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Leaks, accusations and staff shuffle: Turmoil inside DHS

By C. LONG and J. COLVIN
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — A top
official’s resignation. And
above all, increasingly dire
conditions for migrants —
those who make it across
the border and those who
fail, as captured in the
searing images of a father
clutching his child, both
drowned, on the banks
of the Rio Grande. Ever
engulfed in turmoil under
President Donald Trump,
the Department of Home-
land Security has entered
a new stage of dysfunc-
tion and finger-pointing as
the administration contin-
ues to rearrange staff and
push hardline rhetoric and
policies that have failed to
contain a surge in illegal
border crossings, accord-
ing to more than a dozen
current and former admin-
istration officials, congres-
sional aides and people
familiar with the events. Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin McAleenan watches as the color guard arrives for a ribbon cutting ceremony for the
Continued on Page 2 Department of Homeland Security’s St. Elizabeths Campus Center Building in Washington, Friday, June 21, 2019.
Associated Press