Sarah Turberville Former Staff Latest Work Who's Watching DHS? In gutting oversight offices, the administration is demolishing key guardrails within the Department of Homeland Security. March 28, 2025 By Sarah Turberville A Big Step Toward Authoritarianism The Trump administration is consolidating power by undermining the courts. Lawless deportations are the latest salvo. March 21, 2025 By David Janovsky and Sarah Turberville Congress: Do not Write DHS a Blank Check POGO opposes proposed massive budget increases that could enable corruption and abuse. February 20, 2025 By Sarah Turberville and Katherine Hawkins The Sweeping Presidential Powers Allowed by National Emergencies There are no checks on when a president can declare an emergency and invoke sweeping powers. Congress can and should pass reforms to change that. January 20, 2025 By Sarah Turberville and Faith Williams Fact Sheet: Reforming the Insurrection Act Reforming the Insurrection Act should be a key priority for the 119th Congress. January 20, 2025 By Sarah Turberville POGO Calls on CBP to Release Information on Border Patrol Misconduct Following multiple reports of misconduct from high-ranking CBP officials, POGO calls for far greater transparency on the facts of these and other cases. July 16, 2024 By Sarah Turberville View all
Who's Watching DHS? In gutting oversight offices, the administration is demolishing key guardrails within the Department of Homeland Security. March 28, 2025 By Sarah Turberville
A Big Step Toward Authoritarianism The Trump administration is consolidating power by undermining the courts. Lawless deportations are the latest salvo. March 21, 2025 By David Janovsky and Sarah Turberville
Congress: Do not Write DHS a Blank Check POGO opposes proposed massive budget increases that could enable corruption and abuse. February 20, 2025 By Sarah Turberville and Katherine Hawkins
The Sweeping Presidential Powers Allowed by National Emergencies There are no checks on when a president can declare an emergency and invoke sweeping powers. Congress can and should pass reforms to change that. January 20, 2025 By Sarah Turberville and Faith Williams
Fact Sheet: Reforming the Insurrection Act Reforming the Insurrection Act should be a key priority for the 119th Congress. January 20, 2025 By Sarah Turberville
POGO Calls on CBP to Release Information on Border Patrol Misconduct Following multiple reports of misconduct from high-ranking CBP officials, POGO calls for far greater transparency on the facts of these and other cases. July 16, 2024 By Sarah Turberville
