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News Articles: homeland security

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth meets with Sailors assigned to Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Hudner (DDG 116) during his visit to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Feb. 25, 2025.

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ACLU and other advocates sue to block migrants from being sent to Guantánamo Bay

The lawsuit says there is no legitimate reason to send migrants to Guantánamo because the U.S. has ample detention facility.

March 01, 2025
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  • Sacha Pfeiffer
Students in the School Hallway. Credit: Pexels

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  • Politics

Georgia House committee hears school safety legislation to protect schools from threats

On Tuesday, the Georgia House Committee on Education heard legislation that would help guarantee students' and schools' safety, health and well-being to prevent school tragedies before they occur.

February 19, 2025
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By:
  • Ambria Burton
President Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on Jan. 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C.

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  • Politics

Trump administration strips schools, churches of immigration enforcement protections

The memo rescinds a Biden administration guideline that created "protected areas" consisting of places where "children gather, disaster or emergency relief sites, and social services establishments."

January 21, 2025
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo and
  • Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
Labor organizer Karin Martinez stands in the doorway at the Arriba Las Vegas Worker Center in Las Vegas, Nev., on January 13, 2025.

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  • Business

Immigrant workers are helping investigate labor abuses. Will Trump let them stay?

Under Biden, thousands of workers who experienced wage theft and other abuses have been granted protection from deportation and authorization to work so they can participate in labor investigations.

January 15, 2025
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  • Andrea Hsu
Flash is dressed and ready for work at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in June 2024.

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  • Animals

Meet Flash, a rookie Homeland Security dog who sniffs luggage at ATL

The newest member of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency's 'Beagle Brigade' at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is trained to detect food and products that pose potential threats to agriculture. 

June 19, 2024
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  • GPB News Staff
House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks during The Friends Of Ireland Speaker Luncheon Friday in Washington, D.C.

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  • Politics

Negotiators reach spending deal but timeline is tight to avoid shutdown

The deal between negotiators from the House and the White House would fund the government until the end of the fiscal year, Sept. 30.

March 19, 2024
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By:
  • Barbara Sprunt
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas testifies on Capitol Hill in November 2023.

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  • Politics

House GOP releases impeachment articles in bid to oust Homeland Security's Mayorkas

Republicans contend Mayorkas' "willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law" on immigration amounts to "high crimes and misdemeanors" for failing to manage the U.S.-Mexico border.

January 28, 2024
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  • NPR Washington Desk
Marilyn Miranda, 12, of Washington raises her hand up during a protest for an extension of the Temporary Protected Status in September 2022 in Washington, D.C.

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  • National

U.S. will expand Temporary Protected Status to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans

Venezuelan migrants in the U.S. as of July 31 can sign up for Temporary Protected Status. Homeland Security officials estimate that roughly 472,000 more people will now be eligible for work permits.

September 21, 2023
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  • Joel Rose
President Biden prepares to deliver the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol on Feb. 7 as Vice President Kamala Harris, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., and Clerk of the House of the Representatives Cheryl Johnson watch.

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  • Politics

House opens impeachment probe of Biden after GOP leaders head off push to vote now

A House GOP-passed resolution directs the Homeland Security and Judiciary panels to examine evidence of wrongdoing related to the president's immigration policies. The White House called it a stunt.

June 22, 2023
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  • Ximena Bustillo and
  • Deirdre Walsh
As police and FBI agents continue their investigation into the shooting at Tops Market in Buffalo, N.Y., last weekend, Congress is considering legislation to address domestic terrorism. Authorities say the attack was believed to be motivated by racial hatred.

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  • Politics

Days after Buffalo mass shooting, the House approves a bill to fight domestic terror

The bill creates offices at DOJ, DHS, and the FBI to track domestic terror threats. GOP lawmakers argue it could allow federal officials to ensnare parents, a charge DOJ rejects.

May 19, 2022
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  • Deirdre Walsh
An American flag unfurls off a pedicab as it glides past the Denver City/County Building, which is illuminated in yellow and blue in support of Ukraine on Monday. Colorado's State Capitol will also be illuminated in blue and yellow in support of Ukraine.

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  • National

Tens of thousands of Ukrainians can stay in the U.S. without fear of deportation

The Biden administration will grant temporary protection from deportation to tens of thousands of Ukrainians who are already living in the U.S., the Department of Homeland Security announced.

March 03, 2022
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  • Joel Rose
A United States Border Patrol agent on horseback tries to stop a Haitian migrant from entering an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande near the Acuna Del Rio International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas on Sept. 19, 2021.

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  • National

The inquiry into border agents on horseback continues. Critics see a 'broken' system

Six weeks ago, DHS promised a quick investigation into images of Border Patrol agents on horses menacing Haitian migrants at the border. Critics say the discipline system needs an overhaul.

November 06, 2021
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  • Joel Rose
A U.S. Border Patrol agent on horseback tries to stop a Haitian migrant from entering an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande on Sunday near the international bridge in Del Rio, Texas.

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  • National

U.S. Border Agents Chased Migrants On Horseback. A Photographer Explains What He Saw

"I thought the Haitians were quite scared, and I think there was probably some panic, which resulted in them trying to run around the horses," photographer Paul Ratje says.

September 21, 2021
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  • Bill Chappell
Reps. Bennie Thompson (right) and Liz Cheney, joined by fellow committee members, speak to the media after a July 27 hearing of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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  • Politics

Jan. 6 Select Committee Probe Expands To Trump And Top Officials In A Wave Of Demands

The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol issued a wave of record requests to eight federal agencies, including any communications by Rudy Giuliani and Ivanka Trump.

August 25, 2021
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  • Claudia Grisales
A U.S. Government Accountability Office report finds congressionally approved emergency humanitarian funds, meant to benefit asylum-seekers apprehended along the border with Mexico, instead was spent on things from dirt bikes to security camera systems. GAO Homeland Security and Justice Director Rebecca Gambler, shown here in 2017, oversaw the agency's investigation.

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  • National Security

Government Watchdog Says Aid For Migrants Misspent By Border Agency

Some of the $112 million Congress approved last year for humanitarian assistance for migrants was spent instead on dirt bikes and dog food.

July 16, 2020
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  • David Welna
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