Tag Archives: DHS

Deportation Appeal Fees Soar From $110 To $1010

Newsweek reports: The Trump administration announced another round of new immigration form fees Tuesday, affecting those filing paperwork seeking to halt deportation proceedings, and people seeking initial Temporary Protected Status (TPS). President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act included provisions for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) to increase certain fees immigrants pay when applying for visas, permanent …

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DHS: Turn In Your Ex And Help Us Deport That “Loser”

The Associated Press reports: The Trump administration is promoting one way to get away from an abusive ex: report them to immigration enforcement. The Department of Homeland Security jumped on a viral social media post by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier. “We recently got a tip from someone whose abusive ex overstayed a tourism visa. He is now cued up …

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Judge Clears Way To Hold Trump Admin In Contempt

Fox News reports: A federal judge in Baltimore cleared the way for potential contempt proceedings to be brought against the Trump administration on Tuesday after it failed to comply with a court order requiring it to return a deported Venezuelan migrant from El Salvador back to U.S. soil. The update from U.S. District Judge Stephanie Gallagher capped an extraordinary court …

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Rights Group: Migrant Men Were Forced To Eat “Like Dogs” With Their Hands Shackled Behind Their Backs

Human Rights Watch reports: Staff were dismissive or abusive even when detainees were undergoing a visibly obvious medical crisis. For example, staff ignored a detained immigrant who began coughing blood in a crowded holding cell for hours. In that case, unrest ensued, and a Disturbance Control Team stormed the cell, forcing the men in it to lie face down on …

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Nursing Homes Say Many Workers Aren’t Showing Up

The New York Times reports: President Trump’s immigration crackdown is beginning to strain the long-term care work force, raising concerns about how the effects could ripple across the nation’s senior population. Providers that operate nursing homes and home care agencies say they have lost staff members as the Trump administration has moved to end deportation protections for hundreds of thousands …

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WSJ: ICE Is “Racing” For More Concentration Camps

The Wall Street Journal reports: With an overnight tripling of its annual budget and intensifying pressure to increase deportations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is racing to expand its detention space with temporary tentlike structures, despite safety warnings. Trump administration officials have identified limited detention space as one of the major chokepoints preventing them from stepping up deportations as quickly …

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Visitors To US Will Soon Face $250 “Visa Integrity Fee”

The Hill reports: Tourists, international students and business travelers may be required to pay a $250 fee when visiting the United States on a non-immigrant visa. No formal start date has been announced to begin the collection of the “visa integrity fee.” Starting in 2026, the $250 price could increase to accommodate inflation. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will be …

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ICE Offers $50K Bonus To Lure Back Former Agents

CNN reports: As the Department of Homeland Security scrambles to meet the Trump administration’s quotas for increased arrest and deportation of undocumented immigrants, officials are pleading with former ICE agents to return to service, according to an email obtained by CNN that was sent to numerous former agents. It comes with a bonus of up to $50,000. “You served the …

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ICE Barbie Flips Out At Question About Her Targeting Of Latinos: “Don’t You Dare Ever Say That Again!” [VIDEO]

REPORTER: “ICE operations are taking place predominately in Latino communities-” ICE BARBIE: “I wouldn’t say that’s true, I would say that the media has highlighted operations like that, but we have operations ongoing throughout the country every single day in communities everywhere, so I would not say that anyone could show that they’re highlighted in Hispanic communities. That is absolutely …

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Noem: TSA Will Open Special Lanes For Families

NBC News reports: Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced on Thursday that the TSA will open security lanes dedicated to families and military service members. TSA will also begin offering Gold Star families TSA pre-check enrollment free of charge, she said. “Families on the Fly” will create dedicated security lines for families with small children and give families a …

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ICE Pepper-Sprays And Jails Army Veteran US Citizen

The Associated Press reports: A U.S. Army veteran who was arrested during an immigration raid at a Southern California marijuana farm last week said Wednesday he was sprayed with tear gas and pepper spray before being dragged from his vehicle and pinned down by federal agents who arrested him. George Retes, 25, who works as a security guard at Glass …

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African Nation: We’ll Repatriate Deported US Migrants

The New York Times reports: The tiny African kingdom of Eswatini announced on Wednesday that it would repatriate the five migrants who had been deported there by the United States, a day after American officials said the migrants’ home countries had refused to accept them. The migrants came from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Yemen and Cuba, and had been serving time …

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Houston Chronicle: “Heck Of A Job, Secretary Noem”

From the Houston Chronicle editorial board: Trump’s FEMA director failed to make any public appearances, statements or social media postings immediately following the deadly flood. (He finally showed up a week later.) This is the sort of urgency Texans can expect from a man who joked that he didn’t know there was a hurricane season. Judging by recent reporting on …

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Noem Suggests That TSA Will Drop Limits On Liquids

The New York Post reports: The days of frantically chugging drinks at airport security gates may soon be over. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem suggested Wednesday that she is pushing for the TSA to ease up on its liquids, aerosols, and gels rule now that the airport security agency has ditched its dreaded shoes-off policy. “The day I …

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Blue States Sue Over FEMA Disaster Mitigation Funds

The Hill reports: A coalition of 20 states on Wednesday sued the Trump administration over its decision to shut down a multibillion-dollar grant program aimed at strengthening infrastructure before natural disasters strike. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Boston, contends that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) unlawfully eliminated its Building Resilient Infrastructures and Communities (BRIC) program earlier this …

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DHS Deports Five Migrants To Tiny African Nation

The New York Times reports: The Trump administration sent five migrants from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Yemen and Cuba to a small African nation on Tuesday, resuming the practice of so-called third-country deportations after the Supreme Court cleared the practice earlier this month, Department of Homeland Security officials said Tuesday. Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, is a nation of about 6,700 …

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DHS: Inhumane Conditions Reports Are “Fake News”

NBC News reports: Immigrants being held in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers in at least seven states are complaining of hunger, food shortages and spoiled food, detainees and immigration advocates say. They say some detainees have gotten sick; others say they have lost weight. In one facility, an incident involving detainees reportedly broke out in part because of food. …

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Noem: Reports That Only 15% Of Texas Calls To FEMA Were Answered Are “False Reporting” And “Fake News”

KRISTI NOEM: “No employees were off of work. Every one of them was answering calls, so false reporting, fake news, and it’s discouraging. It’s discouraging that during this time, when we have such a loss of life and so many people’s lives have turned upside down, that people are playing politics with this because the response time was immediate. And …

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Noem: Trump Wants FEMA “Remade” Not Dismantled

NBC News reports: Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Sunday that President Donald Trump wants FEMA “remade” rather than dismantled entirely. “I think the president recognizes that FEMA should not exist the way that it always has been. It needs to be redeployed in a new way, and that’s what we did during this response,” Noem said in an interview …

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UN Group: US Is Conducting “Enforced Disappearances”

The New York Times reports: As President Trump builds the infrastructure to carry out mass deportations, with domestic military deployments and $165 billion for the Department of Homeland Security, third-country agreements could offer a path to swiftly move large numbers of detainees out of U.S. custody with little due process. And the lack of information about detainees sent to South …

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