Chicago Homeowner Sues Border Cops for Warrantless Raid
Will they be held responsible for the illegal search and the damage to his property?
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Homeland Security Is Spending $1 Billion on 'Autonomous' Border Surveillance Towers
The department plans to triple the number of surveillance towers along the U.S.-Mexico border over the next decade.
Straight to Deportation, Don't Pass 'Go'
Plus: Bodega lawsuit, Ross Douthat escapes, Anthropic book destruction, and more...
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Capitol Police Anticipated Drone Plot Against UFC a Month Before It Was Uncovered
Newly uncovered documents show that the government didn’t need extensive surveillance or expensive fortifications to protect the White House.
A Man Died of COVID at This California Detention Center. A Judge Just Ordered Sweeping Improvements There.
A federal judge ordered sweeping improvements to conditions at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in California. Families say their loved ones died of neglect inside.
A Texas Immigrant Detention Center Is a 'Human Rights Disaster,' Civil Rights Groups Say in Report
Camp East Montana is the largest immigration detention center in the nation. It's also plagued by brutality and neglect, according to a string of internal and external investigations.
Border Cops Can Search Your Phone Whenever They Want, If You're Within 100 Miles of the Border
They can also search it without a warrant if you're flying abroad. Yes, even if you're an American citizen.
'Scrap It and Start All Over': Ex-Bush and Obama Officials Say the War on Terror's Powers Have Gone Too Far
In a rare display of candor, former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and former Homeland Security chief Jeh Johnson reflected on torture, Guantanamo Bay, and the 2001 Authorization for Use of Military Force.
New Homeland Security Task Forces Target Immigrants Over Sex Work
The Trump administration is protecting Americans from an invasion of illicit handjobs.
Afghan Special Forces Veteran Died in ICE Custody After Officers Denied Him an Inhaler
The death certificate blames an adverse drug reaction and meth. His family calls that impossible.
Trump's World Cup Intervention Shows His Sore Loser Philosophy
In sports as in foreign policy, he treats cheating as a virtue. And it doesn’t even work.
4 Ways the 'Big Beautiful Bill' Supercharged Trump's Immigration Crackdown
A look back on a year of immigration enforcement expansion funded by the OBBBA.
Good Riddance to 'Alligator Alcatraz,' a Cruel, Expensive, and Pointless Authoritarian Stunt
Less than a year after launching with its own merchandise line, "Alligator Alcatraz" is officially shutting down.
Texas Man Gets 30 Years in Prison for Transporting 'Anti-Government' Pamphlets
Eight of the Prairieland Detention Center protesters were sentenced to a combined 450 years in prison.
Trump Says His Task Force Is Fighting a Foreign 'Invasion.' It's Busting Americans for Drugs Instead.
How Trump rebranded the war on drugs as a fight against illegal immigration
ICE Largely Abandons Plan To Turn Warehouses Into Migrant Detention Facilities
The Department of Homeland Security plans to sell or offload seven warehouses it originally purchased to house migrants.
Texas Landowners Face a Difficult Decision: Allow Border Wall or Lose Right to Property
Recent reporting from The Texas Tribune details shocking accounts of government overreach against landowners along the southern border.
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DHS Says He's a Terrorist. His Lawyers Say He's Being Punished for Palestinian Advocacy.
The legal team of Salah Sarsour alleges that he risks death from being denied basic diabetes care after two months in detention.
Evidence Destroyed or Lost in Death of ICE Detainee That Was Ruled a Homicide
A medical examiner ruled Geraldo Lunas Campos' death a homicide by asphyxiation. Witnesses say guards choked him to death. Now a government report says evidence is missing.
DHS Says It Has 'Zero Tolerance' for Protesters' 'Verbal Assaults.' Here's What the Law Says.
Protesters continue to clash with law enforcement outside the Delaney Hall immigration detention facility, but questions remain over whether DHS policies comply with First Amendment law.
In Lawsuit Over Construction Raids, DHS Official Testifies ICE Agents Can't Trust REAL IDs
A Homeland Security official's testimony that ICE agents couldn't rely on REAL IDs as proof of citizenship led a federal judge to reply, "Help me understand how that makes sense."
CBP Agents Violently Arrested This Chicago Woman. Now She's Seeking $10 Million in Damages.
Debbie Brockman, a U.S. citizen, was held in federal custody for seven hours and released with no charges after her arrest by immigration agents last October.
Markwayne Mullin's Less 'Flashy' DHS Is Using the Same Thuggish Tactics
Mullin's latest idea is to stop processing international arrivals at airports in sanctuary cities.
DHS Directs ICE To Crack Down on Allegedly Fraudulent Asylum Claims
It's President Donald Trump's latest attempt to restrict a form of humanitarian relief sought by millions.
Rejected Search Warrant Applications Raise Further Questions About the Federal Case Against Don Lemon
After a magistrate judge said a DHS investigator had failed to establish probable cause, the government decided it did not need the YouTube and iPhone records after all.
Anti-Tech Extremism Worries the Same Federal Government That's Been Fueling Anti-Tech Extremism
Plus: Plan B for STIs, justifying "deadly force" to protect fertilized eggs, and more.
A Florida Detention Center Was the Harshest in the Country. Then ICE Stopped Tracking Details on Use of Force.
Leaked reports showed troubling uses of force and restraint chairs at the Krome North Service Processing Center—until the details disappeared.
Is the DHS Tracking ICE Critics? The Public Deserves Answers.
The DHS reportedly maintains a database tracking critics of the Trump administration’s immigration policies. Free speech advocates warn it could chill constitutionally protected speech.
A State Assault Case Against an ICE Agent Could Illustrate the Limits of Supremacy Clause Immunity
That defense applies only when an officer "reasonably" believed he was acting within his federal authority.
Filming Cops Is a First Amendment Right. The Feds Keep Harassing People for It Anyway.
Most federal appeals courts have recognized the right to record police. DHS employees nevertheless seem to view it as a crime.
A U.S. Citizen Is Suing ICE for Arresting Him Twice. He Just Got Arrested a Third Time.
Leo Garcia Venegas and the Institute for Justice are suing to block immigration raids on private construction sites that target Latinos.
He's a U.S. Citizen and Combat Veteran. ICE Tear-Gassed, Jailed, and Falsely Accused Him.
"I didn't do anything wrong," George Retes, a U.S. citizen imprisoned for three days, tells Reason.
Secret ICE Memo Tells Local Police Not To Disclose Immigration Enforcement Info Without ICE's Permission
The agency's transparency policies may undermine federal and state laws designed to ensure the free flow of information necessary to hold government actors accountable.
DHS Reportedly Weighs Closing Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz' Over Mounting Costs
Sources say the immigration detention center costs more than $1 million a day to run.
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DHS Funded
Plus: FISA reauthorization, driverless trucks in California, and an Epstein suicide note.
This Supreme Court Case Could Determine the Fate of More Than 1.3 Million Migrants
If Trump can end temporary protected status for Haitian and Syrian nationals, don't expect it to stop there.
Civil Liberties Groups Sue for Information on ICE's Speech-Chilling Subpoenas
The feds have been demanding that tech companies identify the administration's anonymous online critics. That violates the First Amendment.
Reports of Abuse Pour Out of Federal Immigration Detention Centers
Deaths in ICE detention have hit a two-decade high, and allegations of medical neglect and poor conditions continue to surge.
ICE Is on a $45 Billion Building Spree. Can Small Towns Support These New Migrant Warehouses?
The government is selling the policy with the same arguments you’d expect for subsidized factories or sports stadiums.
Judge Says DOJ and DHS Likely Coerced Tech Firms To Censor ICE-Tracking Platforms
The platform creators filed a lawsuit claiming their First Amendment rights were violated after the Trump administration convinced Apple and Facebook to remove their content.
Los Angeles Teen Blinded in One Eye by DHS Agent at 'No Kings' Rally, Attorney Says
The 18-year-old college freshman had to have his right eye surgically removed after a federal agent allegedly shot him in the head with a less-lethal weapon.
Active Military Spouse Faces Removal Proceedings
The newlywed couple thought they were doing “everything the right way” by reporting to the base to start their lives together.
Dysfunction, Communists in Cuba, and Pointless Streetcars
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi vent about the TSA and then turn to discuss the most realistic apocalyptic scenarios.
Donald Trump and Markwayne Mullin Insist That Politics Should Prevail Over Principle
The president and his new DHS secretary are enraged by jurists and legislators who refuse to toe the party line.
ICE Insists Liberia Is the Only Place It Can Deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia
The administration insists it can only deport him to Africa. It's not clear why, other than to be vindictive.
Have an ICE Flight
Plus: Trump seems to back down from his Iranian ultimatum, Lindsey Graham is eager for another Iwo Jima, and more...
Rand Paul's Anger at Markwayne Mullin Is Justified
"He can't bring himself to say we shouldn't settle political questions with violence," said Paul.
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Markwayne Mullin's History of Condoning Murder and Resisting Transparency Makes Him Ill-Suited To Run DHS
The Oklahoma senator, nominated to replace Kristi Noem, is blasé about the use of deadly force.
