The Department of Homeland Security released a new use of force policy to align itself with an executive order President Biden signed in May. It provides new guidelines on when to use force, deadly force, bans chokeholds and increases training. “Our ability to secure the homeland rests on public trust, which is built by accountability,…

Nearly a thousand immigrant children who were separated from their parents during the Trump administration have not been reunited. The separations took place between Jan. 20, 2017, and Jan 20, 2021, under what was called the “zero-tolerance” policy.  President Biden created a family reunification task force two years ago that identified 3,924 separated children. So…

The Supreme Court admitted that, nearly nine months later, it has been unable to find out who leaked the early draft of the Dobbs opinion that would overturn the landmark Roe v. Wade decision. The failure to uncover the unprecedented leak comes despite a wide-ranging investigation that included interviews with nearly a hundred employees of the…

77 Congressional Democrats sent a letter to President Biden that said his immigrant parole program and proposed asylum rules break the law. But Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar, D, who represents a district on the southern border, decided not to sign the letter and said asylum seekers should apply at ports of entry. “I want to…

77 congressional Democrats sent a letter to President Biden denouncing his immigration policy. They wrote the president’s immigrant parole program and other proposed asylum rules break the law and penalize people trying to exercise their right to asylum. “Now anyone who tells you that the only way to secure our border is to punish asylum…

Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., served as the chair of the House Intelligence Committee. He should know what a free press means. However, according to the latest Twitter Files release, the California congressman wanted Twitter to suspend a journalist from the platform for exercising his First Amendment rights. Independent journalist Matt Taibbi published the latest volume…

Congress avoids a government shutdown; the military vaccine mandate gets dropped as defense bill passes; a massive winter storm surges on; and nearly half of young adults are living with their parents. These stories and more highlight the morning rundown for Thursday, Dec. 16, 2022.  Congress averts government shutdown The Senate and the House have…

There’s just one week left until the court-ordered end to Title 42 on Dec. 21. The pandemic-era policy allows the U.S. to deport immigrants who cross illegally almost immediately on public health grounds. When it ends, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has predicted there could be as many as 18,000 illegal crossings per day. But…

The power is back on in Moore County, North Carolina. Residents there went without electricity for five days after attacks on two electrical substations. According to the Department of Energy, the attacks in Moore County were just two of the dozens of intentional attacks reported on the U.S. power grid this year. According to Moore…

The Supreme Court heard oral arguments for a case that is central to the Department of Homeland Security’s immigration policy, U.S. v. Texas. The two-pronged case focuses on both the validity of this type of challenge and the legality of the DHS’s enforcement policy. The case stems from a September 2021 memorandum by Homeland Security…