
The New York Times reports that the United States government currently has no idea how many foreign visitors have overstayed their visas — a long standing problem with America’s immigration system.
by Charlie Spiering1 Jan 2016, 11:40 AM PST0

Although terror threat levels have been heightened around the world, and extraordinary precautions taken in major American cities, the U.S. State Department is aware of no “specific, credible threats here in the homeland.”
by John Hayward31 Dec 2015, 9:40 AM PST0

There are many problems with funding our gigantic, intrusive federal government by passing gigantic omnibus bills in a blind year-end panic, as has become customary in decadent Washington, D.C. One problem is that voters don’t know what their “representatives” have slipped into those gruesome trillion-dollar pork sausages. Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI) is trying to repeal a controversial cybersecurity law that slipped under America’s nose in the omnibus package, despite public unease about similar measures in the past.
by John Hayward30 Dec 2015, 10:25 AM PST0

With little fanfare, the Department of Homeland Security has updated Transportation Security Agency protocols to make it harder for travelers to opt out of airport body scanners. “While passengers may generally decline AIT [Advanced Imagery Technology] screening in favor of
by John Hayward23 Dec 2015, 1:32 PM PST0

U.S. House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) Friday released key findings of a review of San Bernardino terrorist Tashfeen Malik’s immigration file on Friday.
by Michelle Moons20 Dec 2015, 5:29 AM PST0

Senior officials rejected a proposal to incorporate social media screenings in the vetting process of foreign visa applicants in 2011.
by Caroline May17 Dec 2015, 7:47 AM PST0

The Department of Homeland Security has a new terrorism advisory system, aimed at providing updates about potential threats to the American people. DHS issued its first “Bulletin” warning Wednesday.
by Caroline May16 Dec 2015, 12:13 PM PST0

Widespread outrage greeted Department of Homeland Security director Jeh Johnson’s revelation that immigration officials have been secretly barred from looking at the social media posts of prospective immigrants, due to political correctness and fears that such investigations would result in “bad public relations.”
by John Hayward16 Dec 2015, 6:42 AM PST0

The biggest component, Rubio explained, was to puncture the notion that somehow joining the fight under the Islamic State was glamorous – when the reality proved that it was miserable, especially for foreign fighters. “They often treat you like cannon fodder, they give you the worst assignments, you’re the first ones they throw into battle and the first ones killed,” he said, describing life in the caliphate cities as “hell on earth” without the basic public services.
by Charlie Spiering15 Dec 2015, 8:25 AM PST0

Homeland Security Jeh Johnson reportedly refused to end a “secret” policy prohibiting immigration officials from reviewing the online posts of all foreign nationals seeking a U.S. visa in early 2014 due to concerns about “bad public relations” for the administration,.
by Caroline May14 Dec 2015, 8:00 AM PST0

The New York Times reported this weekend that U.S. officials approved San Bernardino murderer Tashfeen Malik to immigrate to the U.S.–even though she had gushed about jihad on social media. Malik entered the U.S. on a K-1 (fiancée) visa and
by Mary Chastain14 Dec 2015, 4:26 AM PST0

A report issued by the Department of Homeland Security to law-enforcement agencies last week included a warning that Islamic State militants may have the capability to print authentic-seeming passports, and might have already used such documents to place operatives in the United States.
by John Hayward11 Dec 2015, 11:38 AM PST0

Department of Homeland Security whistleblower Philip Haney gave an extensive interview to Breitbart News Daily on Friday morning, in which he discussed an investigation that might have stopped the San Bernardino jihad attack… but was scuttled by Homeland Security brass for politically-correct reasons.
by John Hayward11 Dec 2015, 8:36 AM PST0

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been accused of deleting intelligence records relating to dangerous Islamists linked to terrorists Sayed Farook and Tashfeen Malik, because they wanted to protect the “civil liberties” of members of the caliphate-supporting network. Phil
by Liam Deacon11 Dec 2015, 5:03 AM PST0

On Thursday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Kelly File,” former DHS employee Philip Haney said work he was doing that would have “put the red light on” the San Bernardino attackers was shut down due to fears of profiling. Haney
by Breitbart TV10 Dec 2015, 8:53 PM PST0

The mainstream media and the political left are pushing back against a Breitbart News story: “Exclusive–Confirmed: 8 Syrians Caught at Texas Border in Laredo.”
by Joel B. Pollak19 Nov 2015, 5:10 PM PST0

Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT), a retired Navy SEAL Team Six commander, says the U.S. should stop bringing in refugees until they can be properly vetted.
by Edwin Mora18 Nov 2015, 8:40 AM PST0

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson and FBI Directory James Comey will give a members-only classified briefing to the House of Representatives on the terrorists attack in Paris.
by Michelle Fields17 Nov 2015, 8:50 AM PST0

Republican presidential candidates Donald Trump and Ben Carson are now under Secret Service protection.
by Michelle Fields5 Nov 2015, 10:29 AM PST0

Republican presidential candidate South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham argued the budget cuts to the FBI and DHS “need to be replaced” on Thursday’s “At This Hour with Berman & Bolduan” Graham said, “the TSA has had some failure. The Congress
by Ian Hanchett5 Nov 2015, 9:24 AM PST0

DHS expanded family detention last year in response to the unprecedented run on the border by illegal immigrant adults with children. The government had pointed to detention as a deterrent to the ongoing influx of illegal immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border — which has seen more than 108,000 family unit members apprehended attempting to illegally enter the U.S. over the past two fiscal years.
by Caroline May27 Oct 2015, 9:23 AM PST0

Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson stated that he hopes there isn’t a war on police or a general anti-police sentiment but the number of police killed is “really unfortunate. And I hope we turn that tide” in an interview
by Ian Hanchett21 Oct 2015, 7:19 PM PST0

“As a sovereign nation we must protect our borders, but building a wall across the entire southwest border is not the answer,” DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson said as the audience applauded. Johnson ridiculed the idea that an illegal immigrant from South America who traveled through Mexico would be deterred by a wall.
by Charlie Spiering7 Oct 2015, 7:33 AM PST0

The Office of Personnel Management made 2015’s government-wide employee engagement index scores and the global satisfaction index scores public Tuesday, revealing that DHS ranked dead last in both employee engagement and job satisfaction among large agencies. While the federal government as a whole experienced a one percent increase in employee engagement to 64 percent from 63 percent last year, DHS actually lost a percentage point in engagement, falling to 53 percent
by Caroline May29 Sep 2015, 12:39 PM PST0

Arizona’s top Immigration and Customs Enforcement prosecutor, whose discrimination case against the Department of Homeland Security revealed internal unrest in the face of the Obama administration’s diluted immigration enforcement efforts, has settled for nearly $400,000, according to the New York Times.
by Caroline May31 Aug 2015, 3:47 PM PST0