Feb 24 Texas man faces deportation after years of protected status By Associated Press Immigration officials began deportation proceedings this week against a Houston-area father of two who says he had lived for years in the U.S. under a protected status given to some immigrants. Continue reading
Feb 22 AP fact check: Did border agents have their hands tied under Obama? By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press Assertions from the White House that immigration-enforcement agents had their hands tied in the last administration are difficult to square with the massive deportations of Barack Obama's presidency. Continue reading
Feb 11 Watch Raids across the country rattle immigrants By PBS News Hour Raids this week ordered by the Trump administration has led to the detention and possible deportation of hundreds of immigrants around the country. While the government says they were routine, advocacy groups say it was a stepped-up effort by a… Continue watching
Dec 01 Homeland panel recommends government keep private immigration jails By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A government advisory panel recommended Thursday that the Homeland Security Department continue using private, for-profit jails to house immigrants facing deportation. The panel, part of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, wrote in its first of 14 recommendations that… Continue reading
Oct 20 Ice detectives race against time as climate change destroys evidence of itself By Dhananjay Khadilkar, Scientific American Threatened glaciers store many of Earth’s fading prehistoric memories, including valuable temperature information about climate change… Continue reading
Sep 19 More than 800 immigrants mistakenly granted citizenship, Homeland report says By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press The U.S. government mistakenly granted citizenship to at least 858 immigrants who had pending deportation orders from countries of concern to national security or with high rates of immigration fraud, according to a Homeland Security audit released Monday. Continue reading
Mar 18 Homeland Security using unpopular raids to curb border crossings By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is openly stepping up efforts to find and deport immigrants who were part of the 2014 surge of illegal crossings by unaccompanied children and families. Continue reading
Dec 24 Border patrol experiments with GPS to track immigrants caught at border By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Homeland Security Department is experimenting with a new way to track immigrant families caught crossing the border illegally and then released into the U.S.: GPS-enabled ankle bracelets. Continue reading
Oct 02 Just how much ice is left underneath Alaska’s glaciers? Scientists dig to find out By Rebecca Jacobson, Inside Energy Alaska's glaciers are facing a warm future. Scientists are digging into the icy giants to learn more about how they have weathered past climate changes, and if they will survive. Continue reading
Sep 17 New technology may let you throw away your ice scrapers By Justin Scuiletti Forget blasting your defrosters and scraping windshields tirelessly in the wintertime -- a new technology may help keep them ice-free. Continue reading