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Jan. 6 text messages from Homeland Security officials were deleted, report says

Text messages from the two top officials in the Department of Homeland Security around the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol were reportedly inexplicably deleted and may not be able to be recovered.

Tribune News Service

Top DHS officials' Jan. 6 texts missing

DHS watchdog knew in February that Chad Wolf and Ken Cuccinelli's texts were "lost" but didn't tell Congress

Salon

House Democrats call for a new inspector general in Secret Service text investigation

Reps. Bennie Thompson and Carolyn Maloney write in a letter that the IG's actions "cast serious doubt on his independence and his ability to effectively conduct such an important investigation."

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Supreme Court turns down Biden’s emergency immigration appeal

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday turned down an emergency appeal from the Biden administration and left in place a Texas judge’s order that says the government must detain and deport immigrants who have serious crimes on their record.

Los Angeles Times

Secret Service’s deletion of Jan 6 texts is under ‘criminal investigation’, DHS reveals

Agency was only able to hand over one text message from 24 personnel

The Independent UK

Trump watchdog knew agents deleted texts

DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari, a former Republican advisor, previously quashed Secret Service probes

Salon

US demands allies share biometric police data on citizens in wake of Texas synagogue standoff

WASHINGTON — When a U.K. citizen traveled to Colleyville, Texas, to take hostages at a synagogue in January, U.S. law enforcement had no information about his criminal record and terrorist sympathies in their databases. But the British did.

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National Archives asks Secret Service to probe deleted texts

The National Archives has requested a probe of “the potential unauthorized deletion” of text messages the Secret Service sent and received around the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021

The Independent UK

The National Archives is looking into reports that the Secret Service deleted texts

Reports that the Secret Service deleted text messages related to the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection have caught the attention of the chief records officer at the National Archives.

WEKU

January 6 committee to receive deleted Secret Service texts, Democrat says

Agency’s account about how text messages from day before and day of the Capitol attack were erased has shifted several times

The Guardian - US

U.S. simplifies application process for Afghan special immigrant visa

The United States will simplify the application process for Afghan special immigrant visas with applicants only needing to file one form, according to a statement issued on Monday by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

Reuters

Saudi Arabia, US Sign MoU to Promote Cybersecurity Cooperation

The Saudi National Cybersecurity Authority (NCA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding for Cybersecurity Cooperation with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). The MoU was signed on the sidelines of US President Joe Biden’s visit to the Kingdom. It aims to promote bilateral…

Asharq Al-Awsat

What the subpoena for the Secret Service's erased texts means for the Jan. 6 probe

The House committee subpoenaed the Secret Service for text messages agents reportedly deleted, as the panel probes President Donald Trump's actions at the time of the deadly Capitol attack.

WEKU

Watchdog briefs Jan. 6 panel on erased Secret Service texts

The watchdog for the Department of Homeland Security has briefed all nine members of the House committee investigating the U.S. Capitol attack about a report that found the Secret Service deleted texts from around Jan. 6

The Independent UK

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Cato Institute Files Lawsuit Seeking Release of Report Used to Justify Trump's Anti-Muslim Travel Ban

The contents of the report may well prove the Trump Administration tried to deceive the courts.

Miami Herald

Florida members of Congress ask Biden administration to give Nicaraguans protected status

A bipartisan group of Florida members of Congress called on the Biden administration Friday to “redesignate and extend” Temporary Protected Status, a humanitarian protection that shields people from deportation, to eligible Nicaraguan already residing in the United States.

WEKU

Secret Service erased texts from two-day period spanning Jan. 6 attack, watchdog says

A Secret Service spokesman disputes the Department of Homeland Security inspector general's account, saying its request came after a mobile phone migration had started, but no messages were lost.

The Guardian - US

Secret Service agents’ January 6 texts were erased after oversight request

Office of Inspector General revealed that messages from 5 and 6 January were destroyed only after the request was made

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Axios

Jan. 6 panel aims to "reconstruct" deleted Secret Service texts

The texts were from Jan. 5 and Jan. 6 and could contain key evidence.

The Independent UK

Secret Service deleted texts from Jan 5 and 6 2021 after being asked to produce them, report says

January 6 committee notified of missing messages

Al Jazeera

Biden administration extends TPS protection for Venezuelans

Temporary Protect Status extension shields Venezuelans in US as of March 2021 from deportation for 18 more months.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Biden extends temporary protected status for eligible Venezuelans to March 2024

Eligible Venezuelans will be able to live in the United States with temporary protected status for another 18 months, the Biden administration announced Monday, although Venezuelans who have arrived in the country after March 8, 2021, will not be eligible for the immigration relief.

Reason

China Kinda Sus: Indictment for "Transnational Repression Scheme to Silence Critics" of China in U.S.

Defendants include a DHS employee and a retired DHS law enforcement agent.

Reason

Judge Sutton Strikes Again on the National Injunction

Earlier this week, a panel of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals decided Arizona v. Biden. The context of the case is immigration law: three states (Arizona, Montana, and Ohio) had sued to obtain an injunction blocking the Department of Homeland Security from implementing a memorandum about enforcement priorities. The…

Reason

Biden Celebrates $90 Billion Bailout of Private Union Pension Plans

Plus: Don't cry for the failure of Homeland Security's disinformation board, states discover supply-side solutions to labor shortages, and more...

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