WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic leaders say a White House proposal is “incomplete and insufficient” as they call for new restrictions on President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and threaten to shut down the Department of Homeland Security. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said in a statement late Monday that a … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Thursday that Democratic demands for new restrictions on federal immigration officers are “unrealistic” and warned that the Department of Homeland Security will shut down next week unless it works with Republicans and the White House. Democrats say they won’t vote on a DHS spending bill when … Read more
This story was produced by the Berks County office of Spotlight PAan independent, non-partisan newsroom. Sign up for Good Day, Berks, a daily dose of essential local stories at spotlightpa.org/newsletters/gooddayberks. UPPER BERN – The Trump administration has quietly acquired a nearly 520,000-square-foot warehouse in Berks County as it plans to turn such facilities into U.S. … Read more
A federal appeals court ruled late Wednesday that Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem acted illegally when she ended legal protections that allowed hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans to live and work in the United States. The decision by a three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower … Read more
A quiet regulatory update by the Social Security Administration (SSA) could raise new concerns about the government’s growing use of surveillance tools to monitor ordinary Americans. In early January, SSA updated its Evidence of Foreign Travel – Foreign Travel Data application to increase scrutiny of foreign travel by Americans receiving benefits. This change allows the … Read more
In January 2026, a rumor spread that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had hired, with minimal background checks, a freelance journalist who had been an outspoken critic of ICE and its parent agency, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Laura Jedeed, the journalist in question, wrote an article for Slate magazine recounting how ICE … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Hundreds of counter-protesters drowned out a far-right activist’s attempt to hold a small rally in support of the Trump administration’s latest immigration crackdown in Minneapolis on Saturday, as the governor’s office said National Guard troops were mobilized and ready to help law enforcement in the city, although they had not yet been … Read more
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Liberian man arrested over the weekend after heavily armed immigration agents used a battering ram to break down the front door of his Minneapolis home has regularly checked in with federal authorities for years, his attorney said Tuesday. The arrest of Garrison Gibson, 37, during an immigration crackdown in Minnesota that … Read more
Sign up for Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism and advice available, delivered to your inbox daily. What happened Wednesday morning in Minneapolis? If you believe Department of Homeland Security Public Affairs Officer Tricia McLaughlin, Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers found themselves in mortal danger when “violent protesters” disrupted their “targeted operations.” As … Read more
By Heather Schlitz CHICAGO, Dec 19 (Reuters) – Allyson Lopez hoped business would pick up at her dress shop in Chicago’s Little Village neighborhood, which specializes in ball gowns for Quinceaneras, a coming-of-age rite of passage in many Latino communities that celebrate a girl’s 15th birthday. Instead, this week brought the return of federal immigration … Read more