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Will a new cybersecurity law make us safer?
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioGWEN IFILL: Before the president and Congress left town for the holidays, they managed to enact a massive 2,000-page package of spending and tax cuts. Typically, these...
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Young returnees start over in Mexico after growing up in the U.S.
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New surge of familes from Central America prompted immigration raids
Migrants attend a workshop for legal advice held by the Familia Latina Unida and Centro Sin Fronteras at a church in Chicago, Illinois, Jan. 10, 2016. Campaigns are going on in cities from Boston to...
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Obama seeks cybersecurity boost to replace ‘ancient’ tech
Dubbed the “Cybersecurity National Action Plan,” President Barack Obama is asking Congress for a $19-billion boost in cybersecurity funding across all government agencies to help protect reams of...
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Security experts conduct a drill to stop cyberattacks
This week, U.S. cyber experts are practicing their skills stopping cyberattacks. Photo illustration by Pawel Kopczynski/ReutersWASHINGTON — The moment a U.S. official pressed a computer key, dozens of...
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Homeland Security using unpopular raids to curb border crossings
Undocumented immigrants on July 24, 2014 in Mission, Texas. Photo by John Moore/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — The Obama administration is openly stepping up efforts to find and deport immigrants who were...
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Head of TSA security operations removed from position
An airline passenger is patted down by a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent after passing through a full-body scanner at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California....
View ArticleTSA's Self-Search
It's not just you: it really is taking longer to get through security lines in many major airports.Ron Nixon, Washington correspondent for the New York Times covering homeland security, discusses the...
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Despite the TSA shake-up, long airport security lines likely to continue
Travelers make their way through a TSA checkpoint at Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C. in 2015. Photo by Kevin Lamarque/ReutersWASHINGTON — The Transportation Security Administration has...
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TSA chief: Hundreds of new scanners will help ease long airport lines
An airline passenger is patted down by a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent after passing through a full-body scanner at Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles, California....
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TSA chief: Progress being made on shortening airport lines
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator Peter Neffenger testifies before a Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee hearing on “Rethinking TSA operations and frustrated travelers” on...
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Traveling Americans confront long TSA lines, fears of terrorism
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: The first official day of summer is just around the corner, but the summer travel season is well under way, and travelers at major airports across the...
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U.S. will meet Syrian refugees goal, Homeland Security head says
Syrian refugee Ahmad al Aboud, and his family members, who will be resettled in the United States as part of a refugee admissions programme, walk to board their plane at the Queen Alia International...
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Ohio’s open-carry gun law ratchets up security concerns at RNC
Cleveland mounted police officer Abraham Cortes leans on his horse Paco with fellow officer Michael Herrin on Bas during a demonstration of police capabilities near the site of the Republican National...
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News Wrap: Homeland Security chief sounds alarm on conventions, funeral held...
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: Good evening. I’m Judy Woodruff. Gwen Ifill’s on assignment in Cleveland.On the “NewsHour” tonight: Speculation swirls around whom Donald Trump will pick...
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A subtle takedown of Donald Trump by Homeland Security’s Jeh Johnson
“Rhetoric that vilifies American Muslims is counter to our efforts,” said Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson. Photo by REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstASPEN, Colo. — Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson,...
View ArticleIndefensible
Earlier this week, fifty Republican national-security experts released an extraordinary public letter condemning their party’s Presidential nominee, Donald Trump. “From a foreign policy perspective,”...
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Concerned about hackers, FBI warns states about election security
File photo by Brendan McDermid/ReutersNEW YORK — The FBI is warning state officials to boost their election security in light of evidence that hackers breached related data systems in two states.In a...
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More than 800 immigrants mistakenly granted citizenship, Homeland report says
The logo of the Department of Homeland Security is seen at US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Washington, DC. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images.WASHINGTON — The U.S. government has mistakenly...
View ArticleTerrorism and the Presidency
The attacks last weekend reignited fears about how well guarded the country is against extremist violence at home. John Cassidy and Steve Coll join Dorothy Wickenden to discuss what really fosters hate...
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NYC bomb case shows difficulties for investigators
Law enforcement officers mark evidence near the site where Ahmad Khan Rahami, sought in connection with a bombing in New York, was taken into custody in Linden, New Jersey, on Sept. 19, 2016. Photo by...
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More people from far-flung corners of world crossing into U.S., Homeland says
A boy looks as U.S. workers build a section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall at Sunland Park, U.S. opposite the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Photo by Jose Luis Gonzalez/ReutersWASHINGTON...
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Homeland panel recommends government keep private immigration jails
Two female detainees sleep in a holding cell at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Nogales Placement Center in Nogales, Arizona, in this June 18, 2014 file photo. Photo by Ross D....
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Trump picks John Kelly as Homeland Security secretary
President-elect Donald Trump has picked retired Marine Corps General John Kelly as Homeland Security secretary. Trump and Kelly appeared together after a meeting at Trump National Golf Club in New...
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Trump taps former Bush aide Bossert as homeland security assistant
President-elect Donald Trump claps at the USA Thank You Tour event at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa, in December. Photo by Shannon Stapleton/ReutersWASHINGTON — President-elect Donald...
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State election systems to get more federal aid for security
People enter a polling staton to cast their ballot during the 2016 presidential election in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S November 8, 2016. Photo by David Becker/ReutersWASHINGTON — Citing increasingly...
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Abrupt cuts hinder Illinois violence shelters
A pregnant victim of domestic violence rests in her room at Mutual Ground’s shelter in Aurora, Illinois, June 18, 2009. Photo by John Gress/ReutersSPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois officials waited more...
View ArticleUp against the wall
President Donald Trump wants to build a wall between America and Mexico. Hundreds of miles of border fence are already in place, but most of the nearly 2,000-mile stretch is uncovered. This episode of...
View ArticleWeek 8: Why Is Health Care Such a Partisan Issue?
Donald Trump says he will fix the Affordable Care Act in his first 100 days as president. But even he has said the job won't be easy.On this episode of Indivisible, conservative host Charlie Sykes...
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Homeland Security formally opening immigrant crime office
A U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) sign stands at the headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014. Photo by Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesWASHINGTON — The Homeland...
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Cyberattack has not affected U.S. government, White House says
Homeland Security Advisor Tom Bossert announces May 11 that Trump signed an executive order to bolster the government’s cyber security and protect the nation’s critical infrastructure from cyber...
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U.S. to extend protections for Haitians for 6 months, but future remains...
Members of the Haitian community shout slogans in favor of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian immigrants during a 2009 visit by former President Barack Obama to Miami, Florida. Photo by...
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Trump delays effective date of travel ban amid court battle
File photo of President Donald Trump by Kevin Lamarque/ReutersWASHINGTON — The Trump administration is pushing back on claims that President Donald Trump’s travel ban is soon set to expire.The White...
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Jeh Johnson says he was unaware of FBI Russia probe
Former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson testifies about Russian meddling in the 2016 election before the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Photo by Aaron P....
View ArticleFor Immigrant Parents, Reunification with Children Now Carries Risk of...
Doris Diaz is worried about her 13-year-old daughter. She's currently living in Mexico with Diaz’s sister in an area that seems violent. "I get scared with my daughter," said Diaz. "I get so scared...
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President Trump insists there’s no chaos at White House
President Donald Trump arrives aboard Air Force One at Long Island MacArthur Airport in Ronkonkoma, New York. Photo by Jonathan Ernst/ReutersWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump insisted Monday there is...
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Homeland Security will waive environmental reviews, other laws to build U.S....
The Trump administration said Tuesday that it will waive environmental reviews and other laws to replace a stretch of border wall in San Diego, moving to make good on one of the president’s signature...
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MS-13 Gang Crackdown Relies on 'Questionable' Evidence From Schools
A high school junior — WNYC is calling her Vanessa — arrived in Brentwood, Long Island, two years ago as an unaccompanied minor from Central America. Then she spent a month in the immigration wing of a...
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President Trump to look at even stricter cap on refugees
An international passenger arrives at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia after the Supreme Court granted parts of the Trump administration’s emergency request to put its travel ban...
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Hackers targeted election systems in 21 states, federal government says
The federal government is telling election officials in 21 states that hackers targeted their systems last year, although in most cases the systems were not breached. Photo by REUTERS/Kamil...
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News Wrap: Trump names Kirstjen Nielsen to lead Homeland Security
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View ArticleTrump Administration Is Ending Temporary Permits for Haitians
The Trump administration said Monday it is ending a temporary residency permit program that has allowed almost 60,000 citizens from Haiti to live and work in the United States since a 2010 powerful...
View ArticleElizabeth Holtzman's Final Straw
Elizabeth Holtzman, former U.S. congresswoman, Brooklyn DA, NYC comptroller, assistant to Mayor Lindsay, and current lawyer, talks about her letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen where...
View ArticleJanet Napolitano
It's the one thing I think I share in common with George Bush. Just not in the broccoli fan club.Janet Napolitano was governor of Arizona from 2003 to 2009, and the Secretary of Homeland Security under...
View ArticleWhen They Took My Son (rebroadcast)
We examine the stories of two families separated in 2018 at the U.S.-Mexico border and how what happened to them matches up with what the government said was supposed to happen.Don’t miss out on the...
View ArticleJanet Napolitano on Homeland Security
Janet Napolitano, president of the University of California, former governor of Arizona (2003 to 2009), was the former secretary of Homeland Security (2009-2013). In her new book, How Safe Are We?:...
View ArticleObama-era U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter Explaining the Department of...
Obama-era U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter, director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University's Kennedy School and the author of Inside the Five-Sided Box:...
View ArticleRep. Kathleen Rice of New York on the News
Kathleen Rice, United States Representative for New York's 4th congressional district, joins Brian to discuss the news — from growing fears of election night violence to COVID relief efforts, and more.
View ArticleBiden Hit From Within On 'Inhumane Counterproductive' Deportations
A senior U.S. diplomat to Haiti resigned over what he called the Biden administration’s "inhumane" decision to deport Haitian migrants.On Today's Show:Anu Joshi, vice president of policy at the New...
View ArticleCan Republicans Impeach The Homeland Security Secretary Over Policy...
House Republicans have begun the process to impeach the Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas over border policy.On Today's Show:Jacqueline Alemany, Congressional investigations reporter for...
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