Washington, June 26 (IANS) The US Department of Homeland Security is seeking broader legal powers from Congress to counter rapidly evolving drone threats, with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin warning lawmakers that unmanned aerial systems pose growing risks to border security, critical infrastructure and major public events.Appearing before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, Mullin said existing laws had not kept pace with rapidly advancing drone technology …
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Washington, June 23 (IANS) A US federal judge struck down a Trump administration database containing US citizens’ private information, ruling it unlawful after several states used it to mistakenly purge eligible citizens from voter rolls.”The federal government has knowingly trampled on the privacy rights of American citizens in a manner that threatens the sacred right to vote. This Court cannot stand idly by while that happens,” Judge Sparkle Sooknanan from the US District Court for the Distric…
Washington, Jan 23 (IANS) Two senior Democratic lawmakers, including Indian American Pramila Jayapal, have pressed Meta and Google to end their digital advertising partnerships with the US Department of Homeland Security, alleging that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has used the companies’ platforms to run recruitment and “self-deportation” advertisements drawing on white nationalist imagery and rhetoric.US Representatives Becca Balint, the vice ranking member of the House Judiciary C…
Los Angeles, Jan 17 (IANS) Twelve people were arrested during demonstrations over Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Minneapolis, the largest city in the US state of Minnesota, authorities said.The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Friday on X that “12 anti-ICE agitators were arrested for assaulting law enforcement.”Demonstrations continued into Friday, with crowds still gathering outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Xinhua news agency reported quot…
Washington, Jan 14, (IANS) The US Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday announced issuing an interim final rule eliminating a long-standing requirement that forced many foreign religious workers to remain outside the United States for a full year before returning to their duties, a move expected to bring relief to faith-based institutions facing acute staffing shortages.The new rule removes the mandatory one-year foreign residency requirement for R-1 religious workers who reach the statutor…