DHS Official: ‘No Question’ President’s Travel Ban Authority ‘Bought Us Time’ in COVID-19 Response

patrick.goodenough | March 13, 2020
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At a House Homeland Security Committee hearing Wednesday, a GOP lawmaker asked a senior DHS official about the importance of the president’s travel ban authority in the response to the COVID-19 outbreak. “There is no question that the use of that authority has bought us time,” acting Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli replied.