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Former DHS Disinformation Expert Sues Fox News for Defamation
An expert who once oversaw a Department of Homeland Security disinformation board filed a defamation suit Wednesday against Fox News, her lawyer said.
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‘Risk It All for My Daughter': Some Migrants Aren't Waiting for Title 42 to End to Cross Border
A recent surge of migrants in the Brownsville, Texas, area of the U.S.-Mexico border is highlighting immigration challenges as the U.S. prepares for the end of a policy linked to the coronavirus pandemic that allowed it to quickly expel many migrants.
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Tech Visa Lottery Application Increase Triggers ‘Serious Concerns' From US Immigration Agency
The lottery for H-1B visas, a mainstay for technology giants like Facebook and Apple, has seen a sharp increase in applicants over the last two years. Authorities fear some are manipulating the system to gain an unfair advantage.
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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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Deadline for Air Travelers to Get Real ID Card Pushed Back to May 2025
Have you been putting off getting a Real ID driver’s license? Good news: The deadline was supposed to be May 2023, but has been pushed back two years to 2025, the third time the deadline has been delayed. NBC New York’s Adam Kuperstein reports.
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What Is a REAL ID?
The Department of Homeland Security announced that all U.S. travelers must have a REAL ID to board domestic flights starting May 7, 2025. Here’s what you need to know.
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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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NYC Reps. Demand Answers from Homeland Security Over Migrants Bussed to City
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Adriano Espaillat wrote a letter to Homeland Security regarding the migrants bussed to NYC from the Texas border, who are missing important immigration court dates because they aren’t getting their mail — a problem the U.S. Representative said “was no fault” of the migrants. NBC New York’s Melissa Russo reports.
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Torres, AOC, Espaillat Demand Answers from Homeland Security on NYC Migrant Buses
Some of the top members of New York City’s congressional delegation are demanding answers from the Department of Homeland Security, after News 4 reported migrants were being sent to the city with erroneous paperwork that left them without shelter and at risk of missing key asylum appointments. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Rep. Adriano Espaillat sent a letter Friday to DHS…
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Court Documents Reveal Dept. of Homeland Security's Involvement in Dulos Case
During Michelle Troconis’ latest pre-trial hearing, her attorney told the judge that state prosecutors have provided documents from the Department of Homeland Security’s investigation that indicate law enforcement suspected that Fotis Dulos’ friend Andreas Toutziaridis helped him create an alibi for his wife’s disappearance. The court documents detail why federal investigators wanted to search Toutziaridis’ cell phone. In the...
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Paperwork Reveals New Questions About Asylum Surge
One of New York’s leading non-profits tells Melissa Russo that U.S. officials at the Texas Border might be mocking migrants fleeing violence.
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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.