. 148 Repeal Section 235 of the TVPRA Needs Congress Not started
81. 148 Amend the TVPRA so all unaccompanied children can be returned home Needs Congress Not started
82. 148 End the Flores Settlement Agreement by statute Needs Congress Not started
83. 148 Amend the TVPRA to move custody of unaccompanied alien children from HHS to DHS Needs Congress Not started
84. 148 Raise the credible fear standard to match the asylum standard Needs Congress Not started
85. 148 Codify the former asylum bars and third-country transit rules Needs Congress Not started
86. 148 Eliminate the 'particular social group' protected ground for asylum Needs Congress Not started
87. 149 Halt federal funds to NGOs that process and transport illegal aliens Needs Congress Not started
88. 149 Update the statutory basis for the Remain in Mexico program Needs Congress Not started
89. 149 Mandate that the executive negotiate and honor Asylum Cooperative Agreements Needs Congress Not started
90. 149 Explicitly authorize PACR and HARP-style expedited pathways Needs Congress Not started
91. 149 Have Congress reassert control over work authorization eligibility Needs Congress Not started
92. 150 Authorize state and local police to enforce immigration law Needs Congress Not started
93. 150 Require detainer compliance and penalize sanctuary jurisdictions Needs Congress Not started
94. 150 Restrict prosecutorial discretion in immigration cases by statute Needs Congress Not started
95. 150 Change Title 8 so that aliens 'shall' be detained rather than 'may' Needs Congress Not started
96. 150 Withdraw Biden credible fear and public charge regulations Not started
97. 151 Limit work authorization classes by regulation Not started
98. 151 Reinstate Asylum Cooperative Agreements with Northern Triangle countries Not started
99. 151 Reinstate the Remain in Mexico (Migrant Protection Protocols) policy Day one Not started
100. 151 Reinstate the PACR and HARP expedited asylum pathways Not started
101. 151 Prohibit Notices to Report and government transport of aliens into the interior Not started
102. 151 Mandate ICE use all detention space and report capacity weekly Not started
103. 151 Eliminate Alternatives to Detention for border crossers Not started
104. 151 Prohibit categorical use of immigration parole Not started
105. 151 Restrict prosecutorial discretion by executive order Not started
106. 151 Mandate E-Verify for anyone doing business with the government Not started
107. 152 Designate USCIS as Intelligence Community-adjacent with database access Not started
108. 152 Rescind all memoranda limiting immigration enforcement Not started
109. 152 Empower the Secretary to halt and expel aliens during a mass migration event Not started
110. 152 Let the Secretary waive Title 8 requirements during a mass migration event Not started
111. 152 Review and repeal USCIS internal memos inconsistent with new priorities Not started
112. 153 Issue a memo barring denial of 287(g) applications without good cause Not started
113. 153 Issue a directive refocusing HSI on immigration-related crime Not started
114. 153 Operationalize Blackie's Warrants for ICE worksite enforcement Not started
115. 153 Raise FEMA's per capita indicator threshold for public assistance Not started
116. 153 Change the disaster cost share to 25 percent federal for small disasters Needs Congress Not started
117. 154 Wind down the National Flood Insurance Program and privatize it Needs Congress Not started
118. 154 Terminate DHS and FEMA preparedness grant programs Needs Congress Not started
119. 154 Make only the FEMA Administrator Senate-confirmed Needs Congress Not started
120. 154 Eliminate FEMA's 'springing Cabinet position' Needs Congress Not started
121. 155 Move CISA's emergency communications and CFATS roles to FEMA Not started
122. 155 Transfer CISA's school security functions to state homeland security offices Not started
123. 155 End CISA's counter-mis/disinformation efforts Not started
124. 155 Dismiss the entire CISA Cybersecurity Advisory Committee on Day One Day one Not started
125. 155 Limit CISA's election role to pre-election cyber hygiene assessments Not started
126. 155 Refocus the Coast Guard on home waters and the Exclusive Economic Zone Not started
127. 156 Require the Coast Guard to submit a long-range shipbuilding plan Not started
128. 156 Accelerate Coast Guard facility expansion and cutter basing in American Samoa Needs Congress Not started
129. 156 Convene a naval board to reset Coast Guard wartime requirements Not started
130. 156 Hold annual joint Navy-Coast Guard wartime drills in the Pacific Not started
131. 156 Establish an interagency maritime coordination office Not started
132. 156 Consider shifting the Arctic mission from the Coast Guard to the Navy Not started
133. 156 Re-vet Biden-era Coast Guard promotions and hiring Not started
134. 156 Re-onboard Coast Guard personnel dismissed over the COVID-19 vaccine Not started
135. 157 Transfer all non-protective Secret Service investigations to DOJ and Treasury Not started
136. 157 Close all Secret Service field offices Not started
137. 157 Move Secret Service agents outside Washington into ICE field offices Not started
138. 158 Keep Secret Service visitor logs for all presidential facilities Not started
139. 158 Significantly increase Secret Service Uniformed Division staffing Needs Congress Not started
140. 158 Let Uniformed Division officers enforce all laws across the District of Columbia Not started
141. 159 Deunionize the TSA workforce immediately Not started
142. 159 Expand the Screening Partnership Program to all airports Not started
143. 159 Place operational management advisers in the Management Directorate front office Not started
144. 160 End unionization of DHS components by executive order under 5 U.S.C. 7103 Not started
145. 160 Route all OCFO budget communications through the Director of Legislative Affairs Not started
146. 160 Make the Federal Protective Service report directly to the Secretary Not started
147. 160 Establish FPS information-sharing agreements with Marshals, Park Police and FBI Not started
148. 160 Inventory and reevaluate DHS's domestic terrorism lines of effort Not started
149. 161 Inventory and publish DHS's history of social media censorship work Not started
150. 161 Remove all DHS personnel who participated in censorship activity Not started
151. 161 Set a departmentwide DHS grant policy and clear all granting decisions Not started
152. 161 Streamline DHS's congressional reporting requirements Needs Congress Not started
153. 161 Eliminate the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Needs Congress Not started
154. 161 Make PLCY's Immigration Statistics program the department's single source Not started
155. 161 Eliminate the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis Needs Congress Not started
156. 161 Have CISA build cyber intelligence products with NSA and Cyber Command Not started
157. 162 Move surviving I&A functions into the National Operations Center Not started
158. 162 Make component chief counsels report to their component heads Not started
159. 162 Hire significantly more political appointees in the Office of the General Counsel Not started
160. 162 Buy e-discovery software and contract a vendor for DHS e-discovery Not started
161. 163 Shift congressional document gathering to the Chief Information Officer Not started
162. 163 Merge the Office of Partnership and Engagement into the Office of Public Affairs Not started
163. 163 Make component public and legislative affairs staff report to headquarters Not started
164. 163 Limit congressional contact to political appointees in Legislative Affairs Not started
165. 163 Move appropriations staff from the CFO's office into Legislative Affairs Not started
166. 163 Limit DHS congressional oversight to one authorizing and one appropriations committee Needs Congress Not started
167. 164 Stop reporting to Congress on outdated requirements and sunset the rest Not started
168. 164 Fold CRCL and the Privacy Office into the Office of the General Counsel Not started
169. 165 Make CRCL and PRIV officers report to a political Deputy General Counsel Not started
170. 165 Restrict the CRCL Officer to EEO and headquarters investigations Not started
171. 165 Route all civil rights complaints to the Inspector General Not started
172. 165 Update DHS issuances to limit Privacy Act protections to U.S. persons and LPRs Not started
173. 165 Bar CRCL and PRIV from reviewing intelligence products Not started
174. 165 Disband the CRCL and PRIV advisory boards and working groups Not started
175. 165 Limit all CRCL and PRIV external meetings to the Deputy General Counsel Not started
176. 165 Eliminate the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman Needs Congress Not started
177. 166 Strip CRCL of its immigration portfolio by directive Not started
178. 166 Review the effectiveness of DHS Directive 0810.1 Not started
179. 166 Eliminate the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman Needs Congress Not started
180. 166 Prohibit CISOMB from helping illegal aliens obtain benefits Not started
181. 166 Move the Office of Refugee Resettlement from HHS to DHS Needs Congress Not started
182. 166 Have DOD assist in aggressively building the southern border wall system Not started
183. 167 Use active-duty military and National Guard to secure the border Not started
184. 167 Move EOIR and the Office of Immigration Litigation from DOJ to DHS Needs Congress Not started
185. 167 Sanction countries that refuse to accept deportees Not started
186. 167 Bar noncitizens from federally assisted housing Not started
187. 167 Deny federal student loans to non-citizens and to in-state-tuition schools Not started
188. 167 Eliminate the two lowest prevailing wage levels for foreign workers Not started
189. 167 Equalize taxes on visa holders and give DHS illegal aliens' tax data Not started
190. 167 Replace I&A's Intelligence Community role with CBP and HSI representation Not started

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