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Nina Jankowicz resigned as head of the Disinformation Governance Board at DHS after relentless attacks from conservatives. DHS has put the board on pause.

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She joined DHS to fight disinformation. She says she was halted by... disinformation

Nina Jankowicz looks back at how exaggerations and falsehoods stoked so many doubts about the Disinformation Governance Board that DHS paused it after just three weeks.

May 23, 2022
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  • Shannon Bond
A group within the Department of Homeland Security focused on combating disinformation has been paused.

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DHS pauses a board created to combat disinformation amid a campaign to discredit it

The Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday it would pause the work of a board created to combat disinformation. The board — and its leader — faced an online campaign to discredit its work.

May 18, 2022
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Customs and Border Protection agents apprehend a group of Brazilian migrants in Otay Mesa, Calif., in August 2021.

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The U.S. is ending its pandemic border rules. It could mean a surge in migration

The Biden administration is moving to end sweeping pandemic border restrictions known as Title 42 on May 23. The controversial public health order was used to quickly expel migrants at the border.

April 01, 2022
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  • Laurel Wamsley
Truckers are planning a potential protest outside the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles on Feb 13., the day of the Super Bowl, according to a memo from the Department of Homeland Security.

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  • National Security

Truckers may try to disrupt Super Bowl and the State of the Union, DHS memo says

A Department of Homeland Security memo says truckers protesting vaccine requirements are planning a potential disruption at the Super Bowl in Los Angeles and the State of the Union in Washington, D.C.

February 10, 2022
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  • Deepa Shivaram
Gerlda Hines

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  • News

Kemp Appoints New Commissioner To State Department Of Human Services

A veteran of the Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS) is stepping up to become the agency’s commissioner.

June 30, 2021
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  • Dave Williams
The Adelanto U.S. Immigration and Enforcement Processing Center in Adelanto, Calif., is operated by GEO Group, Inc., a Florida-based company specializing in privatized corrections. The facility is one of 39 recommended by the ACLU for closure.

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ACLU Calls On DHS To Close ICE Detention Centers, Citing High Cost Of Empty Beds

The ACLU wants the Biden administration to close dozens of immigration detention facilities, citing the historically low number of immigrants in detention and the high cost of paying for empty beds.

April 28, 2021
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  • Joel Rose
In this file photo, young migrants, whose faces cannot be shown, sit inside a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Facility in Tucson, Arizona.

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  • Politics

Hundreds Of Migrant Children Held In Border Detention For More Than 10 Days

More than 500 migrant children have spent more than 240 hours in the jail-like detention centers at the border as of Thursday, according to a DHS document obtained by NPR.

March 18, 2021
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  • Franco Ordoñez
Honduran migrants walking in a group stop before Guatemalan police in January near Agua Caliente, Guatemala. The Democratic staff of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee says U.S. immigration agents in Guatemala helped officials deport Hondurans traveling in a migrant caravan earlier this year.

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Democratic Lawmakers Denounce DHS 'Ad Hoc' Migrant Deportations In Guatemala

Democratic lawmakers are demanding more information from the Trump administration about U.S. agents working in Guatemala to round up Honduran migrants and send them to the Guatemala-Honduras border.

October 29, 2020
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  • Carrie Kahn
President Trump listens to acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf during a May briefing. Trump announced on Twitter he was nominating Wolf as DHS chief, but it's unclear if the GOP-controlled Senate will vote to confirm him.

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  • Politics

Trump Nominates Chad Wolf To Be Homeland Security Chief

Wolf has headed the department in an acting capacity since November. It is unclear if the GOP-controlled Senate will vote to confirm him.

August 25, 2020
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  • Vanessa Romo
The Trump administration implemented new restrictions on DACA applicants following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling ordering DHS to revert to the original guidelines set by President Barack Obama in 2012.

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  • Law

California Picks Up Fight Over DACA Restrictions Again

State Attorney General Xavier Becerra will challenge new restrictions aimed at limiting Deferred Action for Childhod Arrivals applications while the Trump administration aims to end the program.

August 18, 2020
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  • Vanessa Romo
A federal judge blocked further implementation of a rule issued last year by the Department of Homeland Security.

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  • Law

Twin Rulings By Federal Judge Block 'Public Charge' Rules For Immigrants

The judge cites the coronavirus pandemic in blocking the Trump administration's attempt to widen the criteria for what makes an immigrant a "public charge."

July 31, 2020
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  • David Welna
Protests in Portland, shown here on July 24, have grown increasingly heated with the presence of federal agents. On Monday, groups and individual protesters sued the federal government over its response.

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  • National

Portland Protesters File Suit Against Trump Administration Over Federal Response

Wall of Moms, Don't Shoot Portland and others sued several federal agencies on Monday, alleging federal officers in Portland are exceeding their legal authority and violating protesters' rights.

July 27, 2020
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  • Rachel Treisman
Federal officers walk through tear gas while dispersing a crowd during a July 21 protest in Portland, Ore. A temporary restraining order on Thursday blocked federal agents from knowingly targeting journalists and legal observers.

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  • National

Order Temporarily Blocks Feds From Targeting Press And Legal Observers In Portland

The judge's order also blocks the defendants from seizing any cameras, audio and video equipment and press passes, as well as from ordering journalists to stop recording or observing a protest.

July 23, 2020
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman

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