It’s an extraordinary move that came as senators were reviewing a “last and final” offer to end the funding impasse that has jammed airports and disrupted travel, just as TSA workers faced another missed paycheck Friday.
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The human and financial costs rack up as immigration detention expands
The Trump administration is pouring billions of dollars into thousands of new detention beds, when cheaper enforcement alternatives might be just as effective.
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Markwayne Mullin confirmed as the next secretary of Homeland Security
The Oklahoma Republican comes to the helm in the midst of a shutdown that has left some 100,000 of the department’s more than a quarter-million employees working without pay.
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ICE officers set to deploy to airports as delays mount, border czar Homan confirms
Border czar Tom Homan says ICE agents will help the Transportation Security Administration ‘move those lines’ while also enforcing immigration law.
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Sen. Mullin faces confirmation hearing to lead Homeland Security Department
Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin faces questions from his fellow senators at his confirmation hearing to lead the Department of Homeland Security,
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Immigration detention on track for deadliest fiscal year since 2004
Twenty-three people have died since October in ICE custody, as advocates warn about overcrowding and health care access.
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Kristi Noem set to face senators over DHS shutdown, immigration enforcement
The focus of the hearing is likely to be on how Kristi Noem is pursuing President Trump’s mass deportation efforts in his second term, after two U.S. citizens were killed by immigration officers.
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How the federal government is painting immigrants as criminals on social media
Experts say this kind of media campaign is unprecedented and paints a distorted picture of immigrants and crime
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A new lawsuit alleges DHS illegally tracked and intimidated observers
Observers watching federal immigration enforcement in Maine who were told by agents they were “domestic terrorists” and would be added to a “database” or “watchlist” are now part of a new federal class action lawsuit.
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Top Trump administration immigration spokesperson is leaving
Tricia McLaughlin has become the public face defending the Trump administration’s mass deportation policy and immigration tactics over the past year.
