Homeland Security

Sergio Mucino was charged with harboring unauthorized immigrants after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided his four Buffalo, N.Y., restaurants, but critics say his illegal workers have suffered much more than he has.

How Kitchen Raids In Buffalo Sent Shock Waves Through Immigrant Rights Community

8:40am January 08, 2017

Federal immigration agents raided four Mexican restaurants in Buffalo, N.Y., recently — one of largest worksite actions in recent years. Outraged locals are asking: Why pick on taco cooks?

Politics & Government

As Trump Dismisses CIA, Congress Looks To Confront Russian Cyberattacks

4:05pm December 11, 2016

by Eyder Peralta

A bipartisan group of senators tacitly rebuked President-elect Donald Trump in a statement Sunday on the CIA assessment that Russia used cyberattacks to influence the election.

President Obama meets with members of his national security team and cybersecurity advisers in February. Homeland security adviser Lisa Monaco and Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan are at right.

Obama Orders Sweeping Review Of International Hacking Tied To U.S. Elections

3:37pm December 09, 2016

by Tamara Keith

The review will go all the way back to the 2008 campaign and will look at "all foreign actors and any attempt to interfere with our elections," said White House spokesman Eric Schultz.

Michael Chertoff, former Whitewater Committee special counsel and Homeland Security secretary, says "chasing small peccadilloes" like Whitewater in the 1990s, "is a luxury we only have in a world at peace."

Once A Clinton Nemesis During Whitewater, Now A Clinton Supporter

8:53am October 06, 2016

by NPR Staff

Michael Chertoff was lead counsel to the Senate committee investigating Whitewater in the '90s. Now, the former Homeland Security chief says Hillary Clinton would do a "good job" on national security.

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National

Passport And Twitter Handle, Please: Border Agents May Soon Ask For Social Media Info

2:59pm June 29, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is proposing that travelers covered by the Visa Waiver Program be asked to provide their social media account information. The field would be optional.

National

Department Of Homeland Security Officer May Be Linked To Deadly Shootings In Maryland

5:25pm May 06, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Maryland police say it appears that Eulalio Tordil, who is suspected of killing his wife on Thursday, is connected to two shootings on Friday. Tordil has been taken into custody.

These Changes To Tighten Visa Waiver Program Are Now In Effect

3:14pm January 21, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Congress voted last month to alter the program allowing some people to travel to the U.S. without a visa. The changes are being implemented — but with the option for the U.S. to make exceptions.

Hilda Ramirez and her son, Ivan, are staying at a shelter home in Austin. They fear that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents will come and arrest them any minute.

National

Central American Families Fear Deportation As Raids Begin

1:46pm January 06, 2016

by John Burnett

Immigration agents are rounding up Central American families who entered the U.S. illegally within the past two years. They are mainly mothers with children whose asylum claims have been rejected.

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Airmen prepare for a parachute jump at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia in this 2009 photo.

National

Homeland Security Takes Over Search For Missing Afghan Trainees

3:33pm December 11, 2015

by Laura Wagner

Two Afghan men who had been training with the U.S. military at a base in Georgia did not report for training on Monday. Officials searching for the men say there is no evidence they pose a threat.

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson.

National

LISTEN: 'We Have An Obligation' To Refugees, Says Homeland Security Chief

10:06am December 01, 2015

by Steve Inskeep

Jeh Johnson tells NPR's Morning Edition that the existing U.S. refugee program is "probably the most thorough, multilayered, time-consuming way for anyone to cross our borders."

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