Department Of Homeland Security
DHS is Ignoring the Foreign Drone Threat
In recent months, unidentified drones have been spotted flying near U.S. military installations and critical infrastructure, posing a significant national security threat. These unmanned aerial systems (UAS) have highlighted a...
Terrorism Has Changed, America Must Too
The year 1997 saw Bill Clinton begin his second term as president of the United States, DVDs come into existence as a video format, Titanic premiered on movie screens, and...
Homeland Security Warns of Domestic Violent Extremist Threat
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas warned that the “threat landscape has evolved considerably” in the twenty-one years since the 9/11 terrorist attacks. “Back when 9/11 occurred, in those...
DHS Disinformation Board to Tackle Russia and Human Smuggling
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), through its newly formed Disinformation Governance Board, has confirmed that it will ramp up efforts to counter disinformation coming from Russia and misleading information...
The Trump Administration’s Student Visa Policy Could Hurt U.S. Competitiveness
In an effort to crack down on international students and scholars who overstay their visas, the Trump administration is seeking to implement a new set of rules that would make...
ICE Is Fighting a Losing Battle Against Illegal Immigrants: Last Year’s Raids In Mississippi Show It
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raided seven poultry plants in August 2019 and detained over 680 people on suspicion that they were illegal immigrant workers. ICE eventually released 300 of...
The Trump Administration Is Attacking DACA Again. (And It Makes No Sense)
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a new memo to curtail the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This program has allowed (previously) unauthorized immigrants who grew up in the United...
Nationwide Portland: Are Donald Trump’s Secret Police Coming To Your City?
The federal Department of Homeland Security has sent Border Patrol agents to act as police in Portland, Oregon in recent days. By what authority? And have its agents behaved there...
Has Border Patrol Created an American Secret Police?
Unidentified, camouflage‐wearing federal agents carrying military‐style equipment have been caught on video abducting people in Portland, Oregon. They do not bother to make formal arrests, read the captured their rights, or even announce...
Department of Homeland Security Study: Heat and Humidity Kill the Coronavirus
A new Department of Homeland Security study shows that heat, humidity, and sunlight could help to kill the coronavirus, offering a potential literal ray of hope against the pandemic as...
Yes, Poor Immigrants Can Still Come to the United States
Politicians across the political spectrum have a penchant for bragging about how their parents or ancestors came to the U.S. with next to nothing, but worked hard to provide a better life for their children. Yet when the Department...
Was Coronavirus Made In a Lab? The DHS Can’t Rule It Out
Ken Cuccinelli, the acting deputy secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), could not definitively rule out the theory that the coronavirus was created in a laboratory. Cuccinelli, who...