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Florida pays millions to company employing undocumented workers linked to deputy’s death

MIAMI — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has paid more than $8 million to a construction contractor since authorities found it had hired several undocumented workers — including two men who have been charged in connection with the death of a Pinellas County deputy.

Miami Herald

Venezuelans struggle with new reality in Tijuana after expulsions from United States

TIJUANA, Mexico — When a plane full of Venezuelan migrants landed in San Diego from Texas on a recent afternoon, Luis Gonzalez and many of those around him began to applaud, rattling the chains that bound their wrists to their ankles and waists.

Tribune News Service

Report shows feds gathered intel on Portland protesters

U.S. Department of Homeland Security officials under then-President Donald Trump compiled intelligence dossiers on people who were arrested at Black Lives Matter protests in Portland, Oregon

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Withdrawal of study highlights tension in US intel community

A team of CIA experts that studied lessons learned from the contentious 2020 vote had to unexpectedly withdraw its study after getting pushback from rank-and-file intelligence officers

The Independent UK

The U.S. set a new record for apprehensions at the southern border

Migrants apprehensions at the southern border this past year jumped by 37% compared to the year ago. A growing number of border-crossers are from Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua.

WEKU

U.S. grants Temporary Protected Status to Ethiopians fleeing conflict

The U.S. government on Friday granted Temporary Protected Status for 18 months for Ethiopians currently residing in the United States, the Department of Homeland Security said.

Reuters

Wave of Cuban migrant detentions stoke fears that deportations to the island will resume

MIAMI — When Dachel Caballero headed to an appointment at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office in Miramar earlier this week, the 30-year-old Cuban man thought he’d go back home to his wife and newborn child.

Miami Herald

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US Refuses to Include Israel in 'Visa Waiver Program'

The US Department of Homeland Security informed Israel that it has failed to meet the requirements to enter the visa waiver program. Earlier, the Israeli government informed its citizens that it had reached the final arrangements to obtain an official US decision to cancel the entry visa. On Wednesday, Haaretz…

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘I’m back on food stamps’: Nurse who exposed ‘uterus collector’ still faces consequences

Dawn Wooten raised the alarm more than two years ago after detained immigrant women accused a gynaecologist of performing non-consensual procedures

The Guardian - US

If not the US, then who? Biden team says talk of US troop deployment to Haiti ‘premature’

WASHINGTON — Ever since the assassination of Haiti’s president last summer, the Biden administration has been planning for the possibility of the country’s potential collapse. The Department of Homeland Security has quietly readied for an unprecedented flow of refugees across the Florida Straits. And the Pentagon has gamed out what…

McClatchy Washington Bureau

DHS watchdog appointed by Trump has fueled an exodus of agency lawyers, sources say

The Jan. 6 investigation has brought new attention to tumult at the watchdog agency for the Department of Homeland Security. Now its Inspector General is under fire from multiple directions.

WEKU

2 Russians detained on St. Lawrence Island after they arrived by boat

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Two Russians who arrived on St. Lawrence Island by boat were flown off the Bering Sea island by federal government officials this week, setting off a scramble by multiple agencies.

Tribune News Service

Ted Cruz warns DHS secretary he could be impeached over rise in migrant crossings

Cruz and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas accusing him of “gross dereliction of duty.” Mayorkas has been a consistent target of conservative ire over immigration.

The Texas Tribune

Since the Taliban takeover, Afghans hoping to leave Afghanistan have few ways out

A year after the U.S. withdrawal, tens of thousands of applicants remain stuck in the backlog of the Special Immigrant Visa program, designed to help those who served the U.S. overseas.

WEKU

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The Independent UK

Groups: Retaliation after migrants report detention center

Migrants held by U.S. authorities at a detention center in rural New Mexico say they've endured retaliation rather than aid after reporting unsanitary conditions at the government-contracted jail

Miami Herald

US issues ‘temporary and targeted’ Jones Act waiver for Puerto Rico after Hurricane Fiona

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday granted a “temporary and targeted” Jones Act waiver for Puerto Rico, allowing the island to immediately receive shipments of badly needed fuel as it attempts to recover from the destruction left behind by Hurricane Fiona.

Tribune News Service

Secret Service seizes 24 phones from agents in Jan. 6 probe, report says

The Secret Service has reportedly seized 24 phones from agents in connection with a controversial investigation by the Department of Homeland Security inspector general into the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

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Department Of Homeland Security Adds Ford Mustang Mach-E To Fleet

The Department Of Homeland Security has officially added the Ford Mustang-Mach E to its fleet.

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Ballotpedia

Checks and Balances: September 2022

The Checks and Balances Letter delivers news and information from Ballotpedia’s Administrative State Project, including pivotal actions at the federal and state levels related to the separation of powers, due process, and the rule of law.

Daily Mirror

Disabled woman faced US travel ban after answering 'confusing' visa question wrong

Claire Ward feared she wouldn't be able to go on a £7,000 cruise to America after she filled in a Electronic System for Travel Authorization application to US Department of Homeland Security

Nottingham Post

'Confusing' application almost cost Nottingham woman 'holiday of a lifetime' in £7,000 cruise

'The ordeal has caused me a lot of upset'

Los Angeles Times

Jean Guerrero: How Biden can do right by undocumented Americans

During Hispanic Heritage Month, which starts this week, President Joe Biden should skip the praise of our various cultures and cuisines. We know he can bop his head to reggaeton. We know the First Lady appreciates breakfast tacos.

Reason

Libel Lawsuit Over Tweet by Prominent Novelist Don Winslow Can Go Forward

Winslow had accused a doctor working on contract with an immigration detention center of "perform[ing] illegal hysterectomies on women at the direction of Trump and [DHS]."

Miami Herald

After arriving in the United States, thousands of Cuban migrants face new legal hurdles

MIAMI — Thousands of Cubans are arriving in the United States every month in one of the largest migrations from the island in decades, but a sometimes overlooked policy change during the Obama era is making it harder and more expensive for many of them to obtain legal immigration status.

The Independent UK

US government shuts down disinformation board that GOP criticised

The termination of the Disinformation Governance Board comes three months after it was suspended amid outrage from conservatives who claimed it would be weaponised against them

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