All articles tagged with #us department of homeland security
President Trump announced the removal of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem and will replace her with Sen. Markwayne Mullin, amid bipartisan criticism of her management of the administration’s mass deportation agenda and FEMA-related efforts.
Surveillance footage obtained by Investigative Post contradicts DHS’s claim that Border Patrol dropped Nurul Shah Alam, a nearly blind Rohingya refugee, at a warm, safe location after his jail release. The video shows a van arriving at a closed Tim Hortons in Buffalo after hours and Shah Alam, who could not access the shop, wandering the area for days before his death. DHS said officers offered a courtesy ride to a safe location, but critics say it amounted to abandonment. Refugees International and others are calling for a full probe into Border Patrol’s handling of Shah Alam and similar cases.
The Department of Homeland Security issued a memo directing federal immigration agents to arrest refugees who have not yet obtained green cards and detain them indefinitely for re-screening, a dramatic policy shift that reverses decades of protections and threatens tens of thousands who entered during the Biden administration; resettlement groups say the guidance upends protections and endangers refugee families.
A House Homeland Security Committee hearing questioned Todd Lyons (acting ICE director), Rodney Scott (CBP commissioner) and Joseph Edlow (USCIS director) about immigration enforcement tactics amid scrutiny of the Minneapolis surge, marking the first such appearance before the panel since the start of Trump’s second term and following the deaths of Alex Pretti and Renée Good linked to federal immigration personnel.
A federal judge granted the Ramos family more time to respond to DHS’s bid to fast-track their deportation, delaying asylum proceedings for 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos and his relatives. The family, previously detained after ICE arrested them in Minnesota and held at the Dilley facility, faces ongoing uncertainty as advocates urge protections for children and stability, including schooling, amid an aggressive immigration enforcement climate.
A federal judge blocks Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s effort to terminate temporary protected status for about 353,000 Haitians in the U.S., a ruling highlighted in George F. Will’s Washington Post column on immigration policy.
Democrats are linking funding for the Department of Homeland Security (and thus ICE) to new restrictions on federal immigration agents, including barring agents from wearing face masks and requiring a judge’s warrant to enter private property; Republicans have called the proposals a “ridiculous Christmas list” but say they’re open to negotiation as they grid through a funding stalemate over immigration policy.
Tenants living near the Portland ICE facility filed a federal lawsuit asking a judge to bar agents from using tear gas that is likely to infiltrate their homes, arguing the gas endangers residents and should only be deployed if officers face an imminent threat.
After a January Border Patrol shooting in Portland left two Venezuelan immigrants hospitalized, DHS claimed the victims were gang members who weaponized their vehicle. Guardian reporting and DOJ court filings show a prosecutor said the government wasn’t claiming gang membership for one victim, and an FBI affidavit contradicts DHS’s assertions about the other, prompting legal experts to describe the case as a smear campaign and underscoring calls for slower, more thorough investigations.
The Bay Area host committee told local officials that ICE has no planned immigration enforcement operations at Super Bowl LX, with NFL security and federal/local law enforcement coordinating security protocols for the game.
Federal immigration officers in Minneapolis will start wearing body cameras immediately, with a nationwide rollout planned as funding allows. The move follows two fatal shootings in the metro area captured by bystanders and is framed by DHS as a transparency effort, though coverage with body cameras varies across agencies (ICE/CBP have thousands of other cameras).
President Donald Trump and Senate Democrats said they’d strike a deal to fund most of the federal government, keeping Department of Homeland Security spending at existing levels for two more weeks while parties negotiate new immigration‑enforcement restrictions, a plan announced less than 30 hours before a possible shutdown and framed by the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis.
Trump aides publicly labeled 16 DHS shootings as justified before investigations were completed, sparking outrage and calls for accountability.
The Washington Post editorial board argues that the fatal Minneapolis shooting by a federal agent underscores the need for accountability and congressional checks on immigration enforcement, calling to curb the president’s mass deportation agenda and demand DHS/ICE oversight.
A U.S. Border Patrol officer fatally shot a 37-year-old Minneapolis man during a Saturday immigration operation; authorities say the man approached agents with a handgun, and the shooting sparked protests and clashes with federal and local law enforcement as Minnesota activated the National Guard and officials called for accountability and de-escalation. Video documentation and ongoing investigations by state and federal authorities are intensifying scrutiny of DHS’s crackdown amid the unrest.