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These Refugees Escaped Congo, but Trump's Policies May Strand Loved Ones
MISSOULA, Mont. — On his first day in this small college town cradled between the Flathead and Lolo national forests, Funugo Nsanzinfura made sure to submit the paperwork necessary for his daughter, Faith, and her mother, Ayingeneye, to join him in the growing community of Congolese refugees here.
New Focus at Homeland Security on Domestic Terrorism
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security is beginning to address white supremacist terrorism as a primary security threat, breaking with a decade of flagging attention after bigoted mass shooters from New Zealand to Texas took the lives of nearly 100 people in the last six months.
Homeland Security Dept. Affirms Threat of White Supremacy After Years of Prodding
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security is beginning to address white supremacist terrorism as a primary security threat, breaking with a decade of flagging attention after bigoted mass shooters from New Zealand to Texas took the lives of nearly 100 people in the last six months.
Appeals court upholds ruling blocking Trump from using defense funds for border wall
Two of the three judges on the panel affirmed that the administration could not build the barriers during future challenges.
Squalor is pervasive in migrant detention centers, a report finds
WASHINGTON — Overcrowded, squalid conditions are more widespread at migrant centers along the southern border than initially revealed, the Department of Homeland Security’s independent watchdog said Tuesday. Its report describes standing-room-only cells, children without showers and hot meals, and detainees clamoring desperately for release.
Federal Judge blocks Barr's attempt to deny asylum-seekers bail
Her ruling also noted that the government was likely to appeal the decision.
Operation set that will round up more than 2,000 for deportation
WASHINGTON — Immigration and Customs Enforcement is expected to send agents into communities Sunday morning to begin a coordinated operation deporting undocumented immigrant family members across the country, according to two Department of Homeland Security officials.
Guatemalan boy dies at border station while awaiting move to a shelter
A fourth, another 16-year-old Guatemalan boy, died last month after being placed in a shelter for young migrants by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Air marshals are the latest officials diverted to the border to handle the surge of migrants
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security has pulled federal agents from airports, from legal border crossings and from deep inside the United States and reassigned them to the southwestern border to grapple with a surge of incoming migrants.
Trump's immigration crackdown blunts his effort to be tough on crime
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s hard-line campaign to limit immigration has undercut his own tough-on-crime agenda, law enforcement officials said, by worsening major delays in a visa program that is intended to help police pursue violent criminals.
Guatemalan boy dies in U.S. custody after illness, officials say
WASHINGTON — A 16-year-old Guatemalan boy who was placed in a Texas shelter for migrant children and teenagers after entering the United States has died in federal custody, officials said on Wednesday.
Coast guard's top officer pledges 'dedicated campaign' to improve diversity
SAN PEDRO, Calif. — The Coast Guard’s top officer laid out a “dedicated campaign” Thursday to improve diversity in a military branch that has long struggled to recruit women and minorities, weeks after the service was shaken by the arrest of a lieutenant and self-described white nationalist accused of plotting terrorist attacks from its headquarters.
Homeland security chief cites top threat to U.S. (it's not the border)
WASHINGTON — Kirstjen Nielsen, the homeland security secretary, said Monday that cyberthreats against the United States were a national security crisis that she described as her top priority — not the situation for which President Donald Trump last month declared a national emergency.
