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fromAxios
3 days ago

"It's going to be a tough vote": Democrats struggle over whether to fund DHS, ICE

House will vote this week on an appropriations package including DHS; Democrats are divided, with progressives vocally opposing the DHS provision.
#immigration-enforcement
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fromwww.dailynews.com
2 months ago

Chicago day care worker detained by immigration agents released after community support

Chicago day care employee Diana Santillana Galeano was detained by immigration agents during drop-off and has since been released from detention.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Illinois governor calls on Trump officials to halt ICE raids for Halloween

Illinois governor JB Pritzker urged a temporary suspension of federal immigration raids during Halloween weekend to protect children from fear, tear gas, and perceived intimidation.
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

US House candidate buys nazis.us domain to redirect visitors to homeland security

I'm a nobody. A dad in [conservative] Florida, Davis wrote. And I'm the one who bought nazis.us because [Trump's Republican party] went full fascist and not a soul in power thought to actually raise hell. So I did. Davis added that if establishment figures won't fight Nazis, then a nobody fucking will.
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#first-amendment
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fromFuturism
1 week ago

There's Something So Embarrassing About Homeland Security's New Drone Video That We're Gonna Have to Sit Down for a Minute

A DHS promotional video touting American air superiority shows agents using a DJI controller, indicating use of Chinese-made drones despite US restrictions.
fromemptywheel
1 week ago

DOJ Continues to Let DHS Pick and Choose Screen Shots Pertaining to Their Assaults - emptywheel

The Department of Homeland Security has stopped using software that automatically captured text messages and saved trails of communication between officials, according to sworn court statements filed this week. Instead, the agency began in April to require officials to manually take screenshots of their messages to comply with federal records laws, citing cybersecurity concerns with the autosave software. The policy expects officials to first take screenshots of the text messages on their work phones,
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#ice
fromAxios
2 weeks ago
US politics

Minneapolis ICE shooting sparks a shouting match and a new impeachment push in Congress

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fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 weeks ago

Two injured after ICE agents fire at Maryland vehicle amid crackdown

ICE agents fired at a van in Glen Burnie after it allegedly struck ICE vehicles; two men were injured, no agents were hurt.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

DHS Fires Back at Ilhan Omar for Disgusting' and FALSE' Claim Her Son Was Racially Profiled By ICE

The Department of Homeland Security denied any ICE stop of Rep. Ilhan Omar's son, calling her claim baseless and accusing her of demonizing ICE.
fromAxios
2 weeks ago
US politics

Minneapolis ICE shooting sparks a shouting match and a new impeachment push in Congress

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fromAbove the Law
2 weeks ago

Homeland Security & Hilton Introduce Us To Third Amendment Jawboning! - Above the Law

A Hilton franchise allegedly refused to house ICE agents in Minnesota, prompting Department of Homeland Security public criticism and raising a rare Third Amendment controversy.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Hilton Cuts Ties With Minnesota Hotel at Center of DHS Controversy

Hilton severed ties with an independently owned Minnesota hotel after allegations it canceled DHS agents' reservations and refused service to immigration officers.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Hilton Hotels Push Back on DHS Attack It's Siding With Murderers and Rapists'

An independently owned Minneapolis Hilton property canceled DHS agents' reservations, prompting DHS to accuse Hilton of refusing to house immigration enforcement while Hilton denies involvement.
US politics
fromAxios
3 weeks ago

DHS hypes worksite enforcement as fraud allegations rip through Minnesota

DHS is publicly highlighting HSI worksite enforcement in Minnesota to address alleged day care fraud and other business-related immigration fraud.
#immigration-policy
fromAbove the Law
4 months ago
US politics

Trump Admin Goes Full McCarthy, Will Decide Whether Migrants Are Pro-USA Enough To Stay Here - Above the Law

fromAbove the Law
4 months ago
US politics

Trump Admin Goes Full McCarthy, Will Decide Whether Migrants Are Pro-USA Enough To Stay Here - Above the Law

#kristi-noem
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fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

Harvard Law Professor Arrested By ICE Following Shooting Incident - Above the Law

DHS labeled a Yom Kippur pellet-gun shooting as anti-Semitic, revoked the suspect's visa and prompted ICE action despite the synagogue and police finding no bias.
#fema
#immigration
fromAxios
1 month ago
US politics

Trump: National Guard shooting an "act of terror" by Afghan "flown in by the Biden admin"

fromAxios
1 month ago
US politics

Trump: National Guard shooting an "act of terror" by Afghan "flown in by the Biden admin"

#doj
fromemptywheel
4 months ago
Law

Kristi Noem's Non-Stop Slander Invites Congress to Ask Melania about Her Close Ties to Jeffrey Epstein - emptywheel

fromemptywheel
4 months ago
Law

Kristi Noem's Non-Stop Slander Invites Congress to Ask Melania about Her Close Ties to Jeffrey Epstein - emptywheel

#tsa
fromNextgov.com
2 months ago

DHS expanding citizenship system for voter verification, despite concerns about potential disenfranchisement

The Department of Homeland Security says the revamped system can help enforce laws that only U.S. citizens can vote in federal elections, although experts worry that it threatens Americans' privacy and could potentially disenfranchise legitimate voters. New DHS regulatory documents detail how the network gathers information from various government datasets, including passport records, driver's license databases and Social Security files.
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fromAxios
2 months ago

Judge demands ICE release 313 people held without warrants

A federal judge ordered DHS to release detainees, produce records, and place low‑flight‑risk individuals on bond, finding arrests violated the Castañon Nava settlement.
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fromTruthout
2 months ago

Open Records Advocates Alarmed as DHS Abandons Text Archiving Software for Manual Screenshots

DHS stopped using TeleMessage and requires employees to manually archive messages via screenshots, raising risks of misuse, incomplete records, and FOIA compliance problems.
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fromTruthout
2 months ago

New DHS Proposal Expands Biometric Surveillance Program to Include DNA Sex Test

A DHS rule change could authorize DNA-based "biological sex" testing and expanded biometric surveillance, affecting immigrants, children, and gender-diverse and marginalized communities.
fromTheregister
2 months ago

DHS wants more biometric data - even from citizens

If you're filing an immigration form - or helping someone who is - the Feds may soon want to look in your eyes, swab your cheek, and scan your face. The US Department of Homeland Security wants to greatly expand biometric data collection for immigration applications, covering immigrants and even some US citizens tied to those cases. DHS, through its component agency US Citizenship and Immigration Services, on Monday proposed a sweeping expansion of the agency's collection of biometric data.
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#ice-recruitment
fromJezebel
3 months ago
US politics

'SNL' Answers the Question: Why Do These Trump Sycophants Spell Their Names With an 'I'?

fromKqed
3 months ago
Right-wing politics

Experts Concerned About Imagery, Language In ICE Recruitment Materials | KQED

fromJezebel
3 months ago
US politics

'SNL' Answers the Question: Why Do These Trump Sycophants Spell Their Names With an 'I'?

fromKqed
3 months ago
Right-wing politics

Experts Concerned About Imagery, Language In ICE Recruitment Materials | KQED

fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
2 months ago

Halo co-creator slams 'abhorrent' US government immigration post

The Department of Homeland Security took to X/Twitter on Monday (27 October) morning urging people to help "destroy the flood" with a post inspired by the video game franchise. The post features a screenshot from Halo: Combat Evolved showing the game's protagonist, Master Chief, driving a Warthog, with the text "Destroy the Flood" and a link to the Immigration & Customs Enforcement's sign-up page.
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fromTruthout
2 months ago

DHS Seeks to Combine State Driver's License Records With Citizenship Data

DHS plans to add state driver's license data to SAVE, expanding bulk citizenship checks and linking driver's licenses with Social Security and passport records.
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fromConsequence
2 months ago

ICE "End of the Dark Age" Video Hit with DMCA Takedown Over Use of MGMT Song

DHS posted a video using MGMT's 'Little Dark Age' that was removed from X after a DMCA takedown but remains on Instagram and Bluesky.
fromNewsOne
3 months ago

DHS Uses Black Teen's Video To Falsely Depict Black Youths As ICE Agent Hunters

It's bad enough that our sitting president sits up in either the Oval Office or in some golf cart somewhere, posting racist and/or Democrat-hating AI-generated videos during a time that would be better spent - oh, I don't know - running a country that is currently operating without a funded federal government. But, since Trump has been back in office, the social media feeds the White House and other federal agencies have also become little more than government-run 4chan threads for MAGA rubes who communicate their political ideologies through memes because they don't read books.
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fromBusiness Insider
3 months ago

Inside a Gulfstream G700, the jet preferred by billionaires that Kristi Noem bought for DHS

The Department of Homeland Security entered into a contract to purchase two US-made Gulfstream G700s for $172 million on Friday, The New York Times reported. Thetaxpayer-fundedplanes will be used by Noem, as well as other high-ranking DHS personnel, said a release put out by the Coast Guard, which is part of DHS. They're replacing decades-old planes that "experienced 30 days of unplanned maintenance, with six missions requiring unplanned cancellation," the release said.
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fromNextgov.com
3 months ago

House Democrats want answers on CISA reassignments to border security, immigration roles

The Monday letter - led by Rep. James Walkinshaw, D-Va., and also signed by Reps. Suhas Subramanyam, D-Va., Eugene Vindman, D-Va., and Shontel Brown, D-Ohio, along with Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-D.C. - argues that DHS violated the Antideficiency Act when it reassigned those Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency staff to roles within Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Federal Protective Service and Customs and Border Protection.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 months ago

Mexico president dismisses US claim of cartel bounties on immigration officials

Mexico's government reports no evidence supporting DHS claims that Mexican cartels offered bounties on US immigration officials.
US politics
fromAxios
3 months ago

U.S. government pays for 2025's most expensive political ad campaign

DHS is running a nationwide multimillion-dollar ad campaign promoting mass deportation, starring Kristi Noem and targeting Latino audiences on TV and digital.
US politics
fromIntelligencer
3 months ago

Airports Are Refusing to Air Kristi Noem's Weird Shutdown Video

Airports nationwide are refusing to air a DHS video in which Secretary Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the government shutdown and related TSA impacts.
US politics
fromNextgov.com
3 months ago

DHS intelligence office sent deferred resignation offers to shed staff in recent months

DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis is offering voluntary separation programs to reduce its workforce to about 500 after earlier, more drastic reduction plans drew criticism.
#deportation
fromDailycaller
3 months ago
US politics

'Been Wanting It For Years': NYC Man Tells Don Lemon He Loves Trump Admin Deporting Illegal Immigrants

fromDailycaller
3 months ago
US politics

'Been Wanting It For Years': NYC Man Tells Don Lemon He Loves Trump Admin Deporting Illegal Immigrants

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fromwww.dw.com
3 months ago

US: Trump deploys National Guard to Chicago DW 10/05/2025

President Trump authorized 300 National Guard troops to Chicago to protect federal officers and assets amid immigration-related confrontations and protests.
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fromwww.npr.org
3 months ago

A lawsuit tries to block the Trump administration's efforts to merge personal data

A federal class-action suit alleges the Trump administration illegally aggregated Americans' personal data, violating privacy laws and risking security breaches and voter disenfranchisement.
fromFast Company
3 months ago

Pokemon and Theo Von both featured in DHS videos without permission

Yooo DHS i didnt approve to be used in this. I know you know my address so send a check. And please take this down and please keep me out of your 'banger' deportation videos. When it comes to immigration my thoughts and heart are alot more nuanced than this video allows. Bye!
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#theo-von
#pokemon
fromMashable
3 months ago
Intellectual property law

Pokemon distances itself from DHS's 'Gotta Catch 'Em All' ICE raid video

fromMashable
3 months ago
Intellectual property law

Pokemon distances itself from DHS's 'Gotta Catch 'Em All' ICE raid video

fromwww.npr.org
3 months ago

Fatalities reported during shooting at ICE detention facility in Dallas

Authorities are on the scene of a fatal shooting at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Dallas. In a post on X, Kristi Noem, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, said, "Details are still emerging but we can confirm there were multiple injuries and fatalities. The shooter is deceased by a self-inflicted gun shot wound." Noem said a motive is not known and that "ICE law enforcement is facing unprecedented violence against them."
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fromCIO
4 months ago

Proposed H-1B changes could redefine global talent acquisition

A Federal Register notice proposes a weighted H-1B selection favoring higher-skilled, higher-paid applicants while retaining employer access across wage levels.
fromThe Verge
4 months ago

Pokemon lawyers won't sue DHS for that video, former legal head predicts

Yesterday afternoon, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted a piece of disgusting propaganda that glorifies the concept of a militarized police state forcefully entering people's homes and businesses and leading them away in handcuffs and zip ties - all set to the classic Pokémon theme song and using numerous pieces of obviously copyrighted imagery from the '90s TV show.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

US border patrol collected DNA from thousands of US citizens for years, data shows

In March 2021, a 25-year-old US citizen was traveling through Chicago's Midway airport when they were stopped by US border patrol agents. Though charged with no crime, the 25-year-old was subjected to a cheek swab to collect their DNA, which was sent to the FBI, according to a new report. The unnamed citizen was later admitted into the country. Their DNA was added to the FBI's database of genetic material despite the lack of criminal charges.
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Information security
fromSecuritymagazine
4 months ago

Sensitive Intel Exposed: DHS Data Hub Accessible to Thousands

A misconfigured DHS intelligence-sharing hub exposed sensitive national security and surveillance data to thousands, including private-sector workers and foreign nationals, for two months.
Information security
fromDataBreaches.Net
4 months ago

FOIA Document on Breach of Sensitive DHS Domestic Intelligence Sharing Portal - DataBreaches.Net

A programming error exposed a DHS intelligence-sharing portal for two months, allowing unauthorized users—including foreign government accounts—to access sensitive federal, state, and local intelligence.
Privacy professionals
fromWIRED
4 months ago

A DHS Data Hub Exposed Sensitive Intel to Thousands of Unauthorized Users

A DHS intelligence-sharing platform was misconfigured in 2023, exposing sensitive but unclassified intelligence to thousands of unauthorized users, including foreign nationals and contractors.
fromTruthout
4 months ago

DHS Launches Crackdown in Chicago Despite Objections From Mayor, Illinois Gov

Police officers watch as people participate in a demonstration against the planned deployment of National Guard troops in Chicago on September 6, 2025.KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP / Getty Images Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news - make a quick donation to Truthout today! After weeks of threatening to invade Chicago, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) launched "Operation Midway Blitz" on Monday to abduct, detain, and deport some of the millions of immigrant community members in the city.
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fromAxios
4 months ago

Noem: More cities could see federal law enforcement, even in red states

DHS plans to add resources to ICE operations in Illinois and other cities and will evaluate and potentially deploy federal officers to jurisdictions requesting assistance.
fromTruthout
4 months ago

Experts Worry About New DHS Appointee Overseeing US's Election Infrastructure

Honey is a protege of Cleta Mitchell, a lawyer who tried to help Trump overturn the 2020 election results. In 2024, ProPublica reported that Honey had played a key role in Mitchell's behind-the-scenes effort to change Georgia's election rules to allow Republican officials to contest a potential Trump loss in that year's presidential race. Honey also promoted election conspiracy theories, including one Trump cited in a speech to his followers before they stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
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#immigration-detention
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fromTravel + Leisure
5 months ago

Flying With Kids May Soon Be Easier Thanks to TSA's New Program

DHS will create dedicated family security lanes and discounted family TSA PreCheck access at select airports to speed and simplify screening for traveling families.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
5 months ago

DHS Spox Slaps Gavin Newsom X Account With Fact Check Over Fatal Highway Crash Involving Migrant

A social media feud has escalated between DHS officials and California Governor Gavin Newsom regarding a fatal crash involving an illegal migrant driver.
US news
fromBoston.com
5 months ago

Checkpoint with ICE agents met by protesters in D.C.

Federal law enforcement stopped vehicles for minor violations amid protests in Washington.
US politics
fromSlate Magazine
5 months ago

The Ugly Truth Behind the Homeland Security Department's Constant Posting

The Department of Homeland Security's recruitment post ties into white nationalist rhetoric through its imagery and captions.
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