Articles Tagged 'homeland security'

Trump officials say Biden delayed border plans after they warned of ‘new crisis’
Department of Homeland Security officials were stunned at President-elect Joe Biden’s decision not to rescind President Trump’s border policies on his first day in office.…
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DHS: Portland mayor must ‘prioritize public safety’ or feds will have ‘no choice but to protect’ Americans
EXCLUSIVE — Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf has sent a letter to Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, urging the Democrat to request federal assistance for…
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Trump administration taking $3.8 billion more from military for Mexico border wall
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Defense Department sent Congress a request to shift nearly $4 billion from the military budget to pay for a wall…
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Homeland Security suspends N.Y. trusted traveler enrollment over Green Light law
WASHINGTON – New York residents will no longer be able to register for or renew their memberships in trusted traveler programs such as NEXUS and…
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The longest drug tunnel ever found on California’s US-Mexico border
It starts in a small industrial building in Tijuana, Mexico, according to United States officials.
From there, the extensive tunnel snakes underground beneath the U.S.-Mexico…
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Puerto Rico fires two more officials after Hurricane Maria aid found unused amid current earthquake aftermath
The pallets of bedding, food and medical supplies sat wrapped in plastic and unused in a warehouse for more than two years while Puerto Ricans…
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Drugs pour in from Mexico as Border Patrol forced to focus on migrants
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Border Patrol highway checkpoints in the southern New Mexico region that normally seize seven figures of worth of drugs annually…
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Kirstjen Nielsen blindsided over ICE nominee Ronald Vitiello’s ouster
Top officials at the Department of Homeland Security, including Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, were caught off guard by the White House’s sudden move Thursday night to…
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House conservatives back Trump on call for vote on border wall funding
House conservatives are cheering President Trump on in his desire for a government shutdown, saying they have his back in the standoff over border wall…
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Congress passes short-term funding bill, puts shutdown showdown off until Dec. 21
Congress passed a short-term spending bill Thursday to keep the government fully open through Dec. 21, giving lawmakers two more weeks to find a solution…
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