Democrats plan to throw the gauntlet at Mullin in the next Congress - POLITICO

“We will investigate the administration weaponizing DHS against Americans, its out-of-control immigration policies, and its blatantly corrupt self-dealing. The American people expect nothing less, and we will deliver,” said Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), who is poised to chair the House Homeland Security Committee in the next Congress…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/23/democrats-mullin-noem-dhs-ice-midterms-01133420

 

Judge restricts DHS field operations for noncitizen voters : NPR

In a 19-page order late Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín, an appointee of President Joe Biden, wrote that the federal government was using "flawed" data in the initiative and that its efforts likely violated the Voting Rights Act, which bars voter intimidation…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/10/22/nx-s1-6012682/judge-dhs-noncitizen-voting-operations

 

Homeland Security grants temporary deportation reprieve for more than 100,000 Ukrainians and Sudanese | PBS News

Temporary Protected Status was set to end Oct. 19 for about 101,000 Ukrainians and 1,800 Sudanese. But DHS said an announcement "will be made at the appropriate time." Until then, the department said in a written statement, Ukrainians and Sudanese in the U.S. covered by those temporary measures "retain protection." The Department did not indicate how long they could stay or when a final announcement would be made on their status…

 https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/homeland-security-grants-temporary-deportation-reprieve-for-more-than-100000-ukrainians-and-sudanese

 

They’ll do anything but make our lives better

 https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KO1Rb93bdEQ

 

Why Did the U.S. Buy These Planes?

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/8VeBegLaTFM 

DHS proposes $70K fee for international student work program - POLITICO

Under the proposal, schools would have to pay a $70,000 fee for each student seeking Optional Practical Training, known as OPT, and $30,000 for applications for program extensions. That represents a sharp increase from the current fee of around $500, which international students have historically paid themselves…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/10/07/dhs-fees-international-student-work-program-01110012

506 U.S. Citizens Detained (ProPublica investigative report)

The Trump administration says none of this is happening.

 “DHS is NOT arresting U.S. citizens by mistake.” “There are no ‘indiscriminate’ stops.” Allegations of “racial profiling are disgusting, reckless and categorically FALSE.” “The pattern is NOT of law enforcement using force.” “ICE does not zip tie or restrain children.” 

But that is precisely what is happening, and at a far larger scale than previously reported. 

 We know because we have once again done what the government hasn’t: We have tallied and cataloged every case we can find of an immigration agent holding a citizen during the current administration. 

More than 500 cases. That includes: 

• More than a hundred Americans held after agents questioned their citizenship. Nearly all were people of color. 
• At least 70 American children and teens detained, some of whom were handcuffed. 
• Of the more than 300 Americans we tracked as detained for allegedly assaulting or obstructing agents, we found fewer than half were actually charged in federal court, and many of those cases were dropped or dismissed. 
• At least 63 Americans detained while recording. 
• 36 Americans held for at least a day without being able to contact a lawyer or their family. 
• Roughly a dozen citizens deported, mostly children. 

Collectively, these cases show that as the administration has relentlessly pursued immigrants, federal agents have run roughshod over the constitutional rights of citizens too. We’re showing you every case — the reality that the administration denies — along with the receipts. 

https://projects.propublica.org/american-citizens-detained-dhs-civil-rights/ 

 

 

Nearly 200 people wrongly identified on Nevada’s voter rolls as non-citizens

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wrongly identified 185 people on Nevada’s voter rolls as non-citizens, state officials said this week, escalating concerns over the shoddy methodology the government is using to raise fear about non-citizen voting ahead of the midterm elections…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/24/dhs-nevada-voter-non-citizens-error

 

Sikh truck driver stabbing rattles South Asian community : NPR

A recent example came last week when the Department of Homeland Security posted an image on social media depicting an Indian man with the words "Get off our roads, you don't know how to drive Mr. Singh."… 

The post was removed from social media the next day, following swift backlash from political leaders and advocacy groups that criticized the image as racist and dehumanizing to an entire community of people with the last name Singh, which is common among people practicing the Sikh religion...

 https://www.npr.org/2026/09/17/nx-s1-5971866/truck-driver-attack-wyoming-sikh-south-asian 

DHS officers raise concerns over potentially illegal voter searches and unreliable data, whistleblower says

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) lawyers told officers investigating voter fraud they would not be held responsible for violating state laws around accessing voter registration information, an anonymous whistleblower revealed on Monday. DHS officers also had concerns about the reliability of the data they were working with, the whistleblower said...

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/14/dhs-voter-data-whistleblower

 

Alligator Alcatraz held detainees in cages the size of phone booths, DHS watchdog says

Office of inspector general’s report says practice at Florida immigration jail is not aligned with ‘humane treatment’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/14/alligator-alcatraz-immigration-jail-cages-report

 

 

A New DHS Report Proves Alligator Alcatraz Detainees Were Right All Along – Mother Jones

Alligator Alcatraz, the notorious immigrant detention camp erected in the Florida Everglades last year, routinely held detainees in “small metal enclosures” with just 18 square feet of floor space, a practice that the Department of Homeland Security’s independent watchdog called “highly unconventional and does not align with standards for humane treatment,” according to a DHS Office of Inspector General report...

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/09/a-new-dhs-report-proves-alligator-alcatraz-detainees-were-right-all-along/ 

 

Homeland security agent charged with child rape in Alabama, officials say

He “was directly involved with child exploitation cases, working with these cases and raising awareness”, Marshall added. “That’s why it’s so profoundly disappointing and frankly disgusting that we stand here today and tell you that we charged him” with crimes that are incongruent with “what his professional responsibility was”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/09/alabama-hsi-agent-charged 

 

‘I Want To Play A Brief Video’: James Walkinshaw Flips The Script On GOP in ICE hearing

During a House Oversight Committee hearing titled "Amnesty and Chaos: Abuse of U.S. Immigration Policy," Representative James Walkinshaw (D-VA) gave his Republican colleagues an example of "chaos" by playing a video of ICE agents illegally entering the home of a U.S. citizen without a judicial warrant.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVweCTo_X8U 

Democrats demand Homeland Security officials fund election security ahead of midterms : NPR

Two Democrats tasked with overseeing federal elections are asking why the Trump administration hasn't distributed money to protect state and local elections as directed by Congress...

 https://www.npr.org/2026/09/03/nx-s1-5954541/election-security-midterms-dhs-democrats

 

Lawmakers Push DHS to Cancel Its Shock Gloves Contract – Mother Jones

“This administration continues to outfit ICE and CBP with the tools of an occupying paramilitary force.”…

 https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/09/lawmakers-push-ice-cancel-shock-gloves-contract-compliant-technologies-delia-ramirez/

 

Trump’s DHS is using an obscure law to secretly snoop on journalists, non-profits and unions: ‘It’s outrageous’

The episode was the most recent example of an alarming pattern in recent months in which the DHS avoided judicial scrutiny and deployed a summons related to customs enforcement to pressure companies into turning over information on Americans. The US constitution’s fourth amendment protects against unreasonable searches and seizures and law enforcement generally must show a judge or a grand jury they have probable cause to believe the materials they want to search will produce evidence of a crime. 

But over the last few months, the Department of Homeland Security has undertaken a brazen effort to get around that fundamental safeguard. In addition to efforts to obtain records on Minnesota journalists, the DHS has used 1509 summonses to pressure social media companies to unmask the identities of people who have criticized ICE officers and to obtain financial information on a host of unions and left-leaning non-profit organizations in Minneapolis...

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/29/trump-dhs-1509-summons-records-journalists-nonprofits 

DHS concedes noncitizen voter numbers it touted are inflated : NPR

"The real threat is that eligible voters—your friends, family, and neighbors—are recklessly and mistakenly removed from the voter rolls as a result of the administration's fishing expedition for purported non-citizens," the statement reads. The state said DHS has not provided a response to its questions about the allegations...

https://www.npr.org/2026/08/25/nx-s1-5940807/noncitizen-voters-trump-nevada-call 

 

DHS conducted far-reaching surveillance of groups during ICE surge : NPR

For months, the documents show, federal agents secretly made recordings of meetings held at churches, libraries, restaurants and schools around the Twin Cities. They infiltrated private group chats, sought the financial records of national labor unions, and gathered information on community members who had not been accused of any crimes. 

"Quite honestly, it was breathtaking," says Rachel Levinson-Waldman, who directs the Liberty and National Security Program at the Brennan Center for Justice. "Just the scope of what was being revealed in terms of how deeply it had gone, how many government resources were being devoted to this."…

 https://www.npr.org/2026/08/25/nx-s1-5941135/dhs-surveillance-minnesota-ice-surge

Trump’s ICE pick is stuck in the Senate — and DHS officials are relieved - POLITICO

“We don’t want [Schroyer]. We don’t need him. Leave us alone. We are running better than ever,” said one of the officials. “People need to stop telling us how to do what we do best.” 

Many are relieved that Senate Homeland Security Chair Rand Paul (R-Ky.) has blocked a hearing on Schroyer until the administration shares more information about its probes into federal agents’ killings of two American citizens earlier this year in Minneapolis, putting his nomination in limbo. And there’s a general feeling inside the agency that the White House isn’t going above and beyond to change the senator’s mind…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/23/ice-dhs-schroyer-mullin-01046067