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California is suing to stop military involvement
The US government will use the military to protect federal agents, the Department of Homeland Security said, after the National Guard was deployed in Los Angeles amid protests over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. “The Guard is not conducting law enforcement duties but will be used to protect or accompany federal agents and their operations,”…
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People are protesting against Donald Trump’s deportation policies
The US President Donald Trump’s administration has defended its use of military troops to deal with anti-immigration protests in California’s Los Angeles. The FBI and the IRS are investigating who is behind the unrest, a Department of Homeland Security official said. The protests began after immigration raids were carried out in Los Angeles last week.
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Harvard was trying to enroll international students when Trump tried to ban them
Harvard University has been declared ineligible for international student visas after the US revoked its access to the student and exchange visitor information system (SEVIS). On Thursday, the Department of Homeland Security revoked the university’s access to the SEVIS, a government database of international students attending universities in the US. The Trump administration has sought…
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ICE is looking for more international students
US Department of Homeland Security on Monday stopped the deportation of a Georgetown University professor in connection with Hamas’ propaganda and human rights violations. The professor has “close ties to a known or suspected terrorist, who’s a senior adviser to Hamas”, a DHS official said. The official added that Suri has “close connections to a…
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Voting officials are in a difficult position to fight election lies
Election officials in the US are facing “an uphill battle” to fight election lies this year, a Department of Homeland Security official has said. Cait Conley who oversees election security efforts within DHS’ cyber agency said, “Going into the 2024 election cycle, we are arguably facing the most complex threat environment compared to a prior…
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The Secret Service has admitted to failures in the Trump shooting
The US House of Representatives has voted to direct the Secret Service to give the same level of protection to the current President and Vice President. This comes after the shooting at ex-US President Donald Trump’s rally in Pennsylvania last month. Earlier, the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General had launched a review…
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The UK-led globalai summit is missing something
President Joe Biden on Wednesday signed an executive order on artificial intelligence (AI). The order requires private projects that use AI to report safety data to the government. The Department of Homeland Security will be required to verify that their AI is safe for human use, it added. The US has over 1,500 projects in…
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Biden is the first president to visit the southern border
A group of migrants have arrived on the US-Mexico border, the head of the human rights offices in Ciudad Jurez said. The group includes migrants who had been travelling from several Central and South American countries, as well as Haiti, he added. The Department of Homeland Security had projected between 9,000 to 14,000 migrants could…
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Biden’s visit to the border will be awkward.
US President Joe Biden, on a visit to the US-Mexico border area, said, “If Republicans…are serious about border security, they’d ensure that… men and women of… Department of Homeland Security have…resources they need to secure our border and build a safe… humane immigration system.” His comments come amid reports that large groups of migrants could…
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Republican-led states tried to keep Trump’s border policy in place.
The US Department of Homeland Security is preparing temporary facilities to process migrants amid an increase in migrant arrivals at the border, officials said. The department is discussing ways to return non-Mexican migrants to Mexico through existing legal mechanisms aside from Title 42, officials added. Earlier, a US judge had ordered the administration to stop…
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The retired military officials pushed for the bill.
The US is closing its embassy in Afghanistan and adding staff to embassies in Pakistan and the UAE, the Department of Homeland Security has said. The move comes after an estimated 88,500 Afghans were moved to the US since the Taliban returned to power last year. “This Operation is made possible by partnerships across multiple…
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Immigration policy failures of Biden lead to finger-pointing.
White House chief of staff Ron Klain called Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday to discuss the situation at US-Mexican border. Schumer raised concerns over the government’s response to migrant caravans, as per reports. “He expressed concern about the capacity of the Department of Homeland Security to manage an influx of migrants,” a White…