Homeland Security

Homeland Security Orders Border Agents to Verify All Int’l Student Visas ‘Effective Immediately’

The Homeland Security Department ordered its border agents ‘effective immediately’ to verify that every international student who arrives in the U.S. has a valid student visa, according to an internal memorandum obtained Friday by The Associated Press.

2013/05/03

File photo of Toronto police officers. (credit: Jemal Countess/Getty Images)

Canadian, US Authorities Thwart Alleged Terror Plot

Canadian and United States authorities have reportedly thwarted a major terror attack plot.

2013/04/22

File photo of Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley. (credit: JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images)

Grassley: Marathon Bombing Raises Immigration Questions

The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee says the events in Boston make clear the importance of understanding gaps and loopholes in the U.S. immigration system.

2013/04/19

This frame grab from the Saudi-owned television network MBC (Middle East Broadcasting Center) shows Suleiman Abu Ghaith, the spokesman of terror mastermind Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network, claiming responsibility for the September 11 suicide attacks in the United States in an undated videotape broadcast by the Dubai-based MBC on April 17, 2002. (credit: AFP/Getty Images)

Osama Bin Laden’s Son-In-Law Captured, Expected In US Federal Court

Osama bin Laden’s spokesman and son-in-law has been captured by the United States, officials said Thursday, in what a senior congressman called a “very significant victory” in the ongoing fight against al-Qaeda.

2013/03/07

President Barack Obama makes his way to board Marine One on March 5, 2013 from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, D.C. (credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

White House ‘Cries Wolf’ 3 Times Over Past 10 Days About Sequester Cuts

The Obama administration has incorrectly stated the effect of the $85 billion in sequester cuts three times already.

2013/03/06

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano speaks during the White House daily briefing (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Gov’t: Budget Cuts Already Causing Airport Delays

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says U.S. airports, including Los Angeles International and O’Hare International in Chicago, are already experiencing delays as a result of automatic federal spending cuts.

2013/03/04

Millicent West. (Credit: District of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency)

Former DC Homland Sec. Director Pleads Guilty To Misuse of Grant Funds

Former homeland security director Millicent West kept her emotions in check enough to give one-word or one-sentence answers in U.S. District Court Friday, but eventually she needed her attorney to bring her some tissues as she stood before the judge.

2013/02/22

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano speaks to guests before the start of an event where US President Barack Obama spoke on proposals to reduce gun violence on Jan. 16, 2013 in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House in Washington, D.C. (credit: MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)

Napolitano: ‘The Border’s A Safe Border’

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano toured the Mexico border Monday to trumpet increased enforcement as she campaigned for an overhaul of immigration laws.

2013/02/05

File photo of Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J. (credit: Mike Coppola/Getty Images)

AP: Menendez Employed Illegal Immigrant Who Was Registered Sex Offender

U.S. Sen. Robert Menendez employed as an unpaid intern in his Senate office an illegal immigrant who was a registered sex offender, now under arrest by immigration authorities, The Associated Press has learned. The Homeland Security Department instructed federal agents not to arrest him until after Election Day, a U.S. official involved in the case told the AP.

2012/12/12

Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano testifies before the House Homeland Security Committee on July 25, 2012 in Washington, D.C. (credit: T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty Images)

Napolitano: ‘We Need To Make It Easier For Companies To Share’ Info With Homeland

On the eve of the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said the federal government and the private sector must improve the way they share information to help prevent and respond to cyber threats.

2012/09/10