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Opinion: Florida’s Voter Purge Attempts To Stifle Democrats and Minorities
In 2000, at the direction of a Republican Governor, Florida state officials quietly engaged in a campaign to disenfranchise voters. Conveniently, the purge of “felons” removed thousands of legitimate...
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Opinion: Republicans Stoke Racial Resentment And Divide The Country
W. Mitt Romney seems to be drinking the same Kool-Aid as some of his nuttiest supporters. A couple of weeks ago he made a joke about President Obama’s birth certificate that was criticized for what it...
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First Batch Of Young Illegal Immigrants Approved To Stay In US
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just three week after the Obama administration started accepting applications from young illegal immigrants seeking to avoid deportation and get a work permit, the government already...
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Border Patrol Agent Killed In Shooting Near US-Mexico Border In Arizona
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Border Patrol agent was shot to death Tuesday in Arizona near the U.S.-Mexico line, the first fatal shooting of an agent since a deadly 2010 firefight with Mexican bandits that...
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Gov. Brewer: I Won’t Allow Illegal Immigrants Granted Legal Status By Obama...
PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Jan Brewer says she won’t change her mind and allow illegal immigrants granted legal status by President Barack Obama to get driver’s licenses. Brewer’s comments Monday came after...
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Homeland Security Dept. Expects Massive Work Permit Increase For US Tech Jobs
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Homeland Security Department expects applications for high-skilled immigration visas to outpace the available supply in a matter of days, one of the fastest runs on the...
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Suspended Secret Service Agent Hints Other Government Agency Employees Hire...
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) — A Secret Service agent involved in a Colombian prostitution scandal hints that employees in other U.S. government agencies have been involved in such conduct. Speaking to CBS...
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Dept. of Homeland Security: Laptops, Phones Can Be Searched Based on Hunches
WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — U.S. border agents should continue to be allowed to search a traveler’s laptop, cellphone or other electronic device and keep copies of any data on them based on no more than a...
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Graham Threatens to Block All Nominations Without Benghazi Answers
WASHINGTON — Sen. Lindsey Graham threatened Monday to hold up all nominations for federal government positions until survivors of last year’s deadly attack on the diplomatic post in Libya appear before...
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Counterterrorism Chief: Parents Should Watch For ‘Sudden Personality Changes’...
Cambridge, Mass. (CBS DC) – Delivering a speech at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government on Tuesday, White House Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Adviser Lisa Monaco said that...
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Immigrant Rights Groups: 13-Year-Old Boy Claims He Was Sexually Molested By...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Unaccompanied children arrested by U.S. border authorities are packed in frigid cells and sleep on hard floors without enough food or medical care, advocacy groups said in a complaint...
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Anti-Amnesty Group Asks Americans To Mail ‘Gently Used Underwear’ To Obama,...
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – The anti-amnesty group, Americans for Legal Immigration PAC (ALIPAC), is calling on Americans to mail their “gently used underwear” to President Barack Obama and House Speaker John...
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WH Press Secretary: ‘We’re Not Just Going To Sit Around And Wait’ For...
WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – Frustrated waiting for Congress to act on immigration reform, newly-minted White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest said that President Barack Obama is seeking ways to use his...
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Border Patrol Agent: DHS Directing ‘Backdoor Amnesty’ For Illegal Immigrants
San Diego, Calif. (CBS DC) – The spokesman of the National Border Patrol Council Local 1613 says that “backdoor amnesty” of illegal immigrants coming through the southern border is controlled from the...
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Report: Border Patrol Homes Cost Nearly $700,000 Each
TUCSON, Ariz. — The federal government wasted millions of dollars in building a housing project for Border Patrol agents in Arizona near the Mexican border, spending nearly $700,000 per house in a...
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New Profiling Guidelines Won’t Affect Border Stops
WASHINGTON — New racial profiling guidelines being announced by the Obama administration would restrict the ability of the FBI and other law enforcement agencies to take into account religion, national...
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Homeland Security Announces New Security Measures Following Paris Attacks
LANHAM, Md. (WNEW) – Secretary Jeh Johnson announced several new security measures for the U.S. Monday in response to the recent terror attacks in Paris. New security measures include more federal...
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Boehner Tells Senate Dems To ‘Get Off Their Ass’ Passing Immigration Bill
WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, says the House “has done its job” to fund the Department of Homeland Security by passing a bill to the Senate that de-funds a series of...
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Congress Tries 1-Week Bill To Keep Homeland Security Open
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress struggled late into the night Friday to avoid a partial shutdown of the Homeland Security Department, as leaders in both political parties worked to outmaneuver House...
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Watchdog: Homeland Security Official Broke No Laws In Visa Cases Tied To Dems
WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior Obama administration official did not break any laws when he intervened in three visa cases involving foreign investors with ties to prominent Democrats, a government...
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DHS Deputy To Face Foreign-Investor Favoritism Allegations
WASHINGTON (AP) — Homeland Security Deputy Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has been defending himself against allegations he used his previous government post to provide preferential treatment to the...
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TSA Agents Fail To Detect Banned Weapons In 95 Percent Of Screening Tests
WASHINGTON (CBS DC) — Department of Homeland Security investigators managed to sneak mock explosives and banned weapons through checkpoints in 95 percent of trials at Transportation Security...
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Security Expert: American Trains Vulnerable To ‘Lone Wolf’ Terror Attack
WASHINGTON (CBSDC) – Friday’s thwarted attack on a train in France has prompted security experts to take a look at America’s rail system. “Unfortunately here in America, we are a big soft target in...
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Officials Issue Hypothermia Alert in D.C., Freeze Expected
UPDATED: Nov. 23, 2015 4:57 p.m. WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security has activated a hypothermia alert for the D.C. area as temperatures drop Sunday night. The alert will remain in effect...
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