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A Global Entry Trusted Traveler Network kiosk awaits arriving international passengers who are registered for the service at Los Angeles International Airport in 2010.

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DHS Restores New York To Trusted Traveler Program, Admits False Statements In Lawsuit

1:59pm July 24, 2020

by Scott Neuman

The decision comes months after the Department of Homeland Security barred New York residents from the program, citing the state's law allowing undocumented immigrants to apply for driver's licenses.

Federal agents use crowd control munitions to disperse protesters this week at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse in Portland, Ore.

Trump Expands Deployment Of Federal Agents To End 'Explosion Of Shootings'

6:02pm July 22, 2020

by Vanessa Romo

Trump says agents will go "into communities plagued by violent crime." He adds the administration has "no choice but to get involved."

Chad Wolf, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, addresses a news conference Tuesday in Washington, D.C., on the situation in Portland, Ore.

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'We Will Not Retreat': Homeland Security Vows Continued Federal Response To Protests

2:45pm July 22, 2020

by Scott Neuman

Acting DHS Secretary Chad Wolf insists that federal officers would defend the rights of peaceful protesters in Portland, Ore., but promises no letup against criminal activity.

Members of the "Wall of Moms" protest group stand arm in arm during a protest at the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse on Tuesday in Portland, Ore.

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In Portland, A Wall Of Moms And Leaf Blowers Against Tear Gas

2:25pm July 22, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

State and local leaders have repeatedly called for federal agents to leave the city. Oregon Gov. Kate Brown says the officers are not about public safety, but "political theater."

Federal agents disperse protesters near the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse on Monday in Portland, Ore. State and local officials say the federal law enforcement officers have incited violence in the city.

'They Just Started Waling On Me': Violence In Portland As U.S. Agents Clamp Down

7:14pm July 20, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

A new image of the federal response in Oregon has gone viral: a video showing 53-year-old Navy veteran Christopher David being struck repeatedly with a baton by a federal law enforcement officer.

A Border Patrol agent walks along a border wall separating Tijuana, Mexico, from San Diego, in March 2020.

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Migrant Mother Given A Choice: Leave Her Newborn In U.S. Or Return To Mexico Together

3:32pm July 13, 2020

by Max Rivlin-Nadler

As the Trump administration has effectively shut down the asylum system at the border during the pandemic, one mother was given the choice to go to Mexico with or without her newborn, a U.S. citizen.

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A statue of John Harvard, namesake of the university, overlooks the campus earlier this year. Harvard University joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in suing the federal government over its policies on international students Wednesday.

Harvard, MIT Sue Immigration Officials Over Rule Blocking Some International Students

11:45am July 08, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

The policy — which bars foreign students unless they have in-person classes — will "create as much chaos for universities and international students as possible," the schools said Wednesday.

Chad Wolf, acting secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, outside the White House in Washington, D.C., last week.

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Homeland Security Says It Will Secure Historic Landmarks From 'Anarchists'

5:49pm July 01, 2020

by Scott Neuman

The federal agency charged with preventing terrorist attacks said Wednesday that its personnel would carry out President Trump's orders to protect statues and monuments from vandalism.

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security seal is seen as a TSA official moves a bin for additional screening at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.

3 TSA Screeners In San Jose, Calif., Have Contracted Coronavirus, Agency Says

9:20pm March 11, 2020

by Andrew Becker

The security officers, all of whom work at Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport, are the first confirmed cases of the virus within the Transportation Security Administration, officials say.

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Global Entry Trusted Traveler Network kiosks at Dulles Airport in Virginia. The Department of Homeland Security says it will no longer allow New York residents to enroll in trusted travelers programs.

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New York State To Sue Trump Administration Over Trusted Traveler Restrictions

5:28pm February 07, 2020

by Joel Rose

Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to challenge Homeland Security's attempt to suspend enrollment in Global Entry and other trusted traveler programs for New Yorkers over access to state motor vehicle records.