Tag: DHS
On immigration, terrorists and fentanyl, DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas has something to say
Mayorkas’s department is charged with preventing foreign and domestic terrorist attacks. It monitors threats from weapons of mass destruction, protec [...]
DHS secretary to Biden’s top border chief: Quit or be fired
Mayorkas has since shifted Magnus’ duties and responsibilities to his deputy secretary, John Tien, and has deputy CBP commissioner Troy Miller, a car [...]
DHS waives Jones Act for Puerto Rico to supply fuel after hurricane
The Department of Homeland Security’s choice to suspend the Jones Act — which typically allows only U.S.-flagged ships to transport maritime cargo be [...]
DHS Suspends Its New Disinformation Board, Following Criticism
The Department of Homeland Security announced on Wednesday that it was suspending the work of an internal advisory board intended to combat disinforma [...]
Small group, big headache: Inside DHS’ messy Disinformation Governance Board launch
“The irony is that this board is really kind of boring,” said a DHS official who was not authorized to address the topic on the record. “It was desig [...]
D.H.S. Watchdog Said Damaging Findings Removed From Reports Were Already Known
In one example from the draft report on sexual misconduct, Kristen Fredricks, the inspector general’s chief of staff, objected to including the findin [...]
Landlord of men accused of impersonating DHS agents won unpaid rent judgment
Arian Taherzadeh seen in photos submitted in a D.O.J. affidavit.Courtesy: D.O.JThe landlord of two Washington, D.C., men charged with impersonating De [...]
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas tests positive for Covid
Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas was supposed to travel to Colombia with Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, but will now be wo [...]
Peloton subpoenaed by DOJ, DHS over treadmill accidents
A element shot reveals the operating deck of a Peloton Tread treadmill throughout CES 2018 on the Las Vegas Conference Heart on January 11, 2018 in [...]
DHS Secretary Mayorkas cancels in-person occasions over Covid fears
Alejandro Mayorkas speaks throughout an occasion. | Joe Raedle/Getty Pictures
Homeland Safety Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is working remotely [...]
DHS installs new management at its intelligence arm
The transfer comes at a sophisticated second for the intelligence store, which faces bruising morale issues. Within the last yr of the Trump admin [...]
DHS is anxious about Trump reinstatement conspiracy concept, high official says
Cohen replied that DHS just isn't conscious of any particular, credible threats of violence linked to the conspiracy concept about Trump being rei [...]
DHS monitoring journey of home extremists
A second regulation enforcement official informed POLITICO that conversations about monitoring home extremists’ journey have concerned a number of [...]