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May 05 2022
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20 GOP Attorneys General Threaten Legal Action Over ‘Un-American’ Disinformation Board
Virginia Republican Attorney General Jason Miyares sent a letter signed by 20 GOP attorneys general on Thursday to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas threatening legal action against its ‘un-American’ Disinformation Governance Board.
The letter claims that the new board violates the constitutional freedoms that attorneys general are called to defend.
The Daily WireJul 10 2022
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Biden Administration Asks Supreme Court to Rule on Immigration Enforcement
The Biden administration asked the Supreme Court Friday to reinstate immigration enforcement guidelines that a lower court blocked after Texas and Louisiana filed suit arguing that the policy lets too many noncitizens with criminal records go free while their cases are processed.
The guidelines focus detention efforts on noncitizens deemed to threaten national security, public safety
Wall Street Journal (News)Nov 30 2022
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Ketanji Brown Jackson swipes at Biden DOJ during SCOTUS immigration case
Supreme Court oral arguments in a key immigration case grew heated Tuesday as Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden’s first nominee to the court, rejected the White House’s interpretation of federal law.
Jackson accused Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar of having a “conceptual problem” in her understanding of the Administrative Procedure Act, which requires the federal
New York Post (News)Nov 24 2020
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Biden selects architect of DACA to lead DHS
Presumed President-elect Joseph R. Biden said Monday he wants Alejandro Mayorkas to lead the Homeland Security Department, tapping an Obama-era mainstay who helped create the DACA program that protected “Dreamers,” but was also part of the team that expanded family detention.
Mr. Mayorkas, born in Cuba, would be the first Hispanic person and first immigrant to head the department,
Washington TimesNov 29 2022
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Supreme Court hears Texas’ challenge to Biden immigration and deportation policies
The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the Biden administration’s authority to prioritize which non-citizens to deport when hearing a challenge brought by two Republican state attorneys general who say the Department of Homeland Security is skirting federal immigration law.
The justices were considering three distinct issues in the case, which opens the door to shifting majorities.
CNN DigitalJan 23 2023
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Early rift over immigration exposes House GOP’s tough path to consensus
House Republicans’ attempt to bring a border security bill to the floor as early as this week was thwarted after backlash from more moderate Republicans, delaying not only a pledge Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) made to a handful of lawmakers but also the fulfillment of a key campaign promise to a Republican base eager for tougher immigration laws.
The bill, introduced by Rep. Chip
Washington PostMar 02 2021
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Biden briefing calls for 20,000 child migrant beds
A briefing scheduled for President Biden this afternoon outlines the need for 20,000 beds to shelter an expected crush of child migrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, Axios has learned.
Why it matters: The rapid influx of unaccompanied children is becoming the administration's first new crisis. A presentation created by the Domestic Policy Council spells out the dimensions with
AxiosMar 27 2022
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DHS implements rule to streamline asylum applications
The Biden administration on Thursday is expected to publish a final rule designed to streamline the asylum process, an effort to remove those fleeing persecution from an immigration court system backlog that can leave them in limbo for years.
Under the new rule, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) expects asylum processes will take several months on average, compared to several
The HillAug 17 2023
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Off-duty LA County sheriff’s deputy fatally shot by police at Southern California gold course
A man fatally shot by police on a golf course in Fontana was an off-duty Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy, authorities said on Wednesday, Aug. 16. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, which has an agreement with the city of Fontana to investigate its police shootings, identified the deputy as Alejandro Diaz, 45, a resident of Fontana. “The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department
San Jose Mercury NewsJul 28 2023
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says DHS Denied His Request for Secret Service Protection Despite His ‘Unique and Well Established’ Security Risks
Democrat presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr announced Friday that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) denied his request for Secret Service protection, even though he’s running with “unique and well-established security and safety risks.” “Since the assassination of my father in 1968, candidates for president are provided Secret Service protection. But not me,” Kennedy said on X
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