The Latest Breaking News from Homeland Security Investigations

How Brazil's Most Powerful Criminal Gang Laundered $30 Million Through Eight U.S. Cities — and Got Caught

Brazilian PCC operative gets 12 years for laundering $30M in drug cash through eight U.S. cities. Inside the DOJ's takedown of the PCC's American pipeline.

Latin Times · 1h ago

ICE Officials Question Donald Trump's 'Midterm Panic Moves' and Doubt Ilhan Omar Raid Validity

The Ilhan Omar raid has prompted anonymous ICE officials to question Donald Trump's immigration enforcement strategy ahead of the US midterms.

International Business Times UK · 7h ago

Operation Show Me Justice Is Over: 435 Arrests, 81 Kg of Drugs, and $1.25M Seized—What It Means for St. Louis

Operation Show Me Justice ended with 435 arrests, 81 kg of drugs, and 166 guns off St. Louis streets. Inside the 8-week federal crime surge.

Latin Times · 8h ago

Homeland Security investigative unit in spotlight in Omar probe

The agency at the center of the raid on Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home this week, Homeland Security Investigations, isn’t exactly a household name. But some Republicans hailed HSI last spring, as they sought to end a shutdown of its parent agency, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, following the fatal shootings of…

Roll Call · Oct 15

Trump DOJ’s Ilhan Omar probe is focused on a very specific detail: report

The timing of the latest probe against Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, a longtime Trump target, has raised eyebrows with just weeks to go until the midterm elections

The Independent UK · Oct 14

New Trump rule could put refugees on 10-day countdown clock to stay in the US

IN FOCUS: Refugee advocates say the Trump administration is trying to sabotage protections and make it impossible for people to defend themselves, Alex Woodward reports

The Independent UK · Oct 14

Omar home search raises fears about election season probes

A search of Rep. Ilhan Omar’s home has sent shockwaves through electoral politics weeks before the midterms, as experts said it appeared to flout longstanding norms meant to keep prosecutors out of elections. While the Minnesota Democrat herself has been on a glide path to reelection in a deep-blue district,…

Roll Call · Oct 13

Federal Agents Search Ilhan Omar's Home Amid Criminal Investigation

Federal agents raided Rep. Ilhan Omar's D.C. home Oct. 12 under a criminal warrant tied to a yearslong immigration fraud probe — 22 days before the midterms.

Latin Times · Oct 13

Ilhan Omar Probe Centres on Immigration Papers Her Late Father Completed When She Was a Child, Sources Say

Federal agents searched Representative Ilhan Omar's Washington home as part of an investigation into immigration paperwork completed by her late father, while Omar denied wrongdoing and alleged political intimidation.

International Business Times UK · Oct 13

'An Outrageous Abuse of Power': Ilhan Omar Condemns Federal Search of Her Home

Ilhan Omar has condemned a federal search of her Washington home, while the Justice Department says the operation forms part of an ongoing criminal investigation whose details remain undisclosed.

International Business Times UK · Oct 13