Trump’s Former Aides Lead DHS Review At Transportation Security Administration

President-elect Donald Trump’s Homeland Security landing team on Monday launched its operations at the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) headquarters in Springfield, Va.

The team is tasked with evaluating the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which includes TSA, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) among others, to advance Trump’s second-term agenda, according to Politico. This agenda emphasizes fulfilling his pledge to deport millions of undocumented immigrants. Trump has re-enlisted several high-ranking officials from his first term to spearhead these efforts.

Leading the DHS review team is Robert Law, a former top official at Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Senate guide for Republican South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, who is Trump’s nominee for DHS secretary, Politico reported. Joining him are seasoned veterans like John Feere and Joe Edlow from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and USCIS respectively, alongside John Zadrozny from the Trump State Department.

The team also includes Karen Evans, formerly a key cybersecurity official at both the Department of Energy and DHS. Her focus will likely center on the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency. Additional members are Troup Hemenway, a White House aide in Trump’s first administration; Robert Perez, ex-deputy commissioner at CBP; and Clark Barrow, who held various agency roles under Trump.

Completing the team are former deputy general counsel at DHS, Sohan Dasgupta, former chief of staff to Republican Rep. Brandon Williams of New York and U.S. Agency for International Development official under Trump, Joe Guy, along with deputy and acting chief of staff at DHS Scott Erickson, Politico said. Transition spokesperson Brian Hughes said that the team has begun reporting the names of its members to the White House and initiating contact with their counterparts at various agencies.