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DHS conducts immigration raids in Charlotte as crackdown expands

DHS, which oversees US Customs and Border Protection, did not provide details on the operation, including how many law enforcement officers took part or the number of people detained.

 An Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agent prepares to arrest alleged undocumented immigrants in Salem, Mass., June 19, 2018.
People march in the 50th annual Pride Parade in Chicago, Illinois, US, June 30, 2019.

FBI records reveal ISIS terror plot targeting Chicago's 2024 Pride Parade - NBC

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US National Counterterrorism Center warns of threat from al-Qaeda

 A migrant and a legal observer lay on the floor as they are detained by federal immigration officers at U.S. immigration court in Manhattan, in New York City, U.S., June 6, 2025.

South Korea vows support to Koreans arrested in US immigration raid


Two killed, 17 injured in Catholic school, church in south Minneapolis

Police and paramedics were responding to an active shooter situation unfolding on Wednesday at a church on the south side of Minneapolis, local news reported.

Law enforcement officers gather outside Annunciation Church following a mass shooting event, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US, August 27, 2025.

Homeland Security speechwriter promotes antisemitic ‘Great Replacement’ theory on podcast

Several months after the Buffalo shooting, which killed 10 shoppers, Eric Lendrum endorsed the theory on his podcast, and it was not for the first time.

DHS speechwriter Eric Lendrum.

Homeland Security accused of tweeting antisemitic dog whistles

“Which way, American man?” the department’s official page posted Sunday, over a political cartoon from 1936 called “Uncle Sam at the Crossroads.” 

U.S. Department of Homeland Security emblem is pictured at the National Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) located just outside Washington in Arlington, Virginia September 24, 2010.

DHS releases $94 million of security grants for Jewish institutions as remainder of funding stalls

The funds would “help protect Jewish faith-based institutions from further attacks," the agency said, citing recent violence in Washington DC and Colorado.

Security officers surround the Israeli Embassy in Washington, DC, on May 22, 2025, following a shooting that left two people dead outside the Capital Jewish Museum the day before.

Kristi Noem commemorates Washington terror victims in Jerusalem

"The US also has no partner more effective than Israel," Sa'ar added.

 Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar (L) greets US Homeland Security Secretary Kristy Noem (R) at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, May 26, 2025.

US offers $1,000 stipend to encourage migrants to self-deport

In March, the administration launched a rebranded app called CBP Home to facilitate self-deportation.

 Migrants crossing into the United States from Mexico, in El Paso

US seeks to deport pro-Palestinian Georgetown University student

Badar Khan Suri is a postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown's Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding, which is part of the university's School of Foreign Service.

 Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gather at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, on September 4, 2024.

Judge temporarily blocks deportation of arrested pro-Palestinian student at Columbia

US District Court Judge Jesse Furman put a hold on the deportation "unless and until the Court orders otherwise."

 White House shares a photo of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian graduate student who was arrested over involvement with protests.

Three of the largest Jewish denominations are suing the Trump administration over ICE raids

The governing bodies of the Reform, Conservative, and Reconstructionist movements have challenged Trump's reversal of an order banning ICE from operating in churches and synagogues.

 Undocumented Mexican immigrants are photographed while being processed at the Immigration and Customs Enforcement center in Phoenix, Ariz., April 28, 2010.

Kristi Noem: Launching a new era of US Homeland security, a terrorist's worst nightmare - opinion

During her confirmation hearings, Kristi Noem articulated a clear and forceful understanding of the national and international challenges that lie ahead.

 Confirmation hearing for Homeland Security nominee Kristi Noem

Impeachment of Alejandro Mayorkas, opposed by coalition of Jewish groups, narrowly fails

Right-wing Republicans have been agitating for a year to impeach Mayorkas, who they say is neglecting the migrant influx at the US-Mexico border.

US Secretary of Homeland Security Mayorkas holds news conference in Brownsville, Texas