Tag: Homeland Security

A GAO study released Tuesday reported that the Department of Homeland Security had lost track of one million individuals whose visas to be in the US had expired. The Government Accountability Office noted that, while DHS monitors individuals entering the

The Congressional Black Caucus has suggested that Barack Obama replace the outgoing Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano, with a woman who may be the least qualified person ever to be suggested for a nationally important post:

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will reportedly campaign for family friend and Democrat Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe in the coming months, reminding Virginians of the connections between McAuliffe and the Clintons and the scandals associated with both. Politico

I’m happy to announce that Citizens United, the same group who brought you Hillary The Movie and Occupy Unmasked, is at it again with a new film called Fast Terry, a real look at Terry McAuliffe.  From chief fundraiser for

On Thursday, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee held hearings on the confirmation of current U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Alejandro Mayorkas to become Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. No Republican Senators participated in the hearings. Mayorkas

(AP) New health insurance markets: Not like TravelocityBy RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVARAssociated PressWASHINGTONYou may have heard that shopping for health insurance under President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul will be like using Travelocity or Amazon.But many people will end up with something

The Republican Party says it will boycott the July 25th nomination hearing for Obama’s pick for Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security. The nominee, Alejandro Mayorkas, is currently being investigated over allegations that he “used his current role as director of U.S.

Three years ago, according to newly released emails, Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe dropped the name of Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) into an email to a DHS official requesting the official’s intervention on behalf of the company he chaired at

House Homeland Security Committee chairman Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX) told Breitbart News exclusively that he does not believe the Senate’s “Gang of Eight” immigration bill should go to conference with any immigration bills the House produces.  In fact, he says

The Associated Press reported on Tuesday that the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security has launched an investigation into U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Director Alejandro Mayorkas. He made a decision to overrule the denial of a visa

On Thursday, the Franklin Center for Public Integrity’s Watchdog.org reported that Virginia Democratic gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe asked Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to “expedite adjudication of EB-5 applications of GreenTech investors” in a December 2010 letter. At

House Republican Leadership will not be voting on the Senate’s immigration bill, opting instead to tackle the issue in five smaller legislative chunks. One of the five immigration bills (H.R. 1417) is the lower chamber’s border security legislation, which was introduced

I feel compelled to respond to the piece authored by Larry O’Connor on July 12, 2013, which resulted from my radio appearance on Hugh Hewitt’s show last week. Mr. O’Connor misrepresents my point that simply building a fence along the

Terry McAuliffe, Democrat candidate for governor in Virginia, has made his private sector experience a cornerstone of his campaign. Until recently, he trumpeted his founding of an electric car company, telling a Democrat audience in May, 2011, “I’m a founder of

The Center for Security Policy (CSP), a right-leaning think tank that focuses on national defense, issued a statement bidding adieu to President Barack Obama’s outgoing Secretary of Homeland Security on July 12. They decried her for lumping Tea Partiers in

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said in a statement that the nation’s next Secretary of Homeland Security would have carte blanche authority with no congressional oversight on border security if the Senate immigration bill becomes law and Senate Majority Leader Harry

Sanford law enforcement officials spoke to reporters on Friday after jurors left the courtroom to deliberate a verdict in the George Zimmerman trial. Reporters learned Sanford police had training through the Justice Department regarding “biased base policing and ethics.” Breitbart

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) lavished praise on President Barack Obama’s outgoing Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano on Friday. “Napolitano has served our nation with honor over the last 4 yrs (in) one of the toughest and most thankless jobs

US Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano said Friday she was resigning to take up a job in academia, opening up a surprise vacancy in President Barack Obama’s cabinet. Napolitano, a former governor of Arizona, said she was being nominated as

On Friday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano shocked Washington with news that she was immediately resigning her cabinet position. Her departure leaves vacant an office at the heart of the current immigration reform debate. If Congress proceeds with immigration reform

Conservatives in the House are pushing a resolution that would require the four southern-border states to certify that the border is secure before any immigration legislation could be brought to the floor for a vote. The immigration bill passed by

The House Committee on Homeland Security held a hearing on Wednesday focusing on recent terrorist attacks on American soil. During the hearing, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) stated she did not believe the Fort Hood shooting should be classified as “workplace