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Former human services minister Stuart Robert vowed to 'double down' after being told Robodebt was illegal, royal commission told

Former top bureaucrat Renee Leon says she was forced to step in and stop the illegal Robodebt scheme because ministers refused.

ABC News

Ministerial staffers failed to consider damning Robodebt report, inquiry hears

Ministerial staffers failed to consider a report which found Robodebt was so "deeply flawed" it should have been "stopped", a royal commission into the illegal scheme hears.

ABC News

Asylum seekers face decision to split up families or wait indefinitely under new border policy

WASHINGTON — Inside a tent near the Rio Grande in Matamorros, Mexico, Jeyson woke up every day for a month before 3 a.m. to fill out applications to request asylum for his family of four through a U.S. government mobile app.

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‘Saddest part of my career’: Centrelink employee describes pain of implementing robodebt

Jeannie-Marie Blake says watching the royal commission into the scheme has been ‘triggering’ after giving evidence with striking frankness

The Guardian - AU

Robodebt inquiry: evidence contradicts witness’s claim he didn’t know unlawful method was being used

Former Department of Human Services official tells inquiry he can’t explain emails and other documents he saw referring to use of income averaging

The Guardian - AU

Robodebt inquiry hears welfare recipients waited years to be repaid unlawful debts

The woman who successfully sued the federal government over a Robodebt of about $4,000, gave evidence to the inquiry for the first time on Friday.

ABC News

Coalition government lacked 'empathy' for welfare recipients, focused on cost savings, Serena Wilson tells Robodebt royal commission

A former department head described the office of then-social services minister Scott Morrison as having "limited interest in advice" between 2014 and 2018.

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Robodebt architect tells royal commission he was not aware of department concerns over the scheme's legality

Jason Ryman told the royal commission he was not aware of concerns about the scheme's potential illegality shortly before it was rolled out.

ABC News

Biden administration issues proposal to restrict asylum seekers

The new rule would make asylum seekers ineligible for US protection if they ‘circumvent’ legal pathways.

Al Jazeera

‘I can’t forget’: frontline worker gives searing indictment of robodebt as architects of scheme due to give evidence

Centrelink employee told the commission she would never forget what staff were ‘forced’ to do to victims of the program

The Guardian - AU

The nation's largest federal law enforcement agency has new use-of-force rules. How much will change?

SAN DIEGO — Last year, in an effort to fulfill his campaign promises of bold criminal justice reform, President Joe Biden issued an executive order he said would increase accountability for federal law enforcement agencies.

Tribune News Service

Robodebt royal commission: the questions that remain as inquiry’s final public hearings begin

Outlines for the upcoming hearings on the Coalition’s flawed debt recovery scheme show where the investigation may be headed next

The Guardian - AU

Eduardo Porter: Treat Mexico like a partner, not a wall

Something is afoot in American immigration policy.

Tribune News Service

DHS chief Mayorkas talks immigration with Latino Senate Democrats

WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas discussed immigration policy Tuesday afternoon with the Senate’s four Latino Democrats, as the administration prepares to lift pandemic-related border restrictions later this year.

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DHS chief Mayorkas talks immigration with Latino Senate Democrats - Roll Call

Senators express concerns about expulsion policy and forthcoming proposal to limit asylum eligibility for certain migrants.

Tribune News Service

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Homeland Security hires outside lawyers for potential impeachment

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Homeland Security hires outside lawyers for potential impeachment proceedings

WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security recently hired outside counsel to prepare for potential impeachment proceedings, as House Republicans ramp up calls to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for his handling of the southwest border.

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Homeland Security hires outside lawyers for potential impeachment - Roll Call

The Department of Homeland Security hired outside counsel for potential impeachment proceedings against Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

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Commentary: Workers’ voices just got stronger — thanks to DHS

Workers across this country just got a big boost, and from an unlikely source: the Department of Homeland Security. How’s that?

Tribune News Service

House oversight panel clashes at hearing on border security

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers on a House oversight panel traded barbs Tuesday at a hearing over the Biden administration’s policies at the U.S.-Mexico border, as Democrats accused their Republican colleagues of fueling inflammatory rhetoric against migrants.

Salon

"Cop City" activists dubbed "terrorists"

Georgia police are invoking a 2017 terrorism law against activists accused of little more than trespassing

Reason

Homeland Security Wants To Protect Us From Foreign Bands

A new proposal to more than triple visa entry fees for performers will harm American audiences and culture.

ABC News

Taxpayer-funded review that found 'flaws' in Robodebt scheme was discontinued by Department of Human Services, royal commission told

In a deal worth almost $1 million, the Department of Human Services engaged a consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers to review the budget savings program, but then declined to see the end result.

Al Jazeera

Nearly 1,000 migrant families still separated by Trump-era policy

More than 3,800 children were removed from families between 2017 and 2021 as part of a crackdown on border crossings.

ABC News

Former social services minister Christian Porter takes responsibility for Robodebt failures at royal commission

Former minister Christian Porter has conceded talking points he was given at the height of Robodebt criticism were "inaccurate and untrue", and has taken some responsibility for the failed scheme.

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