DHS formally bans separations for illicit border crossings.
DHS officials formally banned separating children from parents who are caught illegally crossing U.S. border, as part of an effort by the Biden administration to…
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ICE rescinds civil penalties for failure to depart.
DHS announced that ICE has rescinded two delegation orders related to the collection of civil financial penalties for noncitizens who fail to depart the U.S.…
DHS Extends Flexibility in Requirements Related to Form I-9 Compliance
ICE announced that it has extended the flexibilities in rules related to Form I-9 compliance during the COVID-19 pandemic until August 31, 2021. The extension includes…
Separated families to reunite in the U.S
DHS Secretary Mayorkas announced that a handful of migrant families that were separated at the border by the Trump administration will be allowed to reunify…
DHS Adds New TRIG Exemptions
DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson authorized new terrorism-related inadmissibility grounds (TRIG) exemptions covering a number of groups. https://brian-d-lerner-blog.com/tag/dhs/ https://brian-d-lerner-blog.com/tag/acting-dhs-secretary/ https://californiaimmigration.us/central-american-minor-kids-program-opened/ https://brian-d-lerner-blog.com/tag/department-of-homeland-security-dhs/
DHS to propose new STEM extension rule
DHS is proposing to amend its F-1 nonimmigrant student visa regulations on optional practical training (OPT) to allow certain F-1 STEM students who have elected…
Congress stops playing games and passes a clean Bill to fund DHS
Last week, the Senate passed a DHS appropriations measure that did not include the House amendments that would block DAPA implementation and DACA expansion by…
DHS Releases End of Year Statistics for FY2014
DHS released enforcement statistics for FY2014, which include reports from ICE and CBP. In FY2014, ICE removed or returned 315,943 individuals, 213,719 of whom were…
The Associated Press
The Associated Press reports that after a meeting with Latino lawmakers late last night, President Obama announced that he is directing Jeh Johnson, Secretary of…
DHS released several existing use-of-force policies today
DHS released several existing use-of-force policies today, including the 2004 departmentaluse-of-force policy, the 2004 ICE use-of-force policy, and a redacted 2010 CBP Use of Force…
Obama announced that the Senate
Obama announced that the Senate confirmed Jeh Johnson as the next Secretary of Homeland Security http://ow.ly/s1Gum Department of homeland security DHS secretary Homeland security Homeland…