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Who Will Blink First in DHS Shutdown Battle?
With a shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security looming at the end of the week, the Senate is not close to resolving fundamental disagreements on immigration law enforcement. On Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., expressed openness to a new funding extension to provide time for talks between the White House, Senate Republicans,… -
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Democrat Asks ICE Leader If He Is ‘Going to Hell’
Democrats aired their grievances against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown at a hearing on Capitol Hill Tuesday, even questioning the salvation of agency leaders. Questioning grew so contentious that Homeland Security Committee Chairman Andrew Garbarino, R-N.Y., slammed his gavel to remind his colleagues of House “decorum” standards. Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., was questioning Todd Lyons, the acting… -
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Dem Rep Goes Beyond Abolishing ICE, Seeks To Dismantle DHS
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Democratic Illinois Rep. Delia Ramirez vowed that the Department of Homeland Security would be “dismantled” during a Tuesday press conference, adding that “every fascist” in the Trump administration would face “justice.” Democrats blocked a “minibus” spending bill that included funding for DHS, demanding reforms to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement that would severely… -
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‘Supreme Court, Here We Come.’ DHS Seeks End to TPS for Haitians.
The Trump administration will ask the Supreme Court to take up its case aimed at ending the protected immigration status of about 350,000 Haitians living in the United States. “Supreme Court, here we come,” Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin wrote on X after a federal judge issued an order Monday night halting the termination of Temporary Protected… -
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Noem Fires Back After Judge Claims DHS Is ‘Traumatizing Children’
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has responded after a federal judge’s ruling claimed the department is “traumatizing children.” Federal Judge Fred Biery for the Western District of Texas, appointed by President Bill Clinton, on Saturday ordered the release of a 5-year-old Ecuadorian boy and his father from immigration detention. Biery asserted the case… -
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EXCLUSIVE: ICE Arrests Foreign Terrorists Living in US
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—The Department of Homeland Security in the past year has arrested multiple illegal aliens it says have known ties to terrorist organizations, including ISIS and al-Qaeda. According to the agency, the illegal aliens include members of al-Qaeda, ISIS, the Islamic Republic Guard Corps of Iran, and MS-13, which President Donald Trump designated a foreign terrorist organization when he returned to office. “Just… -
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Another Schumer Shutdown? Top Dem Vows Senate Dems Won’t Support DHS Funding Bill
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Hours after Border Patrol fatally shot an armed man Saturday in Minneapolis, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said he and other Democrats will not back a legislative package including a bill funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), potentially risking a partial government shutdown. The Senate has until Jan. 30 to pass… -
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Hilton’s Swift Response to DHS Snub Shows How the Left’s Institutional Power Has Faded
The swift response of Hilton Hotels to one of its locations booting ICE agents shows just how dramatically the political and cultural environment has changed in just a few years. That change is very much for the better. On Monday, reports came out that a Minneapolis hotel associated with Hilton Hotels & Resorts had refused to allow… -
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DHS Encourages Illegal Aliens to Go ‘Home for the Holidays’ With $3,000 Stipend
Illegal aliens who choose to self-deport “home for the holidays” will be given $3,000. “During the Christmas Season, the U.S. taxpayer is so generously TRIPLING the incentive to leave voluntarily for those in this country illegally, offering a $3,000 exit bonus, but just until the end of the year,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said in a statement Monday… -
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EXCLUSIVE: DHS Expands ‘Worst of the Worst’ Searchable Website
The Department of Homeland Security’s “Worst of the Worst” website is growing. DHS has added the names, photos, and criminal backgrounds of an additional 5,000 illegal aliens to the searchable platform, bringing the number of listed criminals to 15,000. “This new update represents just a small sample of the total number of arrests we’ve made—70% of [Immigration and Customs Enforcement]… -
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Angry Federal Judge Orders Biden’s DHS: End Mass Parole of Illegal Aliens
In a scathing opinion on Wednesday that questions the credibility of the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. District Court Judge T. Kent Wetherell II for the Northern District of Florida has ordered a stop to the Biden administration’s “Parole Plus Alternatives to Detention” (“Parole+ATD”) policy that has been illegally releasing hundreds of thousands of aliens… -
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‘American Studios Shouldn’t Be Creating CCP Propaganda’: House Homeland Security Panel Chairman
A Republican congressman is once again working to counter how the Chinese Communist Party attempts to influence Hollywood and its filmmaking decisions. Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., reintroduced the Stopping Communist Regimes from Engaging in Edits Now Act, or SCREEN Act, on Wednesday. “Since I introduced the SCREEN Act in [February 2022], the Communist Chinese Party escalated… -
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National Effort Thwarted, DHS Funds ‘Mary Poppins’-Style ‘Ministry of Truth’ in Rhode Island
Not to be deterred by its embarrassing failure to carry out its 2022 national “Disinformation Governance Board” plan, the federal Department of Homeland Security has now resorted to funding a grassroots surrogate operation in Rhode Island. A grant of more than $700,000 was provided by the DHS to the University of Rhode Island, which in… -
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DHS Flouts Law on Student Visas, and DC Circuit Judges Yawn
For yet another example of how out-of-control federal bureaucrats think they can stretch the law beyond recognition to meet their policy preferences, look no further than a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The F-1 student visa program that allows foreigners to enter the country and study… -
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China ‘Brazenly Pushing Limits to See How Far They Can Go,’ Homeland Security Panel Chairman Says
High-ranking House Republicans and a defense expert are continuing to sound the alarm after the U.S. military shot down a Chinese spy balloon about what’s at stake for the United States’ relationship with the communist nation. “China is brazenly pushing the limits, to see how far they can go. President [Joe] Biden’s administration has consistently… -
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4 Reasons Why Republicans Call for Impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas
Rep. Andy Biggs and a group of fellow Republican lawmakers say it’s time to impeach and remove Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the crisis of illegal immigration at the southern border. “It’s clear Secretary Mayorkas has committed high crimes and misdemeanors,” Biggs, R-Ariz., recently said in a prepared statement calling for Mayorkas’ impeachment…. -
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Rep. Kevin Hern Stands by Previous Call to Impeach Homeland Security Secretary
The chairman of the House’s biggest Republican caucus says he “stands by” his call for the impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for allowing hundreds of thousands of illegal aliens to cross the southern border. Rep. Kevin Hern, R-Okla., first advocated that the House impeach Mayorkas in October, and earlier this week Rep. Pat… -
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GOP Senators Press Homeland Security Chief on Why 63,500 Cases Against Illegal Aliens Were Dropped
The failure of the Biden administration’s Department of Homeland Security to carry out the most basic enforcement of U.S. immigration laws has led to skyrocketing crime and drug deaths, a Republican senator told The Daily Signal. “While illegal immigration and the resulting fentanyl overdose deaths and violent crime continue to skyrocket, the Biden administration must… -
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House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy Threatens DHS Chief Mayorkas With Impeachment
House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy announced Tuesday from the border in El Paso, Texas, that the House’s new Republican majority will launch an impeachment inquiry into Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. McCarthy, R-Calif., first called for Mayorkas, appointed by President Joe Biden, to resign to avoid impeachment. “Our country may never recover from Secretary Mayorkas’… -
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Homeland Security’s ‘Equity Action Plan’ Doubles Down on Discrimination
As many federal agencies under the Biden administration have done, the Department of Homeland Security has implemented a so-called Equity Action Plan. Pursuant to Executive Order 13985—“Executive Order On Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government”—the DHS Equity Action Plan includes a number of provisions that fly in the face…