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Homeland Security Paid $464 Million for Airplanes. Then It Parked Them.

The agency used a no-bid contract to buy 10 used jets, saying they were urgently needed for deportation flights. But the fleet has largely sat idle for months.

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A Boeing 737 passenger jet purchased by the Department of Homeland Security parked last month at Chennault International Airport in Lake Charles, La.

ICE Shootings Put Spotlight on Lack of Body Cameras

14. Juli 2026 um 22:55
Kristi Noem, the former homeland security secretary, said five months ago that the Trump administration would “rapidly” deploy body cameras to immigration agents across the country. About half still don’t have them.

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Law enforcement officers at the scene of the ICE shooting in Biddeford, Maine, on Tuesday.

Supreme Court Expands Trump’s Power Over Immigration With TPS and Southern Border Decisions

25. Juni 2026 um 20:32
The court handed President Trump victories in his push to rescind deportation protections for hundreds of thousands of people and turn away migrants at the southern border.

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The Supreme Court’s 6-to-3 decision in two cases with broad implications divided along ideological lines, with the liberal justices dissenting.

ICE Spent $700 Million on 7 Warehouses. Now It Wants to Get Rid of Them.

19. Juni 2026 um 00:35
Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to sell or give away most of the 11 warehouses it bought to detain migrants, reversing course on a signature initiative.

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The warehouse that ICE recently purchased for $87 million in Hamburg, Pa.

Internal Emails Raise Questions About D.H.S. Ending Haiti Protections

Newly released documents could complicate deliberations by the Supreme Court over whether the Trump administration can immediately cancel deportation protections for some migrants.

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Guerline Jozef, co-founder and executive director of Haitian Bridge Alliance, in March. A Supreme Court decision on the Trump administration’s handling of humanitarian protections for Haitians is anticipated by the end of the month.

Toby Doeden and Larry Rhoden Advance to Runoff for South Dakota Governor

03. Juni 2026 um 18:33
Toby Doeden, a businessman, and Gov. Larry Rhoden advanced to a runoff. A competitive contest emerged after Kristi Noem stepped down as governor to join President Trump’s cabinet.

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Toby Doeden, a businessman, is seeking political office for the first time.

Anthony James Kazmierczak Pleads Guilty in Syringe Attack Against Rep. Ilhan Omar

07. Mai 2026 um 22:56
The attack happened in late January during a town-hall meeting in Minneapolis, at the height of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota.

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Security officials restrain Anthony James Kazmierczak during a town hall in Minneapolis in January.

Federal and State Officials Discuss Closing Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

The immigrant detention center in the Everglades, which Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, opened last July, may be too expensive to keep operating.

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President Trump and Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary at the time, toured the immigration center known as Alligator Alcatraz with Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida and James Uthmeier, the state’s attorney general, last July.

Federal and State Officials Consider Closing Florida’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’

The immigrant detention center in the Everglades, which Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, opened last July, may be too expensive to keep operating.

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President Trump and Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary at the time, toured the immigration center known as Alligator Alcatraz with Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida and James Uthmeier, the state’s attorney general, last July.

Officials Distorted Facts to Justify Deporting Haitians, Internal Emails Show

29. April 2026 um 15:02
Emails revealed in a California lawsuit and now submitted to the Supreme Court show that an administration researcher privately disputed claims about Haitians.

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Demonstrators protested in January for an extension of Temporary Protected Status for Haitian immigrants.

Supreme Court Grapples With Trump’s Plan to Revoke Deportation Protections

29. April 2026 um 20:52
The case deals with Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands of Haitians and Syrians but could have implications for more than a million from troubled nations.

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A candlelight vigil in Miami in February for Haitians living under Temporary Protected Status, which the Trump administration is trying to end.

Man Who Stole Kristi Noem’s Purse Gets 3 Years in Prison

22. April 2026 um 23:29
Ms. Noem, the homeland security secretary at the time, was at a restaurant in Washington with her family when her bag was taken with $3,000 and her security badge inside.

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Kristi Noem was eating with her family last April at the Capital Burger in downtown Washington when she was robbed.

DHS Expands Deportation Fleet With High-End Jets

17. April 2026 um 23:46
The contract for five planes doubles the Department of Homeland Security’s fleet of jets to expel immigrants, and includes two Gulfstream planes, according to documents and interviews.

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Deportees boarding a chartered plane at Minneapolis-St. Paul airport in February.

Trump to Pick Ousted FEMA Head to Lead Agency Again

Cameron Hamilton is a former Navy SEAL who ran unsuccessfully for Congress.

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Cameron Hamilton told a House committee last May, when he was the acting chief of FEMA, that the agency was vital to communities “in their greatest times of need” and should not be eliminated. He was ousted the next day.

D.H.S. Inspector General Inquiry Focuses in Part on Corey Lewandowski

The investigation comes as administration officials have fielded complaints about how Kristi Noem’s top adviser, Corey Lewandowski, dealt with companies seeking federal contracts.

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Kristi Noem, the former homeland security secretary, during a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing this year.

South Dakotans React to Daily Mail Article on Bryon Noem, Kristi Noem’s Husband

01. April 2026 um 16:06
In the tiny town of Castlewood, S.D., where everyone knows the Noems, the prevailing sense was that people can’t help but feel bad for Bryon Noem after a tabloid photo leak.

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Castlewood is not far from the Noem family farm in South Dakota.

Markwayne Mullin Takes Over DHS With Less Flash but Same Mission

30. März 2026 um 13:47
Markwayne Mullin, the incoming D.H.S. secretary, faces a difficult balance: a public reset of the agency while delivering on President Trump’s deportation agenda.

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Markwayne Mullin being sworn in as homeland security secretary by Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday in the Oval Office. He has taken over a department that is in declining public repute, especially after the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis in January.
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