Jose Antonio Ibarra was illegally out on parole when he allegedly killed Georgia student Laken Riley, according to U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) records. The records were obtained by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who in disclosing them at a Judiciary Committee hearing on April 17 slammed DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for telling the Judiciary […]
A man arrested in connection with the death of an adviser to a Nevada Senator earlier this month was staying in the United States illegally, according to officials. Kurt Englehart, adviser to Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev), was killed in a two-car crash on April 6, an obituary for the 38-year-old states. The father of […]
Have you ever bought a gift card only to find out later that someone else had stolen the balance online? American consumers have lost hundreds of millions of dollars to these gift card scams, and the Department of Homeland Security is investigating the role of Chinese organized crime in it.
A federal judge has ordered U.S. border officials to “expeditiously” relocate illegal immigrant children from “inhumane” makeshift open-air sites along the southern border in California. The 12-page order issued on Wednesday directs the Biden administration’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to treat the migrant children who entered the United States unlawfully with the same protections […]
The U.S. Senate approved a $95 billion security bill, and President Joe Biden urged House Republicans to vote in favor of the aid package. On Capitol Hill Tuesday evening, a second attempt is made to impeach DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas after a failed attempt last week. Will Republicans have the votes this time? Georgia’s governor prepares […]
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warns that China, Iran, and Russia are reportedly working together to steal advanced U.S. technology for advancing weapons. Canada recently imposed a ban to protect cutting-edge technology from those countries. Russian media say, broader Western sanctions might be affecting Chinese banks soon, for their interactions with Russia.
Texas is not giving back control of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass. Even after a stern warning and a deadline by the Department of Homeland Security. Meanwhile, lawmakers in Washington are moving closer to impeaching Homeland Security’s Alejandro Mayorkas.
The federal government and the state of Texas are at an impasse over securing the border and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador made stringent demands of the Biden administration in exchange for help in slowing the flow of illegal immigrants. Here to analyze the latest news from the border is Greg Sindelar, CEO of […]
A marijuana problem troubling the state of Maine. The Pine Tree State reportedly becoming a ground zero for illegal Chinese grow operations. Hundreds of suspected grow sites are estimated to bring in over $4 billion in revenue, but local law enforcement is having trouble busting them. More on the challenges they face.
Rep. August Pfluger (R-Texas) questioned Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray on Nov. 15 over the current whereabouts of individuals who were on the federal government’s terror watch list. Mr. Pfluger questioned the two during a Homeland Security Committee hearing where officials discussed and […]
Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) questioned Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the border crisis at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Nov. 8. She asked Mr. Mayorkas if a border wall could be “part of the answer” to the problem of illegal immigration and national security, to which Mr. Mayorkas answered with […]
At a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) supplemental funding request from Congress on Wednesday, Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kans.) grilled DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over “pull factors”—that is, policy decisions Mr. Moran said are causing the border crisis. “The policy decisions that suggest to migrants that making the dangerous, life-threatening […]
At Wednesday’s Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the DHS’s supplemental funding request to Congress, Sen. John Hoeven (R-N.D.) pressed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over whether the millions of illegal immigrants entering the United States create the risk of a terrorist attack in the country. Mr. Mayorkas did not answer many of his […]
At a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the DHS’s supplemental funding request to Congress on Wednesday, Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) grilled Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over the so-called Safe Third County policy. “The first thing that President Biden did, and you did when you took office, was abolish our Safe Third Country […]
During a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on Tuesday, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) grilled Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over a whistleblower’s allegation that hundreds of DHS special agents are being taken away from investigating cases to serve the illegal immigrants at the southern border. “You’re not going to deny it!” Mr. […]
At a Senate Homeland Security Committee hearing on “Threats to the Homeland” on Tuesday, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) confronted the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Alejandro Mayorkas, over foreign students who study in the United States singing hateful, antisemitic songs on campus, and a DHS employee who posted “pro-genocidal” slogans and images […]
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) unveiled on Sept. 19 its strategy to combat illicit opioids, such as fentanyl, which has been a major driver of the overdose epidemic in the United States. DHS said the strategy seeks to reduce the international and domestic supply of illicit opioids, target the enablers of opioid trafficking, […]
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Integrity, Security, and Enforcement holds a hearing at 10:00 a.m. ET. on Sept. 14, on “Terrorist Entry Through the Southwest Border.” The hearing will “examine the national security implications of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) open-border agenda, including how the Biden Administration’s policies have led to record-high encounters […]
Rep. Clay Higgins (R-La.) and Sound-of-Freedom movie inspiration Tim Ballard criticized the Department of Homeland Security’s handling of the U.S.–Mexico border at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Sept. 13. The hearing was titled “An Unbearable Price: The Devastating Human Costs of the Biden-Mayorkas Border Crisis.” The comments come in the wake of an […]
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the availability of $374.9 million in grant funding to boost state, and local cybersecurity, according to an Aug. 7 press release. The funding is for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 and is earmarked to be part of the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program (SLCGP). The program is […]
