The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Friday walked back comments made by the agency’s chief, who suggested earlier in the day that the federal government was “taking a very close look” at the idea of requiring vaccine passports to enter or leave the United States. “Looking ahead to summer, Europe and other countries are going…
Homeland Security Walks Back Director’s Claim US Taking ‘Close Look’ at Vaccine Passports
May 29, 2021
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Homeland Security Walks Back Secretary’s Claim US Taking ‘Close Look’ at Vaccine Passports
May 29, 2021
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on May 28 walked back comments made by the agency’s chief, who suggested earlier in the day that the federal government was “taking a very close look” at the idea of requiring vaccine passports to enter or leave the United States. “Looking ahead to summer, Europe and other countries are…
Homeland Security Chief Plans ‘Significant Changes’ to ICE as Deportations, Arrests Plunge
May 26, 2021
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The head of the Department of Homeland Secretary (DHS) is planning to make major alterations to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the agency’s arm in charge of immigration enforcement. Alejandro Mayorkas, the DHS chief, said he is still in the midst of a review of ICE but expects to make “significant changes” when he’s done. “What…
US Again Extending Temporary Protected Status for Haitians
May 23, 2021
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WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is allowing eligible Haitian nationals residing in the United States to apply for a new 18-month designation for temporary protected status, reversing a Trump administration effort that had sought to end the special consideration. In a statement Saturday, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas cited security concerns, social unrest, an increase in human…
DHS Creating New Intelligence Unit To Focus On Domestic Terrorism
May 14, 2021
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is establishing a new dedicated intelligence team to focus on domestic terrorism, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced on May 11.
DHS Secretary Defends Biden Admin’s Handling Of Border Crisis
May 14, 2021
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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has defended President Joe Biden’s handling of the conditions at the U.S.-Mexico border despite criticism from Republicans. Speaking during a Senate hearing on May 13, Mayorkas touted the progress the administration has made to move unaccompanied migrant children out of crowded border stations, and noted that the number has dropped in recent months. Mayorkas said children were…
US Targeting Human Smuggling Groups With New Operation
April 27, 2021
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The United States on Tuesday announced a new operation focused on combating human smuggling, with an emphasis on taking down criminal organizations that smuggle kids, women, and men into the United States from Mexico and Canada. “We know all too well that these organizations put profit over human life with devastating consequences. With the help…
‘Baghdad Bob’ Rides Again
Commentary When I heard Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas say last Sunday on “Meet the Press” that the southern border “is closed,” it immediately brought to mind claims by Iraq’s former information minister—dubbed “Baghdad Bob” and “Comical Ali” (aka Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf)—about Saddam Hussein’s superior military forces. During the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, al-Sahaf…
Biden, Not Trump, Driving Border Crisis
Commentary Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas summed up our border crisis in a statement he released March 16: “We are on pace to encounter more individuals on the southwest border than we have in the last 20 years.” According to The Wall Street Journal, Border Patrol agents made about 75,000 arrests of migrants crossing…
DHS Secretary Says US Focused on Reuniting Migrant Families
The Department of Homeland Security’s top official on Monday said the Biden administration believes it is a “moral imperative” to reunite migrant families as he blamed the previous administration for the waves of people that agents are seeing at the southern border in recent weeks. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, who is heading a task…
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