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fromSecurityWeek
2 days ago

Nick Andersen Appointed Acting Director of CISA

Nick Andersen appointed acting director of CISA, replacing Madhu Gottumukkala who left after failing a polygraph test and uploading sensitive information to public ChatGPT.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

Homeland security awarded $250,000 contract to Trump-aligned consulting firm

DHS awarded a $250,000 PR contract to a Republican firm led by Trump campaign officials, requiring demonstrated loyalty to Trump administration policies and prior Cabinet-level experience.
#tsa-precheck
fromsfist.com
1 week ago

Trump Administration Insists It Won't Turn Shuttered FCI Dublin Into an ICE Detention Facility, But Says So in Very Fishy Terms

"Thanks to the One Big Beautiful Bill, ICE has new funding to expand detention space to keep murderers, rapists, pedophiles, gang members, and terrorists off American streets before they are removed for good from our communities," the statement continues. "Secretary [Kristi] Noem aims to work with officials on both sides of the aisle to expand detention space to help ICE law enforcement carry out the largest deportation effort in American history."
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fromGothamist
1 week ago

No, NJ town's officials say, feds haven't purchased an ICE site in Roxbury

It said that ICE sites "undergo community impact studies and a rigorous due diligence process to make sure there is no hardship on local utilities or infrastructure prior to purchase," and that the Roxbury facility would bring 1,300 jobs to the area, contribute $161.2 million to the GDP and bring in more than $39.2 million in tax revenue.
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#tricia-mclaughlin
fromSlate Magazine
2 weeks ago
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Bad News for Progressives: Donald Trump's Most Vile Spokesperson Is Gone

Tricia McLaughlin's public statements undermined DHS legal defenses, alienated judges, and contributed to courtroom losses leading to her departure.
fromThe Washington Post
2 weeks ago
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DHS spokeswoman who became a face of Trump deportation campaign steps down

Tricia McLaughlin, DHS top spokesperson, is leaving the Trump administration amid backlash over mass deportation policies and fallout from two Minneapolis immigration-agent killings.
#immigration-enforcement
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fromIrish Independent
1 month ago

Man shot dead by US federal agents in Minneapolis; officials appeal for calm amid unrest

A 37-year-old man was shot and killed during enforcement activity amid immigration-related protests, prompting calls for peace and federally accountable conduct.
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fromIrish Independent
1 month ago

Man shot by US federal agents in Minneapolis during immigration crackdown 'has died'

An armed person was shot and died during federal agent operations in Minnesota amid protests over a prior ICE shooting; governor demanded agents leave.
#ice
fromFortune
2 weeks ago
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Billionaire Trump supporter blocks sale of Texas warehouse for use as ICE jail | Fortune

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fromTruthout
1 month ago

House Democrat Says Abolishing ICE Isn't Enough - DHS Must Go, Too

Rep. Delia C. Ramirez calls to dismantle DHS, arguing DHS was created to violate rights, acts with impunity, and ICE should be 'melted'.
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fromsfist.com
1 month ago

Yes, ICE Says Their Agents Will Be All Over the Place at the Super Bowl In Santa Clara

ICE plans to conduct immigration enforcement at the Santa Clara Super Bowl despite controversy and recent deadly federal-agent shootings.
fromFortune
2 weeks ago
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Billionaire Trump supporter blocks sale of Texas warehouse for use as ICE jail | Fortune

fromsfist.com
1 month ago
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Yes, ICE Says Their Agents Will Be All Over the Place at the Super Bowl In Santa Clara

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fromPortland Mercury
2 weeks ago

Dan Rayfield Joins Oregon ACLU Case Against Feds, False Spring is Over, and Rev. Jesse Jackson Has Died

Oregon Attorney General supports protesters' and journalists' lawsuit alleging DHS excessive force and seeks to maintain court limits on federal tear gas use.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Tricia McLaughlin, Vociferous Supporter of Trump's ICE Crackdown, Stepping Down as DHS Spox

DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin is resigning amid controversy over immigration enforcement tactics and killings by federal agents.
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fromPortland Mercury
2 weeks ago

Portland Protesters and Journalists are Suing Trump and the DHS. Oregon's Attorney General Just Stepped in to Help.

Oregon AG filed an amicus brief and sought a preliminary injunction to stop DHS from using tear gas on nonviolent protesters and journalists absent an imminent threat.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Kristi Noem Doubles Down On Vow to Ensure the Right People' Vote for the Right Leaders' Rips Media Critics Clutching Pearls'

DHS will ensure eligible American citizens can vote while preventing non-citizens, including illegal immigrants, from casting ballots, supporting voter ID and election infrastructure.
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Tom Homan Does Not Defend Kristi Noem When Pressed On Her Comments About Wanting The Right People' to Elect The Right Leaders'

So, what does she mean when she says electing the right leaders? Tapper asked on Sunday's edition of CNN's State of the Union. That's not really immigration enforcement or DHS responsibility. I don't know, that'd be a question for the secretary, Homan answered. If I had to guess, probably, that, you know, only those legally eligible to vote would vote, but I have not talked to the secretary about those statements. That'd be something she'd have to answer.
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#irs
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fromEngadget
2 weeks ago

Homeland Security has reportedly sent out hundreds of subpoenas to identify ICE critics online

DHS has increasingly used administrative subpoenas to request identifying data from tech platforms for accounts posting anti-ICE content, and some companies complied.
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fromWIRED
2 weeks ago

Social Security Workers Are Being Told to Hand Over Appointment Details to ICE

SSA staff were instructed to disclose dates and times of in-person appointments to ICE, expanding direct data-sharing between Social Security and DHS/ICE.
fromThe Nation
2 weeks ago

ICE Melts in the Minneapolis Winter

Just days before Donald Trump's "border czar" Tom Homan formally announced that the Department of Homeland Security's deadly surge of thousands of armed and masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents into their city would end, 1,600 Minnesotans had filled the cavernous Central Lutheran Church in downtown Minneapolis with the chorus of their singing resistance:
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fromenglish.elpais.com
3 weeks ago

ICE's facial recognition app draws scrutiny over errors and increased state surveillance

DHS collects images from routine stops and raids into a facial recognition database, raising concerns about accuracy, technical glitches, and unchecked surveillance.
fromTruthout
3 weeks ago

DHS Files Request to Terminate Asylum Cases of Family of Liam Conejo Ramos

A girl holds a placard that reads "Free Liam" as people protest against deployment of ICE agents during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics on January 31, 2026 in Milan, Italy.Maja Hitij / Getty Images The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has filed an expedited request to terminate the asylum claims of a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his family, after the boy's arrest by federal agents last month made international headlines.
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fromWIRED
3 weeks ago

ICE and CBP's Face-Recognition App Can't Actually Verify Who People Are

Mobile Fortify, now used by United States immigration agents in towns and cities across the US, is not designed to reliably identify people in the streets and was deployed without the scrutiny that has historically governed the rollout of technologies that impact people's privacy, according to records reviewed by WIRED. The Department of Homeland Security launched Mobile Fortify in the spring of 2025 to "determine or verify" the identities of individuals stopped or detained by DHS officers during federal operations, records show.
Privacy technologies
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fromSan Jose Inside
4 weeks ago

Homeland Security Tells Sheriff Jonsen: No Immigrant Enforcement at Super Bowl

DHS reported no planned ICE immigration enforcement operations at Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara; federal personnel at the event will focus on overall public safety.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
4 weeks ago

Trump has identified the "leader of Antifa." It's a 29-year-old who helps tear-gassed protestors. - LGBTQ Nation

DHS designated 29-year-old Chandler Patey as the 'leader of Antifa' based on videos and providing protesters shelter and medical supplies, despite Antifa's decentralized nature.
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fromAxios
4 weeks ago

Scoop: 200 miles of Trump's border wall held up by Noem's DHS

About 200 miles of border wall contracts await Secretary Noem's signature during DHS headquarters review, with approvals typically completed quickly.
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fromESPN.com
1 month ago

NFL says ICE not among federal agencies at Super Bowl LX

Federal security presence at Super Bowl LX will mirror past Super Bowls, and ICE officers will not be present at Levi's Stadium.
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fromTruthout
1 month ago

Jeffries's Big Demand for DHS Bill Is Ban on Deporting Citizens - Which Is Already Illegal

DHS has detained and deported U.S. citizens despite existing laws, prompting calls for an explicit prohibition barring DHS from detaining or deporting American citizens.
#kristi-noem
fromJezebel
1 month ago
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Kristi Noem Blames Stephen Miller, Who Blames DHS, Who Blames Miller, Who Blames...

fromJezebel
1 month ago
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Kristi Noem Blames Stephen Miller, Who Blames DHS, Who Blames Miller, Who Blames...

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fromTruthout
1 month ago

In Reversal of Admin's Statements, DHS Officials Say Pretti Killers Are on Leave

DHS and CBP say officers who shot Alex Pretti are on administrative leave, contradicting Border Patrol claims that those agents remain working elsewhere.
Information security
fromArs Technica
1 month ago

US cyber defense chief accidentally uploaded secret government info to ChatGPT

CISA acting director Madhu Gottumukkala uploaded sensitive, "for official use only" contracting documents to a public ChatGPT, triggering DHS cybersecurity warnings.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

DHS Spox Dodges Twice When Asked if Alex Pretti is Still Being Labeled a Domestic Terrorist' in Testy Exchange On Fox News

DHS spokesperson declined to retract Kristi Noem’s label of Alex Pretti as a domestic terrorist, deferring judgment to ongoing investigations.
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fromWIRED
1 month ago

Judge Delays Minnesota ICE Decision While Weighing Whether State Was Being Illegally Punished

A federal judge ordered DHS to explain whether Operation Metro Surge uses armed raids to coerce Minnesota into abandoning sanctuary policies; operations continue pending the response.
#doj
#first-amendment
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fromThe Verge
1 month ago

It doesn't matter if Alex Pretti had a gun

Federal agents killed an unarmed man while authorities framed him as armed, revealing a pattern of lethal force and victim-blaming by law enforcement.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Kristi Noem Sidesteps Question on Whether Alex Pretti Brandished a Gun

Kristi Noem said ICE agents faced a licensed gunman who impeded operations and assaulted officers, despite video appearing to show a camera, not a gun.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Conservatives Blast DHS Over Claim Man Shot Was Armed Threat

DHS claimed in their statement about the event that the man had been armed and acted as a threat to agents who were conducting an operation in the area. The officers attempted to disarm the suspect but the armed suspect violently resisted. Fearing for his life and the lives and safety of fellow officers, an agent fired defensive shots, they said.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

Cops Say Deportation Force Shooting Victim Was 37-Year-Old White Male And Lawful Gun Owner'

Border Patrol agents shot and killed a 37-year-old Minneapolis man during a confrontation after he allegedly resisted disarmament while armed with a 9 mm handgun.
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fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

Why Conservatives Defend ICE

A DHS X post preceded a militarized ICE operation in Minnesota that resulted in detentions, threats, violence, protests, and partisan blame-shifting.
#border-patrol
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fromAxios
1 month 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.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month 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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fromFuturism
1 month 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 month 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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fromAbove the Law
1 month 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
1 month 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
1 month 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.
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fromAxios
2 months 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
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fromAbove the Law
2 months 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.
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fromAxios
3 months ago

FEMA now says workers were "wrongly" reinstated

Fourteen FEMA employees who signed a petition criticizing disaster-response cuts were wrongly reinstated without authorization, then promptly returned to administrative leave.
fromAxios
3 months ago

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

The Department of Homeland Security has determined that the suspect was "flown in by the Biden administration in September 2021" and "his status was extended under legislation signed by President Biden." Zoom in: Trump said the attack "underscores the single greatest national security threat facing our nation," pointing to millions of immigrants in the U.S. whom he said were "unknown and unvetted."
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fromBoston.com
3 months ago

Logan TSA agents to earn $10,000 bonuses after shutdown, Noem says

More than 270 TSA agents at Logan had perfect attendance during the 43-day shutdown; selected TSA officers received $10,000 bonuses funded by DHS carryover funds.
fromNextgov.com
3 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
3 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
3 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
3 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
3 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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fromThe Verge
4 months ago

Trump's DHS is recruiting ICE officers with a Halo meme

DHS used Halo imagery and the phrase 'DESTROY THE FLOOD' linking to ICE recruitment, implicitly comparing immigrants to parasitic video-game aliens.
fromPinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news
4 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
4 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
4 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
4 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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