State Election Systems Still Waiting for Security Checkups

CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY / The Associated Press May 7, 2018 With the midterm elections approaching, the Department of Homeland Security says it has completed on-site risk assessments of election systems in just nine of 17 states. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Trump Working With Governors to Send Troops to Guard Border

JILL COLVIN / The Associated Press Apr 4, 2018 The announcement comes after the president pledges "strong action today" on immigration and a day after he proposed using the military to secure the southern border until his border wall was erected. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

U.S. to Cut Haitians Off From Temporary Work Visas

Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams Jan 18, 2018 Belize and Samoa are also set to be excluded from a list of more than 80 countries whose citizens can apply for visas often used by seasonal farm or hotel workers. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Trump’s Voter Fraud Panel Is History, but Scrutiny Will Continue

Jessica Huseman / ProPublica Jan 5, 2018 The president has indicated that the Department of Homeland Security will continue the commission's work. Experts say DHS won’t get the results he wants. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Trump Turns Dreams Into Nightmares by Deciding to End DACA

Bill Blum / Truthdig Sep 4, 2017 In the absence of a reliable legal remedy, the struggle to save the program and Dreamers will move again to the political arena. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Challenging Trump on Immigration

Staff / Truthdig Feb 23, 2017 Emily Robinson and Alejandro Barajas, both of the Loyola Immigrant Justice Clinic, met with Truthdig on Thursday to discuss plans to fight the president's new policies. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Trump Administration’s New Immigration Plans, Part 2

Staff / Truthdig Feb 22, 2017 The president released two memorandums Tuesday, expanding the crackdown on undocumented immigrants. Here is the plan for enforcing immigration laws. Read Part 1 below, on the plan for implementing border security. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Trump Administration’s New Immigration Plans, Part 1

Staff / Truthdig Feb 22, 2017 The president released two memorandums Tuesday, expanding the crackdown on undocumented immigrants. Here is the plan to implement border security. Read Part 2 above, on the plan for enforcing immigration laws. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

It’s Official: Joseph Clancy to Head the Secret Service

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Feb 19, 2015 President Obama permanently appointed Clancy to the position Wednesday. He had been serving as interim chief of the beleaguered agency since former Director Julia Pierson was ousted in October. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Children on the Run: The Deepening Immigration Crisis

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Jun 12, 2014 Have you seen the pictures? All the kids, sleeping on floors in row upon row, detained by the Department of Homeland Security. There are more children coming in every day, and the federal government doesn't know where to keep them. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

The Privacy War Just Got Biological

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 11, 2012 In as little as one year, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will have a mobile, long-range, laser-based molecular scanner that can identify any chemical substance in or on your body -- including gunpowder, flecks of cocaine on your sleeve and the half-digested Pop-Tart in your gut. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Faking the ‘Truth About Trayvon’

Staff / Truthdig Mar 28, 2012 Fake photographs of Trayvon Martin are being used to diminish public concern about his killing; emails and other documents of the Department of Homeland Security reveal that the hacktivist group Anonymous was investigated as a dangerous security threat; Egyptian women are finding ways to express their revolutionary voices through music. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )