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Kristi Noem, Trump’s secretary of Homeland Security, meets Mexican president

MEXICO CITY — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem arrived in Mexico on Friday to meet with President Claudia Sheinbaum and members of her Cabinet in a delicate moment in U.S.-Mexico relations. Noem came to the Mexican capital on the final leg of a three-nation Latin American trip that included stops in Colombia and El Salvador. It is

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Homeland Security Sec Kristi Noem to visit notorious El Salvador prison

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Wednesday will tour El Salvador’s notorious Terrorism Confinement Center, where hundreds of alleged criminal illegal aliens are being held after the Trump administration deported them earlier this month. Noem will tour the prison with the Salvadoran Minister of Justice, Héctor Gustavo Villatoro, before meeting with El Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, according

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Homeland Secretary Kristi Noem announces new border wall construction

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem announced the building of seven miles of new border wall in Arizona as part of the administration’s efforts to “make America safe again.” Noem’s announcement, coming in a short video posted to her X account, marks the beginning of additional border wall construction along the southern border

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Cuba-born congressman recounts emotional return to homeland with CODEL to Gitmo

EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Carlos Gimenez returned to his homeland of Cuba over the weekend for the first time in 64 years, saying he is now “more determined than ever” to see the island liberated from dictatorship. Gimenez, R-Fla., the only Cuban-born member of Congress, joined a congressional delegation (CODEL) to the U.S.-managed Guantánamo Bay military base

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Homeland Security Department Says It Is Ending Its Union Contract with TSA Workers

The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it was ending its collective bargaining agreement with workers in the Transportation Security Administration, claiming that the union contract was imperiling the safety of travelers. The move was the latest step by President Trump’s administration to undermine labor protections for federal workers, and prompted an outraged response

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Homeland Security Officials Push I.R.S. for 700,000 Immigrants’ Addresses

The Department of Homeland Security has pushed the Internal Revenue Service to turn over the addresses of roughly 700,000 undocumented immigrants it is seeking to deport, according to three people familiar with the matter, in a request that could violate taxpayer privacy laws. I.R.S. officials have so far denied the department’s attempts to verify the

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Two Greenlanders share contrasting views on U.S. overtures to acquire their homeland

Two Greenlanders share contrasting views on U.S. overtures to acquire their homeland, following a January visit to the territory by President Trump’s eldest son.

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Homeland Security puts CISA employees on administrative leave, reviews misinformation board

The Department of Homeland Security confirmed on Tuesday that some Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) employees who worked on “mis-, dis-, and malinformation” were put on administrative leave. In a statement to Scripps News, DHS assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin wrote CISA needs to “refocus on its mission,” starting with election security. “The agency is

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Lebanon’s Emigrants Return to a Battered Homeland After Israel-Hezbollah War

As the war between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah intensified last September, Abed Al Kadiri sat glued to the television in the art studio where he was working in Kuwait. Mr. Al Kadiri watched as Beirut, the Lebanese capital and city of his childhood, was ravaged by Israeli bombardments. He was distraught about

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Sec. Noem says Homeland Security will freeze grants to non-governmental organizations

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Wednesday the department has stopped all grant funding to nonprofits that operate outside of government control, saying they have been “perverted into a shadow government” that feeds illegal immigration. Noem said some non-governmental organizations (NGOs), which receive millions in federal grants, have been facilitating illegal immigration by helping aliens

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