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U.S. vows to crack down on counterfeit goods

By Associated Press

Customs and Border Patrol plans to subject online retailers, including the growing number of third-party sales that have proliferated on major online platforms, and warehouse operators to increased scrutiny.

Trump says U.S. will soon expand travel ban

By Colleen Long, Matthew Lee, Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press

President Trump says the U.S. will soon be adding visa restrictions for more countries. Officials say the tentative list included Belarus, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania.

DHS reviews how DMV laws affect immigration enforcement

By Colleen Long, Associated Press

The acting secretary of Homeland Security is taking aim at new laws in New York and New Jersey that allow immigrants to get driver's licenses without proof they are in the U.S. legally. Chad Wolf is directing his enforcement agencies…

DHS watchdog finds no wrongdoing in deaths of 2 migrant kids

By Colleen Long, Associated Press

The Department of Homeland Security's internal watchdog found no wrongdoing or misconduct by immigration officials in the deaths of two migrant children last December.

Report finds U.S. lacked technology to properly document separated families

By Astrid Galvan, Associated Press

The new report noted that Border Patrol officials knew they lacked the tracking technology months before the widespread practice began and did nothing to address the issue.

First Honduran returned to Guatemala under U.S. asylum accord

By Sonia Perez D., Associated Press

The United States has begun carrying out a landmark policy shift on asylum that’s a top priority of President Donald Trump, returning a Honduran immigrant to Guatemala to pursue his asylum case.

Chad Wolf takes over as acting head of Homeland Security

By Colleen Long, Associated Press

Ken Cuccinelli, the acting head of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, has also been named as the new DHS deputy.

WATCH: Kirstjen Nielsen does not regret ‘enforcing the law’ that led to family separations

By Gretchen Frazee

Fortune's inclusion of Nielsen, who implemented President Donald Trump's migrant child separation policy last year, has drawn criticism.

As acting DHS chief, McAleenan pushed Trump border policies

By PBS NewsHour

Kevin McAleenan is leaving his post as acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security after six months on the job, President Trump announced Friday. During his short tenure, McAleenan oversaw an agency that has moved to drastically curb entry…

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Judiciary panel subpoenas Homeland Security over question of pardon offers

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Colleen Long, Associated Press

The House Judiciary Committee has subpoenaed the Department of Homeland Security over questions about whether officials were offered pardons by President Donald Trump.