Homeland Security Shutdown Looms
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US Congress failed to pass new funding for the Department of Homeland Security, but most of its 272,000 employees are still on the job.
By Richard Cowan, David Morgan and Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON, Feb 12 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Thursday blocked legislation that would fund the Department of Homeland Security past a Friday deadline,
US homeland security secretary Kristi Noem is facing new pressure as funding for the agency responsible for Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown is set to lapse following a public backlash to its aggressive actions.
The department has sent Google, Meta and other companies hundreds of subpoenas for information on accounts that track or comment on Immigration and Customs Enforcement, officials and tech workers said.
The creation of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was one of the most significant federal responses to the horrific attacks of September 11, 2001. One of the core statutory missions of the 2002 Homeland Security Act was for DHS to prevent ...