Feb 07 Secret Service may leave Homeland Security, rejoin Treasury By Colleen Long, Associated Press The Secret Service is best known as the agency responsible for protecting the president. But its original purpose when it was formed in 1865 was to investigate financial crimes such as counterfeit money. Continue reading
Feb 06 Homeland Security suspends travel programs for New Yorkers because of immigration law By Associated Press New York residents will no longer be allowed to enroll in “trusted traveler” programs because of a new state law that blocked federal immigration officials from accessing motor vehicle records. Continue reading
Jan 24 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. Continue reading
Jan 22 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. Continue reading
Dec 31 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… Continue reading
Dec 21 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. Continue reading
Nov 27 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. Continue reading
Nov 21 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. Continue reading
Nov 14 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. Continue reading
Oct 22 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. Continue reading