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Ali calls for designation of K-12 schools as 'critical infrastructure'

Mar 29, 2023

As school shootings continue to be a problem facing America, policymakers can't seem to make progress when it comes to a response, whether that be improved mental health resources or gun control. Frustrated with the lackluster response, Javed Ali,...

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Ali comments on DHS, FBI warning to faith-based communities

Jan 18, 2022 ABC News

Following a hostage situation at a synagogue in Texas, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security warned faith-based communities that they will continue to be targets of domestic violent extremists. Javed Ali, professor of practice, provided...

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Ali discusses DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis's role in insurrection

Dec 3, 2021 Bloomberg Government

The Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Intelligence and Analysis faced criticism after the January 6 insurrection, with critics saying it could have helped to prevent. Javed Ali, professor of practice, commented on his former employer and...

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Amid border surge, Lin discusses immigration reform

Mar 22, 2021 Sinclair Broadcast Group

“It matters in the sense that members of Congress and the president will be worried about the public reaction to the surge might affect the willingness to support either of these bills,” said Ann Lin, as a surge of migrants — including unaccompanied...

Photo of Ann Chih Lin in Weill Hall's 2nd floor hallway

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Ali evaluates past and present threats of domestic violent extremism, calls for action by Congress and Administration

Mar 18, 2021

In recent articles, Javed Ali weighed in on the FBI’s investigation of the December 2020 Nashville bombing, and a new government threat assessment finding that the threat of attacks by domestic violent extremists could be “elevated” in 2021. In...

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Ali: More objective, nonpartisan DHS homeland threat assessment encouraging

Oct 7, 2020 Washington Post

“Given the politicization that has occurred on so many issues within the department, it’s encouraging that the homeland threat assessment takes a much more objective and nonpartisan perspective on cataloguing all these threats,” said Javed Ali to...

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Ali: Trump’s use of DHS for political agenda weakens national security

Jul 22, 2020

Ford School Towsley Policymaker in Residence Javed Ali argues in an opinion piece in Newsweek July 22 that the deployment of personnel from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in Portland, Oregon, rightly has caused widespread concern and...

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Dean Michael Barr addresses International Students

Jul 8, 2020

International students are full members of our Ford School community. We support efforts by the University of Michigan and other schools to reverse or substantially change the short-sighted, egregious policy announced yesterday by the U.S....

Getting things done in the Interagency: doing what's best for America

Mar 27, 2024, 4:00 pm EDT

Joan and Sanford Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium (Room 1120)

Former Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security John Tien discusses how homeland and national security policy gets done and implemented based on his experience across four Administrations: Clinton, Bush, Obama, and Biden.

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Policy Talks @ the Ford School, University of Michigan Martin Luther King, Jr. Symposium

Jeh Johnson, Fmr. U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security

Jan 16, 2023, 3:00-4:30 pm EST

Weill Hall, Annenberg Auditorium

In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Ford School welcomes former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson.

Policy Talks @ the Ford School

Key developments in counterterrorism and national security since 9/11

Sep 13, 2021, 4:00-5:00 pm EDT

The attacks on September 11, 2001 irrevocably changed how the United States conducts counterterrorism and national security operations. Join our expert panelists for a discussion of 9/11 and how it has shaped our international affairs landscape over the past 20 years.