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Residents at La Perla community in Old San Juan comfort one another as the community recovers from Hurricane Maria, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday.

Government Considering Lifting Shipping Restrictions To Puerto Rico

12:57pm September 27, 2017

by Shirley Henry

The Jones Act restricts shipping of goods between U.S. coasts to American ships. But the island, a U.S. territory, is struggling to recover after Hurricane Maria and needs more supplies.

A Border Patrol agent keeps watch over the U.S.-Mexico border fence just south of San Diego earlier this year. The Department of Homeland Security announced Tuesday that it would waive environmental and other laws to expedite its construction of barriers

Homeland Security To Waive Environmental Rules On Border Wall Projects

8:41pm August 01, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The agency says it will bypass rules requiring environmental studies before building on public land, hoping partly to ease the construction of prototypes for Trump's proposed border wall in San Diego.

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President Trump with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mar-a-Lago in April.

Mar-A-Lago Visitor Logs To Become Public, If They Exist

3:32pm July 17, 2017

by Brian Naylor

A good-government group sued the Trump administration to get the records, but it's not clear whether visitor logs are actually kept at the president's Florida resort.

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Twitter Withdraws Lawsuit After DHS Drops Demands For Alt-Account's Identity

5:09pm April 07, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

The social media giant alleged that the Department of Homeland Security was illegally trying to identify the anonymous @ALT_uscis account. In its latest filing, Twitter says the summons was withdrawn.

A now-deleted tweet from @ALT_USCIS was included in a complaint Twitter filed against the Department of Homeland Security. Twitter says DHS tried to unmask the user behind this account, which has "expressed dissent in a range of different ways," including

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Twitter Sues Homeland Security To Protect Anonymity Of 'Alt Immigration' Account

8:20pm April 06, 2017

by Camila Domonoske

After the Trump administration set limits on some government Twitter accounts, anonymous "rogue accounts" popped up. Homeland Security demanded to know who was behind one; Twitter is fighting back.

A view of a ballot scanner at a New York City Board of Elections voting machine facility warehouse just before last November's election.

State And Local Officials Wary Of Federal Government's Election Security Efforts

4:30pm April 05, 2017

by Pam Fessler

The federal government's new focus on election security has state and local officials concerned that they'll be told how to run their elections in the name of security.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers escort a man who was arrested in a New York City apartment building. New York is a city that won't detain noncitizens on behalf of the federal government.

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DHS Publishes List of Jurisdictions That Rejected Immigrant Detainer Requests

7:13pm March 20, 2017

by Richard Gonzales

The Trump administration has ratcheted up pressure on sanctuary jurisdictions by publicizing the first weekly list of cities and counties that have ignored federal requests for cooperation.

President Trump salutes as he disembarks Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on Sunday. Trump signed a new executive order on travel and refugee resettlement on Monday.

Full Text: Trump's New Executive Order On Travel, Annotated

4:35pm March 06, 2017

President Trump's first action, temporarily barring refugees and travel from specific majority-Muslim countries, had been suspended. The revised order goes into effect on March 16.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department K-9 officers search the Jewish Community Center of Southern Nevada after an employee received a suspicious phone call that led about 10 people to evacuate the building on Feb. 27. Jewish institutions across the nat

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DHS To Help Jewish Community Centers Enhance Security Protocols

7:14pm March 02, 2017

by Tovia Smith

Across the nation, Jewish Community Centers have been targeted by threatening calls and vandalism. Now, they may be getting help.

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EU Parliament Seeks To Reinstate Visas For American Travelers

2:16pm March 02, 2017

by Bill Chappell

The U.S. currently requires citizens of Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Poland and Romania to obtain visas before visiting.