Tag: U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Citizenship agency eyes improved service without plan to pay
Less than a year after being on the verge of furloughing about 70% of employees to plug a funding shortfall, the U.S. agency that...
Hack prompts new security regulations for US pipelines
WASHINGTON — The federal government will issue cybersecurity regulations in the coming days for U.S. pipeline operators following a ransomware attack that led to...
Religious artifacts returned to Thailand after decades
LOS ANGELES — Two stolen hand-carved religious artifacts, sandstone lintels dating back to the 9th and 10th centuries, were returned to the Thai government...
Watchdog: US forced deported parents to leave kids behind
WASHINGTON — A government watchdog says the Trump administration, under its practice of separating families at the border, forced migrant parents to leave the...
35 Republicans buck Trump, back study of Jan. 6 Capitol riot
<p>WASHINGTON — Thirty-five House Republicans joined Democrats in voting to create <a href="https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-capitol-siege-government-and-politics-f4a96296f56e1896220050618d59ea74">a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol,</a>...
US ends use of 2 immigration jails accused of mistreatment
<p>WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Thursday that it will stop using immigration detention facilities in Massachusetts and Georgia that are the subject of...
35 Republicans buck Trump, back study of Jan. 6 Capitol riot
WASHINGTON — Thirty-five House Republicans joined Democrats in voting to create a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, risking...
US to ramp up tracking of domestic extremism on social media
<p>WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security plans to ramp up social media tracking as part of an enhanced focus on domestic violent extremism....
US ends use of 2 immigration jails accused of mistreatment
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration announced Thursday that it will stop using immigration detention facilities in Massachusetts and Georgia that are the subject of...
UN refugee agency calls on US to end asylum restrictions
<p>GENEVA — The U.N. refugee agency made an unusual plea Thursday for the Biden administration to lift pandemic-related restrictions on people seeking asylum in...