The Latest Breaking News from DHS

Top DHS Official Promises Election Officials That ICE Will Not Be at Polling Places: 'Simply Disinformation'

A senior DHS official told state election leaders this week that ICE officers will not be deployed to polling places during the November midterms.

Latin Times · Feb 26

Democrats in four states seek to bar ICE employees from future civil service jobs

Bills aim to make ICE employees ineligible for jobs in law enforcement, public education and state civil service

The Guardian - US · Feb 26

Trump policy of deporting migrants to countries they have no ties to is illegal, judge rules

The judge noted that President Donald Trump's administration has repeatedly violated — or tried to violate — his orders

The Independent UK · Feb 25

ICE Whistleblower Says Training Is 'Deficient, Defective, and Broken'

An attorney and former ICE training instructor testified before Congress that changes to the training program “can and will get people killed.”

Reason · Feb 24

Shutdown to affect disaster relief as DHS restricts FEMA activities

It isn’t because of a lack of funds.

We Got This Covered · Feb 24

World Cup host cities are ‘running out of time’ with $625m in funding held up by DHS shutdown

Officials warned of potential event cancellations if World Cup host cities do not receive the funds, which are set to be administered by Fema

The Guardian - US · Feb 24

Seis muertes en seis semanas: Lo que hay que saber sobre las detenciones de ICE en Texas

El año pasado hubo más muertes dentro de los centros de detención de ICE que en ningún otro en las últimas dos décadas. Casi una cuarta parte de esas muertes ocurrieron en Texas.

The Texas Tribune · Feb 24

ICE Sued After Observers Claim Agents Used Facial Recognition to Add Them in a 'Domestic Terrorist' Watchlist

Two Maine residents are suing ICE, claiming federal agents used facial recognition and surveillance to label observers as 'domestic terrorists.'

International Business Times UK · Feb 24

ICE Spending Nears $5.4bn: Donor Firms Receive Billions as Deaths in Detention Centres Climb

ICE spending reached £4.6bn ($5.4bn) in one year, with top donor-linked contractors receiving most funds amid rising deaths in detention centres.

International Business Times UK · Feb 24

Plane carrying ICE detainees stranded on tarmac for 13 hours amid brutal storm in New Hampshire, report says

Portsmouth International Airport says it received just 15 minutes’ warning that the flight was inbound early on Monday morning, by which point it was too late to tell it to turn back

The Independent UK · Feb 24