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TSA to Offer 'Tokens of Gratitude' to Service Members

Special lanes to ease travel to debut for military, families with young kids

(Newser) - Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is introducing changes aimed at easing airport security lines for families and military personnel. Speaking at Tennessee's Nashville International Airport on Thursday, Noem announced the launch of "Families on the Fly," a new program that sets up dedicated TSA security lanes...

Administration: It&#39;s Safe to Go Back to Haiti Now
Judge Blocks Revoking
Protected Status Early
updated
Jul 2, 2025 5:16 PM CDT

Judge Blocks Revoking Protected Status Early

Haitians still have until Feb. 3 to return home, order says, despite Noem's announcement

(Newser) - A federal judge has stopped Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem from ending temporary protected status for Haitians in the US in September. The designation will remain in effect until Feb. 3 as implemented by the Biden administration, District Judge Brian Cogan ruled in New York, the Washington Post reports. Noem'...

Work Is Underway on Florida's 'Alligator Alcatraz'

Old airfield to become an immigration detention center

(Newser) - Work has begun to transform an old airfield in the Florida Everglades into an immigration detention center, nicknamed "Alligator Alcatraz." A rep for Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, an ally of President Trump who first proposed the idea , said work at the site began on Monday morning, per...

DHS Warns of 'Heightened Threat Environment'

Attacks by 'pro-Iranian hacktivists' are expected

(Newser) - The Department of Homeland Security has warned of a "heightened threat environment" in the US after American strikes in Iran. The National Terrorism Advisory System bulleti n issued Sunday doesn't mention any specific threats, but it suggests that networks should step up cybersecurity, CBS News reports. The advisory...

DHS&#39;s Noem Lays Out Case Against Harvard
Kristi Noem
on Harvard:
'The Law
Is Clear'
OPINION
Jun 23, 2025 8:10 AM CDT

Kristi Noem on Harvard: 'The Law Is Clear'

Harvard failed to uphold rules on foreign students, she writes in op-ed

(Newser) - One of the larger battles being fought between Harvard and the Trump administration is over the university's ability to admit foreign students , who currently make up 27% of the student body. In a Washington Post op-ed, Department of Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem lays out the administration's case...

Dodgers: We Kept ICE Off Stadium Grounds

Presence draws protesters, though agencies say no immigration operation was planned

(Newser) - The Los Angeles Dodgers said they denied access to their stadium grounds to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who had assembled in the parking lot on Thursday morning, drawing protesters. Armed and masked federal agents arrived in vans and SUVs at a lot near Dodger Stadium's Gate E entrance,...

DHS Pulls Another U-Turn on Farm Raids

Agency reverses guidance intended to protect agriculture, hospitality industries

(Newser) - A week after telling agents not to conduct immigration raids at farms, hotels, and restaurants, the Department of Homeland Security has done a U-turn. On Monday, the agency told staff at 30 field offices across the country that the guidance had been reversed, coming in line with President Trump's...

Four Detainees Escape Immigration Detention Center

Manhunt underway in Newark, New Jersey

(Newser) - Four detainees have escaped from a federal immigration detention center in Newark, New Jersey, amid reports of disorder breaking out there, per the AP . More "law enforcement partners" have been brought in to find the detainees missing from Delaney Hall, according to an emailed statement attributed to a senior...

Senator Forcibly Removed From Noem Press Conference

DHS claims Alex Padilla 'lunged' at Noem

(Newser) - A Democratic senator from California was forcibly removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday and placed in handcuffs. Video posted on X shows men restraining Sen. Alex Padilla after he interrupted the press conference, the Hill reports. Padilla, the state's senior...

Home Depot Thrust Into Tricky Spot in LA

Chain is the site of immigration raids and protests

(Newser) - One chain has found itself squarely in the crosshairs of the immigration unrest in Los Angeles: Home Depot. As the Los Angeles Times puts it, that chain has been put in "a difficult situation, with its locations serving as a frequent site of raids, potentially turning away customers."...

Man in Charge of Homeland Security's Terror Office Is 22

Former officials say Thomas Fugate shouldn't even quality for a junior role with CP3

(Newser) - Just a year after graduating college, Thomas Fugate is now in charge of the government's main anti-terrorism office, raising alarm among national security experts. A ProPublica report highlights controversy over the appointment of the 22-year-old to oversee the Department of Homeland Security's Center for Prevention Programs and...

DOJ: Scientist&#39;s Texts on Frog Embryos Did Her In
Judge:
Let Detained
Scientist
Out on Bail
UPDATED
May 29, 2025 7:00 AM CDT

Judge: Let Detained Scientist Out on Bail

Russian-born Harvard researcher accused of sneaking lab samples through Boston airport

(Newser) - A federal judge says a Harvard scientist from Russia should be released on bail after she was detained by immigration officials, reports the New York Times . "There does not seem to be either a factual or legal basis for the immigration officer's actions" against Kseniia Petrova, the judge...

Judge Stops Administration on International Students' Status

Nationwide injunction bars changes while case is being decided

(Newser) - A judge in California on Thursday blocked the Trump administration from terminating the legal status of international students nationwide while a court case challenging previous terminations is pending. The order by US District Judge Jeffrey S. White in Oakland bars the government from arresting, incarcerating, or moving students elsewhere based...

Homeland Security Considers Reality Show for Citizenship

'This isn't The Hunger Games for immigrants,' says the would-be producer

(Newser) - It's a reality show pitch with the potential for dicey politics. The Department of Homeland Security is considering taking part in a reality show in which immigrants compete for US citizenship, reports the Wall Street Journal . It's "in the very beginning stages of that vetting process,"...

Georgetown Researcher&#39;s Visa Revoked Over Palestine Link
Judge Orders Release
of Georgetown Researcher
updated
May 14, 2025 6:00 PM CDT

Judge Orders Release of Georgetown Researcher

'There was no charge, there was nothing,' Badar Khan Suri says

(Newser) - A federal judge on Wednesday said that the federal government had made no effort to explain why a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University should continue to be held in an immigration facility, so she ordered him released immediately. Nor did the government provide evidence for why Badar Khan Suri, a...

White House: Afghan Refugees Can Safely Go Home Now

Critics decry the end of Temporary Protected Status

(Newser) - The Trump administration on Monday did away with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for thousands of Afghans now in the US, citing improvements in the country's security and economy. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said a review with "interagency partners" determined that Afghanistan no longer meets the standard...

Administration Takes Deportation of 500K Migrants to Supreme Court

2-year program granted humanitarian parole to people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela

(Newser) - The Trump administration took its effort to remove more than 500,000 immigrants with temporary legal status to work and live in the US to the Supreme Court on Thursday. A judge had ruled that Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem couldn't deport the group's humanitarian parole in one...

White House Makes $1K Offer to Migrants

DHS will pay $1K to those here illegally who self-deport

(Newser) - The Trump administration says it will pay migrants in the US illegally $1,000 to return to their home country voluntarily. The Department of Homeland Security said Monday that it will also help with travel expenses, and that those who use an app called CBP Home to tell the...

Abrego Garcia's Family Moves to Safe House

Wife Jennifer Vasquez Sura says it was necessary after DHS posted her address

(Newser) - The wife of Kilmar Abrego Garcia , the Maryland man at the center of a deportation fight, says she and her kids have fled to a safe house after the Department of Homeland Security published their address online.
  • The tweet: Last week, the agency painted Abrego Garcia as a dangerous MS-13
...

Hundreds of International Student Visas Abruptly Revoked

Students shocked by unexpected revocations allege unjust visa terminations

(Newser) - Hundreds of international students in the US have unexpectedly lost their legal immigration status since the start of the month, immigration attorneys tell the AP . At least 600 students across 90 colleges have been affected, but advocacy groups say the true number could be hundreds more. Students in several...

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