Homeland Security

Airlines February 15, 2022

Flight attendants' union pushes no-fly list for unruly passengers: 'Our flights are under attack'

The nation's largest flight attendants' union is calling for disruptive passengers to be added to a national no-fly list after a spate of incidents in which flight attendants were “punched, kicked, spit on, and sexually assaulted.”

Politics February 15, 2022

Sen. Blackburn accuses DHS of 'policing' speech, thoughts of Americans through anti-terrorism bulletin

Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R- Tenn., on Tuesday sent a letter to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas expressing concern with the Department's apparent efforts to control online speech and disinformation.

CRIME February 11, 2022

Texas woman allegedly busted at US-Mexico border with 44 rifles, disassembled machine gun in trampoline box

Federal authorities have arrested an American woman accused of trying to smuggle a shipment of dozens of rifles in packaged in trampoline packaging into Mexico earlier this week.

Homeland Security February 11, 2022

DHS moves to counter truck convoy in US ahead of Super Bowl Sunday amid trucker protests

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Friday the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) had deployed 500 employees and is "surging additional staff" in coordination with California police forces to prevent disruptions at the Super Bowl in response to an international trucking protest. 

Illegal Immigrants February 11, 2022

ICE deports illegal immigrant wanted for aggravated child rape in Mexico

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced this week that it has deported an illegal immigrant wanted for aggravated child rape in Mexico — a move that fits in with the Biden administration’s dramatically narrowed enforcement of immigration law.

Homeland Security February 11, 2022

46 House Republicans call on Mayorkas to resign over ‘complete failure’ to lead DHS

Dozens of House Republicans are calling on Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to resign, citing a "complete failure" to lead the department – pointing to recent tensions with Border Patrol and the relentless crisis at the southern border.

Illegal Immigrants February 10, 2022

CBP sounds alarm on criminal gangs recruiting teens on social media to smuggle migrants

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is seeing a growing trend of transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) using social media to recruit American teenagers to help them smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States.

Homeland Security February 9, 2022

DHS tracking reports of potential truck convoy in America amid Canada trucker protests

DHS is aiming to get ahead of a planned demonstration in America as it is “tracking reports of a potential convoy,” Fox News confirmed.

IMMIGRATION February 9, 2022

Biden admin pressed on legal authority for releasing migrants into US after DHS reveals numbers

Rep. Andy Biggs on Wednesday pushed DHS about its legal basis for releasing migrants into the U.S. interior – after DHS revealed the number of migrants released without a notice to check in with a local ICE office.

POLITICS February 9, 2022

Homeland Security cites 'misleading narratives' as one reason for heightened terrorism alert

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday issued a bulletin warning of a heightened terrorism alert in part because of “the proliferation of false or misleading narratives, which sow discord or undermine public trust in U.S. government institutions.”

Border security February 7, 2022

ICE teams up with Guatemala police to bust 10 suspected human smugglers linked to 19 murders

Just over a year after 19 people were stopped, shot and burned on their way to the U.S. in an attack blamed on Mexican police, Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Monday the arrests of 10 Guatemalan nationals accused of organizing the human smuggling attempt.