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Texas judge prevents Biden from ending ‘Remain in Mexico’ immigration policy

A Texas federal judge on Thursday ruled for a second time that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security can’t end a Trump administration program that forced asylum seekers to wait outside the country while their claims are resolved.

Tribune News Service

LOCALIZE IT: Government delays enforcement of Real ID Act

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The Independent UK

Senior DHS official ‘very angry’ when colleague suggested robodebt needed ‘major response’, inquiry told

Compliance manager tells royal commission she was ‘unable to influence’ boss away from ‘deliver the numbers’ direction

The Guardian - AU

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US is considering program that would limit entry for Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is considering whether to limit the number of Haitians, Cubans and Nicaraguans who can claim asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border while opening other avenues for immigration, but have yet to make any final decisions, several sources told McClatchy and the Miami Herald.

Miami Herald

'Loving each other through a terrorist attack': Colorado LGBTQ groups manage security concerns while grieving

DENVER — Colorado LGBTQ organizations still working through grief over last month’s mass shooting at Club Q are taking into account new security concerns raised by a recent federal terrorism bulletin as they look ahead to events such as next summer’s Denver Pride celebrations.

The Denver Post

Requesting asylum is supposed to be free. But corruption in Tijuana means many have to pay

TIJUANA, Mexico — When a Russian family, threatened because of their opposition to the war in Ukraine, recently arrived in Tijuana, they tried every tactic they'd heard of to reach the United States and request asylum.

Tribune News Service

Over 300 Oath Keepers at DHS: report

House Homeland Security chair sounds the alarm on "extremism within our government"

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Scott Morrison tells Robodebt inquiry he was given 'very explicit advice' scheme didn't need legislation

Scott Morrison's evidence to the Robodebt inquiry becomes fiery as Commissioner Catherine Holmes asks the former prime minister if he understands parliamentary privilege.

ABC News

Intel analyst tried to stop Jan 6 attack after stumbling across online plans, report says

Analyst found 500 pages of ‘potential threats’ about ‘violent overthrow of government’ on 20 December 2020

The Independent UK

Centrelink worker recounts ‘callous indifference’ from superiors after raising alarm about robodebt

Colleen Taylor tells royal commission that staff were told ‘not to interrogate’ injustices facing welfare recipients

The Guardian - AU

Hundreds of people on leaked Oath Keepers member list worked for Homeland Security, report finds

Membership rolls allegedly included current and former Border Patrol, ICE and Secret Service staff

The Independent UK

‘I don’t know’: Marise Payne unsure why advice for legal change to robodebt disappeared from policy plan

‘Essentially responsibility is always borne by ministers,’ the then human services minister tells royal commission into doomed scheme

The Guardian - AU

Tax officials who raised concerns about robodebt were ‘fobbed off’, inquiry hears

Royal commission also hears ATO stonewalled the media despite misgivings that data it provided for robodebt was not ethical

The Guardian - AU

ATO bureaucrat 'threatened to shut down' Robodebt scheme by requesting cease and desist on use of tax data, royal commission told

An ATO bureaucrat is asked about his threats to "shut down" the Robodebt scheme in 2017, by requesting a federal department cease and desist using tax office data.

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Reason

Twitter Files: FBI, DHS Reported Tweets for Election Misinformation

Content moderators had "weekly confabs" with law enforcement officials, reports Matt Taibbi.

The Guardian - US

Attacks on Pacific north-west power stations raise fears for US electric grid

Series of attacks come after assault on North Carolina facilities cut electricity to 40,000

The Guardian - AU

The Australian government had multiple chances to press ‘stop’ on robodebt – but didn’t

Legal advisers said again and again that the automated debt recovery scheme was unlawful. New evidence shows how the objections were overcome

ABC News

Former bureaucrat says 'give me a break', denies claims she misled watchdog over Robodebt

Catherine Halbert was questioned over her correspondence with the federal watchdog, in which she said she believed changes had been made in 2015 to ensure the proposal that became Robodebt was lawful.

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The Guardian - AU

Senior official denies ‘manipulating the truth’ to ombudsman over legality of robodebt scheme

DSS witness faces scrutiny at royal commission over involvement in robodebt plans and evidence given to watchdog’s 2017 investigation

Tribune News Service

POINT: Privately run immigration detention is a safe and cost-effective alternative

On his campaign website, then-candidate Joe Biden vowed to “end for-profit detention centers,” asserting tendentiously that “no business should profit from the suffering of desperate people fleeing violence.”

The Guardian - AU

Former social services official told to ‘tone down’ robodebt legal concerns, inquiry hears

Andrew Whitecross says he fiercely criticised the proposal and questioned its legality in the scheme’s initial plan

ABC News

Bureaucrat told to 'tone down' Robodebt criticism, royal commission hears

Andrew Whitecross, then an employee at the Department of Human Services, agrees the policy which became Robodebt was a "radical departure" from compliance at the time.

Axios

Republicans launching investigation into handling of U.S. Afghanistan withdrawal

The operation was clouded by a suicide attack that left 13 Americans and roughly 200 Afghans dead.

The Independent UK

COVID's lingering impact prompts Real ID deadline extension

The deadline for obtaining the Real ID needed to board a domestic flight has been pushed back again, with the Department of Homeland Security citing the lingering impact of the COVID-19 pandemic for the slower-than-expected rollout

Tribune News Service

Noah Feldman: The Supreme Court’s other conservative revolution

The conservative revolution at the U.S. Supreme Court has two prongs. One grabs headlines as the justices overturn long-established precedent on big-ticket issues like abortion, affirmative action and voting rights. The second is a less-noticed yet enormously ambitious transformation of the judiciary’s job. Put simply, the justices are placing themselves…

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