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Report: Number of Muslim-Americans indicted for terrorist plots continues to drop

By | 02.09.12 | 10:44 am

The number of Muslim-Americans indicted for violent plots and/or offering financial support to terrorism declined for the second straight year, according to a study released Wednesday.

Letter to Homeland Security: Stop Secure Communities

By | 01.06.12 | 2:41 pm

Former members of a task force on Secure Communites sent a letter this week to Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano calling on her to suspend the immigration enforcement program.

Homeland Security cuts immigration enforcement ties with Arizona sheriff

By | 12.16.11 | 8:06 am

The Department of Homeland Security announced Thursday it is immediately terminating its immigration enforcement agreements with the office of Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Ariz.

Activists want environmental review for proposed immigration detention center

By | 11.10.11 | 4:42 pm

A letter sent to Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano Tuesday argues that an immigration detention center to be built in South Florida does not comply with National Environmental Policy Act rules for federal agencies.

Napolitano defends Secure Communities in speech at American University

By | 10.05.11 | 5:17 pm

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano delivered a speech today at American University about border security, immigration enforcement and her department’s controversial Secure Communities program.

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Judge to Homeland Security: Hand over Secure Communities documents

By | 07.12.11 | 2:31 pm

New York Judge Shira A. Scheindlin yesterday ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI and the Executive Office of Immigration Review to produce further information about whether and how localities may opt out of or limit participation participation in Secure Communities.

The U.S. Capitol (Pic by jcolman)

DREAM Act supporters and opponents face off in first ever Senate hearing

By | 06.28.11 | 4:41 pm

A few minutes into the the first ever Senate hearing on the DREAM Act, Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., chairman of the subcommittee holding the meeting, had to tell supporters to not applaud any comments.

The U.S.-Mexico border (Pic via Wikipedia)

Numerous states look to Arizona’s S.B. 1070 as a model for new immigration legislation

By | 12.28.10 | 1:00 pm

Twenty-five states — including Florida — are set to consider S.B. 1070-like policies in upcoming legislative sessions.

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