Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported a record number of illegal immigrants in the 2010 fiscal year, removing 392,000 illegal immigrants from the country, according to figures released by the Department of Homeland Security today. That’s only 8,000 away from the 400,000 people ICE Chief John Morton More…
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano confirmed today that Secure Communities, a program that provides federal immigration officials with fingerprint data from local police, is mandatory for local jurisdictions. “We don’t consider Secure Communities an opt in/opt out program,” Napolitano said, according to an Immigration and Customs More…
Politico this morning published a lengthy profile on Carol Browner, the White House’s climate and energy adviser or “climate czar.” The story focuses on rumors that Browner will abandon her post now that climate change legislation has a near-zero chance of passing Congress. The story cites little evidence that More…
Politico has a story today summing up the debate over how many National Guard troops should be sent to the U.S.-Mexico border. The Obama administration claims has already sent additional troops to guard the border, but Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) has pushed for more, inserting a More…
Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano spent some time at the Senate today defending the Obama administration against accusations they are pushing lax immigration enforcement in without consent from Congress. Napolitano was forced to get defensive when a reportedly testy Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) asked her about draft memos from More…
Secretary Janet Napolitano and other officials from the Department of Homeland Security testified today on the growing threat of homegrown terrorists and small-scale attacks. There’s a growing chorus from the homeland security community on this trend, and Napolitano testified that although for many years Al Qaeda and its allies More…
Border safety is shaping up to be a major campaign issue, with some Republicans seemingly intent on arguing the Obama administration has been weak on immigration enforcement.
“I suspect Republicans will also hammer immigration, a topic that preys on economic fears and highlights an issue on which Obama has not More…
This week, The Washington Independent is featuring a series of investigative stories on the rebuilding of New Orleans, five years after Hurricane Katrina. Find all of them here.
After Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, the federal government began the most expensive long-term rebuilding project in American history. The More…
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano visited the White House’s press briefing today to discuss the $600 million border security bill signed into law this morning. She argued the bill would bolster border security and echoed statements by President Barack Obama and other Democrats who have said the next More…
Today, reconvened during the August recess for a special session, the Senate passed a fully-funded $600 million bill for border security, providing funds for 1,500 new enforcement agents and additional unmanned drones along the border.
[Congress1] The bill has a convoluted history. It originally passed the Senate last Thursday, More…
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