House Homeland chair: White House focus on border dilutes DHS cyber efforts

Acting DHS chief Kevin McAleenan today touted the president's budget request for cyber activities, but House Homeland Security Chairman Bennie Thompson (D-MS) said the Trump administration's approach to U.S.-Mexico border issues was pulling the department away from its cybersecurity and other missions.

“The Acting Secretary is being asked to defend a budget request that is, in a word, indefensible,” Thompson said of the overall Department of Homeland Security fiscal 2020 budget, during a contentious Homeland Security Committee hearing.

“President Trump’s...