Kevin McAleenan, New Acting Head of Homeland Security: 10 Things You Must Know

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Kevin McAleenan, New Acting Head of Homeland Security: 10 Things You Must Know
Trump wanted 'the toughest cop' on border security for America

By Maureen Mackey | April 8, 2019


In a tweet on Sunday, President Donald Trump wrote that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Kevin McAleenan will become the new acting head of the Department of Homeland Security after the resignation of Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.

Nielsen had been in the post since December 2017.


“Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen will be leaving her position,” the president said, “and I would like to thank her for her service,” he said.

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8.) Prior to government service, McAleenan practiced law in California. He received his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School.

9.) He earned a bachelor of arts in political science from Amherst College in Massachusetts.

10.) He is 47 and was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is married to Corina Avalos McAleenan, a Deloitte executive; they have two children.