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Homeland Security hires outside lawyers for potential impeachment

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Homeland Security hires outside lawyers for potential impeachment proceedings

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security recently hired outside counsel to prepare for potential impeachment proceedings, as House Republicans ramp up calls to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for his handling of the southwest border.

Tribune News Service

Homeland Security hires outside lawyers for potential impeachment - Roll Call

The Department of Homeland Security hired outside counsel for potential impeachment proceedings against Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

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Commentary: Workers’ voices just got stronger — thanks to DHS

Workers across this country just got a big boost, and from an unlikely source: the Department of Homeland Security. How’s that?

Tribune News Service

House oversight panel clashes at hearing on border security

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on a House oversight panel traded barbs Tuesday at a hearing over the Biden administration’s policies at the U.S.-Mexico border, as Democrats accused their Republican colleagues of fueling inflammatory rhetoric against migrants.

Tribune News Service

"Cop City" activists dubbed "terrorists"

Georgia police are invoking a 2017 terrorism law against activists accused of little more than trespassing

Salon

Homeland Security Wants To Protect Us From Foreign Bands

A new proposal to more than triple visa entry fees for performers will harm American audiences and culture.

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Taxpayer-funded review that found 'flaws' in Robodebt scheme was discontinued by Department of Human Services, royal commission told

In a deal worth almost $1 million, the Department of Human Services engaged a consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers to review the budget savings program, but then declined to see the end result.

ABC News

Nearly 1,000 migrant families still separated by Trump-era policy

More than 3,800 children were removed from families between 2017 and 2021 as part of a crackdown on border crossings.

Al Jazeera

Former social services minister Christian Porter takes responsibility for Robodebt failures at royal commission

Former minister Christian Porter has conceded talking points he was given at the height of Robodebt criticism were "inaccurate and untrue", and has taken some responsibility for the failed scheme.

ABC News

Alan Tudge tells Robodebt royal commission he was not responsible for department's failures to ensure scheme was lawful

Former cabinet minister Alan Tudge has told a royal commission he was not responsible for his department's failure to ensure the Robodebt scheme was lawful.

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Former government services minister Stuart Robert was warned Robodebt scheme could lead to civil action

Former government services minister Stuart Robert was warned continuing the illegal Robodebt scheme could lead to the civil action, the royal commission is told.

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Georgia is seeking to define ‘Cop City’ protests as terrorism, experts say

Actions by police match rhetoric from state politicians seeking to define a largely peaceful protest movement as terrorism

The Guardian - US

Department of Social Services legal team was under 'definite pressure' from senior leadership, former in-house lawyer tells Robodebt inquiry

A former in-house legal officer tells the Robodebt royal commission that departmental cultural issues and leadership changes may have impacted the handling of the flawed scheme.

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Lake Mead’s decline may slow, thanks to winter’s wet start

Miami Herald

DHS sees huge drop in Haitian, Cuban, Venezuelan, Nicaraguan arrivals at southern border

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security recorded a precipitous drop in encounters with migrants attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border illegally this month, the department said on Wednesday, putting January on track to see the lowest level of monthly border encounters since the beginning of the Biden administration.

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Texas Congressman Gonzales says both parties grandstand on border security

WASHINGTON — Both Republicans and Democrats have used migrant surges along the U.S.-Mexico border in an effort to score political points, according to U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas.

Salon

Libs of TikTok owner now a media star

She began with an anonymous troll account in April 2021 — now she's an agenda-setter in the right's anti-LGBTQ war

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Arizona-Led Effort Spies on Americans' Financial Transactions

Thousands of local, state, and federal law-enforcers have access to sensitive financial data.

Tribune News Service

Migrants exploited at work could receive more deportation relief

ATLANTA — Undocumented workers caught up in exploitative labor arrangements will have access to a streamlined process to request protection from deportation, according to guidance unveiled Friday by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

The Independent UK

DHS policy protects migrant workers in labor investigations

The Homeland Security Department is announcing measures for migrant workers who witness or are victims of workplace labor violations

Reason

Government Snoops in Maine Caught Spying on Peaceful Americans

Intelligence-gathering “fusion centers” repeatedly abuse civil liberties without making us safer.

Reason

Population Growth Still Isn't a Problem. Anti-Immigrant Groups Still Think It Is.

It shouldn't be surprising that a misanthropic worldview like Paul Ehrlich's can be taken in xenophobic directions.

Chicago Sun-Times

Real ID deadline extended to 2025

After the May 2025 deadline, domestic travelers 18 and older on commercial flights must have a Real ID-compliant driver’s license or state photo ID identification card. The deadline to have a Real ID had previously been May 3, 2023.

Salon

Trump's in trouble — and still dangerous

Yes, he really may be prosecuted, and his 2024 prospects are fading. But the danger to democracy isn't nearly over

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