DHS No. 2 Ken Cuccinelli ordered officials in Dec. 2019 to fire or reassign staffers who compiled reports on violence, corruption and poverty in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras that Cuccinelli felt undermined the Trump admin's asylum policies, per a whistleblower complaint. 
Senior DHS official Brian Murphy, who filed the whistleblower complaint to the DHS inspector general yesterday, said he called Cuccinelli's instructions "illegal."
His complaint, as provided to Congress, is here:
intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/…
His complaint, as provided to Congress, is here:
intelligence.house.gov/uploadedfiles/…
In his whistleblower complaint, senior DHS official Brian Murphy also accuses former DHS Sec. Nielsen's inner circle—including current acting Sec. Chad Wolf—of manipulating data about potential terrorists entering the southern border (to promote border wall construction).
DHS responds to Murphy's whistleblower complaint, via @AndyTriay:
@DHSgov spokesperson Alexei Woltornist: "The Department generally does not comment on the specifics of OIG referrals, but we flatly deny that there is any truth to the merits of Mr. Murphy’s claim."
@DHSgov spokesperson Alexei Woltornist: "The Department generally does not comment on the specifics of OIG referrals, but we flatly deny that there is any truth to the merits of Mr. Murphy’s claim."
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