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Feds Expand Probe Into Migrant Child Labor in Slaughterhouses
Authorities are now investigating how children from Central America wound up working for multiple slaughterhouse companies across the U.S.
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REAL ID Deadline Extended Again: Here's Why, and How Much Time You've Got Now
The looming REAL ID deadline already delayed twice is getting another major pushback, giving Americans an additional 24 months to become compliant, the Department of Homeland Security announced Monday. A new date for the requirement for air travelers to have a REAL ID-compliant form of identification will be set for May 7, 2025, officials said. Originally slated for enforcement back…
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Surprise Is Key Part of Migrant Travel From Florida, Texas
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took the playbook of a fellow Republican, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, to a new level by catching officials flat-footed in Martha’s Vineyard with two planeloads of Venezuelan migrants.
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Friction Between White House and Senior DHS Officials Mounts as Migrant Border Crossings Soar
At meetings, some DHS officials have expressed frustration with the Biden administration’s reluctance to send migrants to inland cities, as GOP governors have done
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Federal Court Ruling Widens Scope of Immigrant Arrests, Deportations
The Biden administration had focused ICE resources on those considered a threat to public safety and national security. But after a federal court ruled against the policy, many immigrants will now be afraid to leave their homes out of concern they’ll be detained.
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Death Roll Rises to 53 After Tractor-Trailer Abandoned in Texas
The people, believed to be part of a migrant smuggling operation, were found dead in San Antonio.
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Ex-Head of DHS Disinformation Board Faced Wave of Online Abuse. She's Not Alone
A United Nations report released earlier this year that studied Finland confirmed what many of those women already suspected: Female politicians, regardless of political affiliation, are subjected to 10 times more abusive messages on Twitter.
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US Passport Applicants Can Select Gender ‘X' Starting Monday
American citizens are now able to select a new “X” gender marker on U.S. passport applications, even if it doesn’t match the gender on their birth certificate or other documents.
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What Is Title 42? The Soon-to-Expire Border Policy, Explained
The CDC has announced Title 42 will expire on May 23. What to know about the obscure public health rule, and what it means for migrants seeking asylum on the Southern border.
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US Airport Security Screening to Become More Gender-Neutral Through ‘X' Pronoun
The Biden administration says U.S. airport security procedures will become more gender-neutral.
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Afghan Refugees in US to Receive Temporary Protected Status, Shielding Them From Deportation
Afghan refugees in the U.S. will be allowed to stay for at least 18 months under temporary protected status, a move that’ll help some of the thousands who arrived following the American withdrawal from their country
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First Afghan Refugees Arrive at New Center in Virginia
A first group of Afghan refugees have arrived at a new temporary housing facility in Northern Virginia as the U.S. works to resettle people who fled the Taliban takeover of their country
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DHS on Domestic Terrorism: Social, Political Tension ‘May Contribute to More Violence' in 2022
The Department of Homeland Security released an updated National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin on Wednesday, warning that social and politically motivated domestic extremism is expected to carry over from 2021 into the new year.
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Domestic Extremists Pushing Violence Against Congress and Health Officials: DHS
Domestic extremists continue to exploit false narratives to promote violence online, calling for attacks on members of Congress, public health and school officials, even as they share information about how to build bombs, according to a new intelligence bulletin by the Department of Homeland Security that paints a picture of persistent danger. The new National Terrorism Advisory System bulletin is expected to...
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NYC Prepares For Gas Attack Drill
If New York City ever had to deal with a toxic gas problem, security officials want to know how it would spread through the densely populated city. So later in October, the city and Department of Homeland Security will release non-toxic gas at about 120 sites throughout the city and take measurements of airflow. NBC New York’s Kay Angrum explains.
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DHS Reviewing Agency Failures That Led to Surprise Surge of Haitian Migrants at Texas Border
Two U.S. officials said that a debate over starting deportations before the migrant surge in Del Rio, Texas, was a political battle between progressives and others at the Department of Homeland Security.