D.C. Police Worried That Fear of Terrorism Could Inspire More Terrorism
A recently disclosed bulletin from October 2023 shows the Inception-like nature of national security politics.
A recently disclosed bulletin from October 2023 shows the Inception-like nature of national security politics.
The government's gaslighting strategy suggests that federal officials are not confident about the constitutionality of punishing students for expressing anti-Israel views.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and border czar Tom Homan blamed the shooting of an off-duty Customs and Border Protection officer on the policies of sanctuary cities like New York.
Immigrant detainees transferred thousands of miles from where they were first arrested face unique challenges in immigration court.
The alleged incident goes to the heart of the objections raised by critics who worry about Bove's respect for the rule of law.
One immigration judge referred to an ICE attorney as merely “Department” during a hearing.
ICE wants to access confidential IRS data to locate tax-paying undocumented immigrants and boost detention numbers.
The widely resented and ridiculed policy, which the U.S. was nearly alone in enforcing, never made much sense.
Florida’s elected officials should learn from the original facility that inspired the state’s newest immigrant detention center's name, and change course before it’s too late.
After criticizing the agency for being ineffective for months, the Trump administration now plans to reform it to supplement state disaster response efforts.
The university says it will continue to defend itself against government overreach.
A DHS video lionizing Customs and Border Protection quotes the Bible and includes a song promising that "God's gonna cut you down."
The immigration agency has reportedly gained access to a private database designed to fight insurance fraud.
More questions arise over how Florida’s newest immigration detention center is being funded by the Trump administration.
Billions upon billions of dollars are allocated for border screening technology, immigration detention facilities, more ICE agents, and building a border wall.
The government’s lawyers also say that supposedly nonexistent policy is perfectly consistent with the First Amendment.
The Justice Department cannot constitutionally prosecute a news outlet for covering the news.
The Florida attorney general stated that the facilities will add 5,000 beds and be operational as early as the first week of July.
The Department of Homeland Security's recent campaign is just the latest chapter.
The California senator was trying to ask about immigration enforcement when federal agents handcuffed and ejected him.
As hundreds gathered to oppose ICE raids, a familiar pattern played out: peace by day, flash-bangs by night.
Trump is wielding the state against a school whose politics he doesn't like.
A federal judge blocks the administration's "Student Criminal Alien Initiative," which targeted foreign students who had no criminal records.
The legal principle safeguards civil liberties, protecting even unpopular people from the government.
Even after the Biden administration realized the most alarming claims were bunk, it didn't publicize the evidence it had.
"It is unthinkable that a person in a free society could be snatched from the street, imprisoned, and threatened with deportation for expressing an opinion the government dislikes," says FIRE.
The law was passed 20 years ago, and enforcement finally looms.
U.S. District Judge James Boasberg says the evidence indicates that the government "willfully disobeyed" his order blocking removal of alleged Venezuelan gang members.
The Supreme Court unanimously rejected that claim, upholding the right to due process in deportation cases.
Columbia student Mohsen Mahdawi thought he was going to become an American. Instead, ICE whisked him away into detention.
An immigration judge's decision reinforces the constitutional argument against the law that the secretary of state is invoking.
Although the Court lifted an order that temporarily blocked removal of suspected gang members, it unambiguously affirmed their right to judicial review.
The Trump administration says it is shameful even to suggest that immigration agents could make such errors.
"It appears that access to this court was improperly denied," an attorney for the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press says.
The detention of Tufts graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk illustrates the startling breadth of the authority the secretary of state is invoking.
The Homeland Security secretary's use of El Salvador's largest prison for propaganda is unethical and an endorsement of an autocratic justice system.
The proposed list of countries for the "Muslim ban" reboot has been leaked. It includes a small Buddhist kingdom in the Himalayas.
Passengers suing the TSA for First Amendment violations have had a rough time in court.
Several months ago, Reason interviewed Mahmoud Khalil at a protest encampment. Now he’s sitting in ICE detention.
The Department of Homeland Security is watching men who are mad they can’t get girlfriends.
The wave of drone sightings is sparking sci-fi speculation mixed with war fever.
The agency has not made air travel safer but it has made it costlier and more time-consuming to fly.
An ex-Secret Service agent explains what he thinks left Donald Trump vulnerable to two close-call assassination attempts within two months.
Customs and Border Protection insists that it can search electronics without a warrant. A federal judge just said it can't.
As lawmakers investigate what went wrong at the Pennsylvania Trump rally, they should resist calls to give the agency more money.
The surveillance company mSpy just suffered its third data breach in a decade, exposing government officials snooping for both official and unofficial reasons.
Americans shouldn’t count on the department to use the technology responsibly or in a limited way.
A FOIA request reveals what the FBI and Homeland Security had to say about anarchist activities on May Day 2015.
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