A new watchdog report has found that U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers are searching the electronic devices of travelers more often, and are not always following proper protocol. Continue reading →
{FD} Trump administration vows to prosecute migrants in future
Trump administration officials are vowing to address some of issues that forced them to decide against criminally prosecuting any of the 42 members of a Central American migrant caravan arrested last weekend. Continue reading →
{FD} Border Patrol’s first female chief hopes to inspire women
U.S. Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost says she hopes she can inspire other women to sign up with the agency, which has just one female agent for every 20 men. Continue reading →
{FD} DHS secretary: FEMA chief misused cars, but won’t lose job
The head of the federal disaster response agency used government vehicles without proper authorization, but will not lose his job over it. Continue reading →
{FD} AP NewsBreak: DHS Secretary says FEMA head won’t lose job
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen says the head of the federal disaster response agency did use government vehicles without proper authorization, but will not lose his job over it. Continue reading →
{FD} FEMA head denies intentionally misusing federal vehicles
The head of the government’s disaster relief agency said Thursday he never intentionally misused federal vehicles, following a report he was under investigation by the Homeland Security Department’s internal watchdog. Continue reading →
{FD} DHS Secretary: Election security is a priority
Election security wasn’t a mission initially envisioned for the Department of Homeland Security, the sprawling department creating after the Sept. 11 attacks. Continue reading →
{FD} Exhausted and subdued, reunited families return to Guatemala
Donelda Pulex stepped off the airplane into the sun, clutching her 5-year-old daughter’s hand and burst into heaving sobs. Continue reading →
{FD} Families split at US border return to Guatemala _ reunited
Eleven families who had been detained and separated after they were caught crossing the U.S. border illegally returned home to Guatemala aboard a chartered flight. Continue reading →
{FD} DHS, Central American governments gather to talk migration
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen is creating an office within the department to help the governments of Central America and Mexico get information about reunifying families following their separation by the Trump administration. Continue reading →
{FD} Border Protection says NYC mayor crossed border illegally
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is alleging that New York Mayor Bill de Blasio illegally crossed from Mexico into the U.S. while visiting the El Paso, Texas, area in June, an accusation the mayor’s office flatly denies. Continue reading →
{FD} Sessions cites Bible to defend separating immigrant families
Attorney General Jeff Sessions is citing the Bible in defending the Trump administration’s policy of separating immigrant parents from their children after they enter the U.S. illegally. Continue reading →
{FD} Officials: Weinstein to surrender in sexual misconduct probe
Law enforcement officials say Harvey Weinstein is expected to surrender to authorities Friday morning to face criminal charges in a months-long investigation into allegations that he sexually assaulted women. Continue reading →
{FD} Erosion unearthing bones on New York’s island of the dead
Storms and tides are unearthing the long-hidden bones of Hart Island, the sliver of land where New York City’s destitute dead have for 150 years been sent to be buried and forgotten. Continue reading →
{FD} Longtime prosecutor takes over Weinstein case in NYC
A longtime Manhattan prosecutor who led the sex assault probe against former International Monetary Fund leader Dominique Strauss-Khan has now taken over the rape investigation of Harvey Weinstein, according to two people familiar with the case. Continue reading →
{FD} Nanny who killed kids, pleaded insanity convicted of murder
A nanny who argued she was too mentally ill to be held responsible for stabbing two children to death at their New York home has been convicted. Continue reading →
{FD} Jurors get case in nanny murder trial
Jurors must now decide whether a Manhattan nanny who slaughtered two children in her care was too mentally ill to be held responsible for the crime. Continue reading →
{FD} Madness or murder? Trial begins for nanny who killed 2 kids
A defense lawyer says it was an act of madness. Continue reading →
{FD} Neurologist who admitted groping patients charged in NYC
A neurologist who admitted groping women at a Philadelphia clinic has pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting six patients in New York City. Continue reading →
{FD} NYPD Special Victims hunting for rapist of 12-year-old
New York police are still searching for the rapist who attacked a 12-year-old school girl almost three years ago. Continue reading →
