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Illegal immigrant in Kate Steinle sanctuary city killing pleads guilty to weapons charges

The illegal immigrant accused of shooting Kate Steinle seven years ago on the San Francisco waterfront, helping draw attention to sanctuary cities and giving then-candidate Donald Trump a major campaign issue, pleaded guilty Monday to weapons offenses.

March 14, 2022

DHS fumbles restart of Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy

At the height of President Trump's "Remain in Mexico" policy, agents were shunting more than a thousand people a day back across the southern border.

March 13, 2022

Biden cancels COVID border shutdown for illegal immigrant children

The Biden administration moved late Friday to cancel the pandemic border shutdown as it pertains to illegal immigrant children who show up without parents, saying it had revisited the issue and decided children aren't as much of a risk as other unauthorized border jumpers.

March 12, 2022

ICE announces massive drops in arrests, deportations

The Biden administration slashed interior immigration arrests by about half compared to the Trump years, according to an overdue report released Friday that details the massive changes at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

March 11, 2022

Pressure builds on Biden to cancel coronavirus border shutdown for illegal immigrants

Top Democrats and hundreds of immigrant-rights advocacy groups demanded Thursday that President Biden cancel the pandemic border shutdown policy that's blocked hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants from attempting to gain a foothold in the U.S.

March 10, 2022

IRS to hire 10,000 more people amid backlog

The Treasury Department announced plans Thursday to hire 10,000 more IRS employees, which the tax agency vowed to use to try to solve an unprecedented backlog that's left millions of Americans without the refunds they believe they are owed.

March 10, 2022

2020 census missed Black, Hispanic residents

The 2020 census got the country's total right but undercounted Black, Hispanic and American Indian residents while overcounting White and Asian residents, the Census Bureau announced Thursday.

March 10, 2022

Congress dings ICE on overdue deportation numbers

Congress delivered a spanking to ICE in the new spending bill this week, prodding the agency to release long-overdue reports on how immigration enforcement fared during the first year under President Biden.

March 9, 2022

White House sticks with ICE nominee amid abuse allegation

The White House said it is sticking behind its pick to lead Immigration and Customs Enforcement amid a new controversy involving a months-old domestic violence allegation.

March 9, 2022

Republicans preserve $1.9 billion in border wall cash in 2022 spending bill

Republicans preserved nearly $2 billion in unspent border wall construction money as part of the government-wide spending bill announced Wednesday, and also won increases in funding for ICE and the Border Patrol, dashing hopes of immigrant-rights advocates who'd called for deep cuts.

March 9, 2022

Democrats delay vote on ICE nominee after Washington Times report on domestic violence allegations

Democrats on Tuesday abruptly canceled a looming vote on President Biden's nominee to lead ICE after an accusation of domestic violence surfaced.

March 8, 2022

Nearly half of IRS audits aimed at poorest taxpayers: Study

Nearly half of all audits the IRS conducted in 2021 were aimed at the country's poorest taxpayers, according to a new study that called the ratio unfair.

March 8, 2022

Feds announce charges against American who ran a Russian ‘propaganda center’

Federal prosecutors unsealed charges Tuesday against a woman who ran what they called a "Russian propaganda center" in New York, trying to inject Moscow's viewpoint into American politics.

March 8, 2022

DHS intelligence office bungled warnings about Jan. 6 violence, inspector general finds

Analysts in Homeland Security's intelligence division spotted threats leading up to last year's mass intrusion of Trump supporters at the U.S. Capitol, but the department did not send out any alerts until two days after the mayhem, an inspector general said in a new report Tuesday.

March 8, 2022

Man used pandemic benefits to buy a $58,000 Pokemon card

A Georgia man was sentenced to three years in prison after admitting he bilked the federal government out of $85,000 and used most of it to buy a Pokemon card.

March 7, 2022

EXCLUSIVE: Senator wants ICE vote delayed after domestic violence allegation against Biden nominee

Sen. James Lankford asked Democrats on Monday to delay a planned vote this week on President Biden's pick to lead ICE after accusations of domestic violence surfaced.

March 7, 2022

EXCLUSIVE: Biden’s pick to lead ICE was probed over domestic violence complaint

President Biden's nominee to lead the country's deportation agency faced a domestic violence accusation from his wife, according to documents filed in a tangentially related sexual harassment lawsuit.

March 7, 2022

Former citizenship chief urges Biden to halt Russian visas

In an average year, roughly 150,000 Russians will enter the U.S. as students, academics, pro athletes, investors, or, most common, as visitors on tourism or business trips.

March 5, 2022

Judge rules Biden overreached in exempting kids from border pandemic policies

A federal judge on Friday slammed President Biden's decision to grant an exemption to illegal immigrant children at the border by allowing them to enter while other migrants are turned back amid the pandemic.

March 4, 2022

DHS grants protected status to Ukrainians in U.S.

The Homeland Security Department granted Temporary Protected Status to Ukrainians in the U.S. on Thursday, giving both illegal immigrants and those here on short-term visas a chance to remain and work for up to 18 months amid their country's chaos.

March 3, 2022