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The Department of Homeland Security Office of the Inspector General has announced that it will launch an internal investigation of S-Comm this summer. [read post]
16 Dec 2013, 8:54 am by By Shawn Jain, Media Strategist, ACLU
Thursday, December 19th Immigration The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight (Chairwoman McCaskill, D-Mo.) will hold a hearing titled "Alleged Misconduct by the Inspector General of the Department of Homeland Security." [read post]
7 May 2012, 10:38 am by Jessica Monaco, ACLU
We’re keeping a close eye on NDAA amendments, which could affect several diverse civil liberties issues, including LGBT rights, indefinite detention, reproductive rights, and military sexual trauma. [read post]
5 Dec 2018, 2:45 pm
The creation of the Department of Homeland Security after 9/11 accelerated the government’s operations on the U.S. [read post]
3 Oct 2023, 7:57 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
The GAO review covered seven agencies within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Justice (DOJ), which together account for more than 80 percent of all federal officers and a majority of face recognition searches conducted by federal agents. [read post]
29 Jun 2010, 1:38 pm by David Kravets
” A vegetarian activist in Georgia was arrested for jotting down the license plate of a Department of Homeland Security agent who was snapping photos of a protest outside a Honey Baked Ham store. [read post]
7 Jun 2016, 11:30 am by Alan J. Borsuk
Baker, a lawyer from Washington and former first assistant secretary for policy of the Department of Homeland Security. [read post]
19 Oct 2023, 6:07 am by Rachel Levinson-Waldman
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is likely the single largest collector and consumer in the U.S. government of detailed, often intimate, information about Americans and foreigners alike. [read post]
16 Apr 2015, 12:16 pm by David Kravets
The affected agencies range from the Department of Agriculture and the General Services Administration to the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Treasury. [read post]
16 Apr 2015, 12:16 pm by David Kravets
The affected agencies range from the Department of Agriculture and the General Services Administration to the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Treasury. [read post]
22 Oct 2008, 5:16 pm
After 9/11, Congress gave the Department of Homeland Security the right to use some of its powers deeper within the country, and now DHS has set up at least 33 internal checkpoints where they stop people, question them and ask them to prove citizenship, according to the ACLU. [read post]
23 Apr 2021, 9:07 am by ACLU
In 2017, along with partners at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the ACLU of Massachusetts, the ACLU brought a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security challenging this fast-growing practice — and won. [read post]
25 Mar 2020, 3:22 am by Angela Mauroni
It also references a recommendation from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties calling for consideration of releasing detainees that are not posing an immediate threat to public safety. [read post]
3 May 2018, 2:45 pm
In September 2017, the ACLU and seven other organizations filed a complaint with the Department of Homeland Security’s Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties and its Office of Inspector General detailing those conditions. [read post]
23 Sep 2014, 1:02 pm by Nadia Kayyali
None of the agencies look into whether a state or local law enforcement agency is under active investigation or has a history of civil rights or civil liberties violations. [read post]
For the past seven months, the Department of Homeland Security has been detaining and refusing to release immigrant mothers and children – even newborns – who have fled extreme violence and persecution in Central America to seek refuge in the United States. [read post]
12 Jan 2022, 11:54 am by Brian Tashman
While Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced his intention to shut down inhumane facilities in spring 2021, DHS is now moving to award new contracts to private prison companies. [read post]