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25 May 2019, 10:13 am by Quinta Jurecic
District Court for the Northern District of California has denied in part and granted in part a motion for a preliminary injunction against the government's construction of a border wall using funds reprogrammed by the Defense Department, enjoining the secretaries of defense, treasury and homeland security from taking action to construct a wall along certain sections of the U.S. [read post]
25 Aug 2017, 8:21 pm by Andrew Morgan
US President Donald Trump [official website] on Friday directed [Presidential Memorandum] the Secretaries of the Departments of Defense (DoD) and Homeland Security (DHS) [official websites] to continue prior policies banning transgender individuals from military service. [read post]
9 Nov 2007, 1:40 am
[JURIST] A federal grand jury has returned an indictment for former US Department of Homeland Security Secretary nominee Bernard Kerik [NYT profile], reportedly on corruption charges. [read post]
20 Jun 2018, 7:08 am by Erik Slobe
The attorneys general from 20 states and the District of Columbia sent a letter [text, PDF] to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen [official websites] on Tuesday calling for the end to the Justice Department's policy of separating children from their parents who cross the US border seeking asylum. [read post]
14 Nov 2009, 1:44 am
[JURIST] The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) [official website] announced Friday that the Obama administration will push for immigration reform [press release] legislation early next year. [read post]
18 Aug 2006, 3:55 am
[JURIST] US Department of Homeland Security [official website] Secretary Michael Chertoff [official profile] urged state legislatures [press release] to support the federal Real ID Act [PDF text] at the annual meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) [official website] on Thursday. [read post]
25 Mar 2004, 4:22 pm
He will have neither the same authority nor responsibilities as US Department of Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, but he will be in charge of co-ordinating European efforts at countering terrorism in the wake of the Madrid train bombings. [read post]
10 Feb 2005, 3:03 am
[JURIST] The US Senate is not expected to vote on the nomination of Judge Michael Chertoff [nomination history; 2002 DOJ resume] as Secretary of Homeland Security until some time next week as several senators have requested access to an uncensored copy of a memo Chertoff wrote on interrogation techniques while at the Justice Department. [read post]
The Biden administration announced Monday that the Department of Homeland Security would grant temporary protection status (TPS) to Venezuelans currently living in the US. [read post]
21 Dec 2017, 10:01 am by Patrick Sherry
The US Supreme court on Wednesday blocked [text, PDF] the district court's decision [text] to force the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to turn over more documents regarding former Secretary John Kelly's [official website] determination to rescind the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) [official website]. [read post]
FBI Director Christopher Wray and Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security John Tien reiterated the US’ continued commitment to fighting “transnational organized crime”. [read post]
26 Aug 2017, 8:18 pm by Howard Friedman
Coast Guard, shall: (a)  maintain the currently effective policy regarding accession of transgender individuals into military service beyond January 1, 2018, until such time as the Secretary of Defense, after consulting with the Secretary of Homeland Security, provides a recommendation to the contrary that I find convincing; and (b)  halt all use of DoD or DHS resources to fund sex reassignment surgical procedures for military… [read post]
15 Feb 2013, 12:41 am by JP Sarmiento
 The hearing focused largely on border security and enforcement, with an entire panel devoted to just one witness — Secretary Janet Napolitano of the Department of Homeland Security. [read post]
24 Sep 2020, 5:42 am by Lee Sutherland
The FASC includes representatives from seven executive branch agencies: the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, the Office of Management and Budget, the General Services Administration, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Department of Justice and the Department of Commerce. [read post]
28 Feb 2020, 6:57 am by Dan Lips
Using Homeland Security Grants to Improve State and Local Cybersecurity While Congress is unlikely to appropriate new election security or cybersecurity funding in the short term, existing homeland security grant funding could be used to improve state and local cybersecurity capabilities. [read post]
19 May 2024, 6:31 pm by Bekim Bruka | JURIST Staff, US
Earlier this month, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security issued a similar statement warning of the potential targeting and exploitation of LGBTQIA+ large gatherings by foreign terrorist organizations. [read post]
13 Jun 2011, 12:19 pm by PJ Blount
Consistent with this principle, “peaceful purposes” allows for space to be used for national and homeland security activities. [read post]
21 Jul 2009, 9:26 am
Earlier this month, Janet Napolitano -- the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) -- announced that DHS was abandoning its regulations explaining what employers should do when they receive a no-match letter. [read post]
22 Jul 2021, 4:25 am by Ram Eachambadi | JURIST Staff
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), together with the Secretary of State and Customs and Border Protection (CBP), on Monday extended nonessential land border travel restrictions with Canada and Mexico by an additional 30 days. [read post]
31 Oct 2019, 6:42 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
The DOI’s decision also follows a May warning from the Department of Homeland Security about data security issues involving the use of Chinese-made drones, particularly those made by DJI. [read post]