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U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Pop-art style collage of Elon Musk striking the same contemplative pose in twelve colorized panels, evoking irony and media spectacle.

Trump Kills the Firewall, Musk Lights the Match

National security expert and former NSA officer John R. Schindler dissects a stunning week in American cyber policy: the Trump administration has defunded the crucial CVE Program, threatened mass layoffs at CISA and unleashed a political vendetta against Chris Krebs. As the government’s digital defenses erode from within, Schindler warns, America edges closer to a self-inflicted cyber catastrophe.
By John R. Schindler
A digitally distorted American flag glitches downward in streaks of neon code, evoking the collapse of national cybersecurity infrastructure under digital siege.

Cybersecurity on Mute: Trump’s Second Term Declares War on America’s Digital Defenses

The Trump administration’s second-term crusade against America’s cybersecurity agencies has left experts and insiders reeling. With firings at NSA and CYBERCOM, deep cuts to CISA and open retribution against former officials, national cyber defense is being kneecapped—just as China and Russia escalate digital intrusions on U.S. infrastructure.
By John R. Schindler

Stephen Miller’s Plan for Border Agents to Conduct Asylum Interviews Could Hurt Border Patrol

Immigration advocates have said Miller's program could result in more deportations and stall asylum cases.
By Davis Richardson

Acting DHS Chief Says US Troops Are ‘Aggressively’ Building Border Wall

By Davis Richardson

Trump Blindsides ICE Leaders By Withdrawing Nominee & Promising ‘Tougher Direction’

By Davis Richardson

Trump’s Former Advisors Are Imploring Him to End the Government Shutdown

By Davis Richardson

How the Migrant Caravan & a Facebook Post Saved DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen’s Job

By Davis Richardson

Did Obama’s Hawkish Immigration Policies Set the Stage for Trump’s Mass Deportations?

By Davis Richardson

Kirstjen Nielsen Confronts Child Abuse Questions: ‘There Are TVs’ in Holding Centers

By Davis Richardson

Kirstjen Nielson Is the Walter White of the Trump Administration

By Arick Wierson
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman joins Dreamers and recent immigrants for a news conference after a DACA hearing at a Brooklyn court on Jan. 30, 2018 in New York City.

Second Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Move to End DACA

By Madina Toure
Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen.

Cory Booker and Kamala Harris Grill Kirstjen Nielsen Over Trump’s Racial Remarks

By Davis Richardson
The proposed change will barely affect new H1-B applicants.

Trump’s H1-B Reform Is Unlikely to Happen Overnight

By Sissi Cao
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, center, discusses a deadly terror attack in Lower Manhattan, with Mayor Bill de Blasio, left, and Police Commissioner James, O'Neill, right.

Cuomo Launches Counterterrorism Advisory Panel for New York

By Madina Toure
Mayor Bill de Blasio presents the Fiscal Year 2018 Preliminary Budget at City Hall.

Amid Uncertainty in D.C., De Blasio Says Savings Offset City Spending

By Madina Toure
Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Study Says China Is the Real Master of Social Media ‘Fake News’

By Francesca Friday
Email machine graphic.

Email Marketers Need to Implement Rules That Prove They Are Real

By Brady Dale
U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez, center, and U.S. Rep. José Serrano, far right, at a press conference.

Top New York Democrats Urge Homeland Security to Help With Puerto Rico Recovery

By Madina Toure
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed legislation expanded unlimited sick leave for New Yorkers involved in 9/11 response efforts.

New York Receives $39 Million in Federal Funding to Fight Terrorism

By Madina Toure
Congressman Joseph Crowley.

Top House Dem Urges Ryan to Form Committee on White Supremacy

By Madina Toure
Brooklyn Congresswoman Yvette Clarke speaks at her latest #BrooklynResists town hall at New Life Tabernacle Church in East Flatbush.

Brooklyn Rep Accuses Trump’s DHS Head of ‘Trying to Pull a Fast One’ on Haitian Refugees

By Madina Toure
President Donald Trump with Gen. John Kelly, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.

Brooklyn Congresswoman Rips Homeland Security Secretary for Not Visiting Haitian Resettlement Camps

By Madina Toure
Elected officials and Haitian leaders rallied in Foley Square for the extension of Temporary Protected Status for 50,000 Haitians in the United States.

Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Pushing Feds to Let 50,000 Haitians Remain in the Country

By Madina Toure
A Homeland Security police vehicle near Federal Court before a hearing for Nigerian bombing suspect Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab January 8, 2010 in Detroit, Michigan. Abdulmutallab is accused of trying detonate explosives on a Northwest flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on December 25, 2009. AFP PHOTO/Stan Honda (Photo credit should read STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images)

Undocumented Immigrant Hunt Expands Use of Controversial Stingray Tech

By Brady Dale
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