Tag: Jeh Johnson

A federal review of the charge that a Customs and Border Protection officer pointed a gun at a Boy Scout during an inspection at the Alcan Port of Entry, Alaska has concluded that the allegation is “unsubstantiated.” An Iowa Boy

After the Wall Street Journal slammed conservatives who were in favor of border security over the weekend, the White House was glad Monday to use the Journal‘s words to paint conservatives as “extreme.” After conservatives like Sens. Jeff Sessions (R-AL)

On Friday, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) declared that the Congressional Hispanic Caucus speaks for all Democrats on amnesty and immigration.  “Let me make it very clear: the Hispanic caucus speaks for all of us–not just for their caucus

The Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General released a memo on Thursday confirming the problem of communicable diseases that are being spread throughout detention centers.  The OIG outlined a two-week report from the beginning of the month on the detention of

ASPEN, Colorado–At a closed-door meeting with Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley was blunt.  “Look, you’ve got these undocumented children,” she recalled telling Johnson, “You haven’t told any of the governors anything. We don’t know

WASHINGTON (AP) — Even as they grapple with an immigration crisis at the border, White House officials are making plans to act before November’s mid-term elections to grant work permits to potentially millions of immigrants who are in this country

Nearly half of illegal immigrant juveniles do not show up for the hearings, according to a top Justice Department official. At a Thursday Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the $3.7 billion in supplemental funding that the Obama administration requested to

At a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing Wednesday, President Barack Obama’s Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Burwell said that beds for illegal immigrant children can cost the federal government up to $1,000 per bed. While asking the senators to approve

On Wednesday, President Barack Obama said there was no reason for him to visit the border to see firsthand the crisis that many believe he created by giving temporary amnesty to DREAMers in 2012 and vowing to ease deportations with

White House press secretary Josh Earnest took a harder line on the tens of thousands of illegal alien children streaming across the border than the Department of Homeland Security secretary did on Sunday, saying “most” of the children will likely

In a Washington Post profile that compared gay rights and illegal immigration to the Civil Rights Movement, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson suggested that illegal immigrant children who are flooding across the border should not lose hope.   When the Post “asked about the emotional

Days after the White House refused to give a definitive answer about whether most of the illegal immigrant children flooding across the U.S.-Mexico would be deported, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson also punted multiple times when asked on Sunday. On

Illegal immigrants who have flooded across the border seeking “permisos” that they believe will allow them to indefinitely remain in the United States have reportedly been phoning others in Central America to inform them they are being allowed to stay

Those in Central America may not have believed Vice President Joe Biden’s vow that a “vast majority” of illegal immigrant children flooding across the border will be deported, because the Obama administration returned fewer than 2,000 illegal immigrant children last

Testifying before the House Homeland Security Committee Tuesday, Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said illegal immigrant children from Central America are hopping on so-called “death trains” with the false belief that they will get “permisos” to remain indefinitely in the

President Obama is under fire for aggressively using executive orders to provide amnesty to illegal alien minors and enact other liberal policies, but Department of Homeland Secretary Jeh Johnson indicated in a Tuesday hearing he understands in principle that Congress

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Department of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson admitted Tuesday that in some cases the federal government is turning over unaccompanied illegal immigrant minors to their family members who are also in the U.S. illegally. “These kids that come

Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Tuesday that the federal government is screening illegal immigrant children flooding across the United States-Mexico border for contagious diseases. Numerous doctors have expressed concerns that the border crisis can lead to a public