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The National Border Patrol Council reported on its weekly podcast that Border Patrol agents testified before Congress about being ordered to not only release illegal immigrants who have crossed the border, but to also release illegal aliens who have committed previous crimes in this country.

Before Kate Steinle, there was Spencer Golvach, and after both of them, there have been too many more. One year ago this week, Spencer Golvach was randomly shot in the head while he was sitting in his truck waiting for the traffic light to change. He was randomly executed by an illegal alien who had previously been deported multiple times for committing crimes but was back in Texas engaging in a killing spree.

Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott and Democrat U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar joined forces in a bi-partisan effort to stop President Obama’s administration from cutting border security resources along the U.S./Mexico border.

The Obama administration’s DHS is extending and re-designating South Sudan for Temporary Protected Status, allowing foreign nationals from South Sudan to legally remain and work in the U.S.

The pressure Democrats and amnesty activists have applied the Obama administration has Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) predicting that there will be a “pause” in the recent immigration raids targeting illegal immigrant families.

The Obama administration conducted a series of deportation raids over the weekend, netting 121 illegal immigrants who entered the U.S. as part of the recent surge at the U.S.- Mexico border.

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.

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.”

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,.

Tuesday on MSNBC’s “Andrea Mitchell Reports,” the Secretary of Homeland Security, Jeh Johnson said Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s call to ban Muslims from entering the Untied States is “irresponsible, probably illegal, unconstitutional and contrary to international law, un-American, and

On Monday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said that the U.S. cannot “vilify” all American Muslims in the wake of the terrorist attacks in Paris, France and San Bernardino, CA. Johnson said, “In the current environment the answer

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings spoke out against Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s order to state agencies not to participate in Syrian refugee resettlement programs of the federal government. Abbott issued an order last week stopping Texas’ participation and he urged the White House to stop its programs.

President Obama, Hillary Clinton, and other Democrats have taken to openly mocking anyone with the slightest doubt that every last one of these refugees will be subject to careful vetting by the same genius government that brought you HealthCareDotGov, the OPM hack, the V.A. disaster, and a seemingly endless string of Secret Service scandals, overseen by the President who thought al-Qaeda was dead and ISIS was its “junior varsity team.”

A video excerpt from an October 21st House Homeland Security Committee hearing reveals exactly why Texas Congressman Lamar Smith (R-TX) is calling for “a screeching halt” to Syrian resettlement in the country. He and Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX) are sponsoring a bill which would give governors the ability to protect their states by refusing to accept Syrian refugees.

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.

Virginia Democratic Rep. Don Beyer’s office declined Monday to back away from his Friday support for a plan to import at least 100,000 Syrians into the United States.

Rep. Jeff Duncan (R-SC) discussed the growing resistance to President Obama’s massive Syrian refugee resettlement program on Breitbart News Daily, expressing grave doubts that tens, or hundreds, of thousands of Syrians could be properly vetted for security concerns on a tight timetable.

Mounting suspicion that a Russian Metrojet airliner was destroyed over Egypt by a terrorist bomb, planted by an ISIS “inside man” at the airport, has led to concerns by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security over possible security flaws at American airports.

Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson stated that “the Black Lives Matter movement is airing a point of view that deserves to be heard” in an interview with USA Today‘s Capital Download released on Monday. Johnson said [relevant exchange begins around

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

Republican lawmakers are expressing concern about the Obama administration’s plans to release some 2,000 federally jailed criminal aliens scheduled for deportation as part of the government’s new sentencing rules for drug convictions.

“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.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) argue that while DHS Sec. Jeh Johnson has said it is “not acceptable to have no policy of cooperation with immigration enforcement” the Obama administration has failed to take substantive action compelling such sanctuary jurisdictions to comply with federal immigration authorities.

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

Jeh Johnson laid into sanctuary city policies that actively hinder the efforts of immigration officials to enforce U.S. law in the wake of the July shooting death of Kate Steinle in San Francisco.

Department of Homeland Security Sec. Jeh Johnson’s recent criticisms of sanctuary city policies ring hollow given the Obama administration’s actions enabling such policies, according to House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA).

The Obama administration will be granting temporary legal status and work permits to Yemen nationals currently in the U.S. due to armed conflict in their home country.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson is touting the recent multinational human smuggling bust as an example of the efforts the Obama administration is making to stem the flood of illegal immigration from Central America and Mexico.

As the number of unaccompanied minors from Central America attempting to illegally come to America have increased over the summer, DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson is on a media campaign to dissuade people from making the journey or sending their children.

The Obama administration’s new “Priority Enforcement Program” will result in the release of thousands of criminal aliens back onto American streets, according to National Sheriffs’ Association executive director Jonathan Thompson and Jackson County, Texas Sheriff A.J. Louderback.

Rep. Matt Salmon (R-AZ) slammed the Department of Homeland Security Wednesday for releasing three violent criminal aliens into Arizona.

“Our Department of Homeland Security needs to focus more on securing our homeland, not on cornering the market as a transportation option for illegal aliens in the United States,” Salmon said.

In a letter to Attorney General Loretta Lynch, Department of Homeland Security Sec. Jeh Johnson, and Secretary of State John Kerry dated Wednesday, the pair seek immigration data on foreign-born individuals the government has identified as being associated with or engaged in terrorist activity since February 26, 1993 — the date of the first World Trade Center bombing.

U.S. District Court Judge Andrew Hanen will spare Department of Homeland Security Sec. Jeh Johnson from appearing before his court later this month to answer for the Obama administration’s illegal issuance of amnesty documents.

Cuba has consistently refused efforts to accept back its nationals who have been ordered deported from the U.S. According to Grassley, Cuba’s refusals have caused some tens of thousands of Cubans with deportation orders to remain in the U.S., many with criminal records.

The Department of Homeland Security is instituting new security requirements for those countries in the Visa Waiver Program — or countries whose nationals do not need visas for short visits to the U.S. — due to the threats posed by foreign fighters, DHS Sec. Jeh Johnson announced Thursday.

Last week at the The Aspen Security Forum 2015 held by  The Aspen Institute, Department of Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson said it is “critical” we do not refer to ISIS as “Islamic extremism.” Johnson said, “ISIS I think would