immigration

Sammies finalist from DHS developed technique for scanning visa applications faster

How can the Department of Homeland Security possibly vet 40,000 people coming to the United States every day to spot the possible security threats?

People

(AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Border Patrol agent E. Flores shows the shower section during a media tour of a new U.S. Customs and Border Protection temporary facility near the Donna International Bridge, Thursday, May 2, 2019, in Donna, Texas. Officials say the site will primarily be used as a temporary site for processing and care of unaccompanied migrant children and families and will increase the Border Patrol's capacity to process migrant families. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

IG: CBP’s social media policies could use an update

Federal Newscast

A young migrant waits for his turn to take a shower at the Donna Department of Homeland Security holding facility, the main detention center for unaccompanied children in the Rio Grande Valley, in Donna, Texas, Tuesday, March 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills, Pool)

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has problems with detention centers

Agency Oversight

Bicyclists ride past an inner perimeter of security fencing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sunday, March 21, 2021, after portions of an outer perimeter of fencing were removed overnight to allow public access. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Will it ever be time for federal employees to return to their regular offices?

Congress

(AP Photo/Christian Chavez)

Migrants deported from the U.S. walk into Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Tuesday, March 23, 2021. Mexico announced that U.S. advisers on border and immigration issues will meet with Mexican officials on Tuesday to discuss migration and development in Central America, as a surge of migrants has hit the U.S. southern border. (AP Photo/Christian Chavez)

HHS looking for federal employees to volunteer at the southern border

Federal Newscast

Border Patrol agent Justin Castrejon looks toward where the border wall makes its way over a mountain Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020, near Tecate, Calif. President Donald Trump’s reshaping of U.S. immigration policy may be most felt in his undoing of asylum. Castrejon says migrants pay $8,000 to $10,000 to be guided through the mountains and picked up by a driver once they reach a road. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

CBP creates new position to handle administrative load at Mexico border

Workforce

Lawmakers want to put defense funds President Trump used for a border wall back

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Nov. 2, 2020, file photo an American flag waves in front of the Supreme Court building on Capitol Hill in Washington. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments over whether the Trump administration can exclude people in the country illegally from the count used for divvying up congressional seats. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Supreme Court takes up census case as other count issues loom

Workforce

FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2020, file photo, Department of Homeland Security acting Secretary Chad Wolf makes an opening statement at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. On Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020, a federal judge in New York ruled that Wolf assumed his position unlawfully, a determination that invalidated Wolf's suspension of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which shields young people from deportation. (Greg Nash/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Judge: DHS head didn’t have authority to suspend DACA

Management

GAO nudging agencies to take care of priority recommendations

Agency Oversight

Poor communication, planning led to massively underused border facility

Agency Oversight

Defense Department assures Congress, no more money moved to pay for border wall

In today’s Federal Newscast, Deputy Secretary David Norquist says it’s unlikely DoD will be asked to do another round of reprogramming in 2021, after…

Federal Newscast

Senators worry new policies may hinder non-citizen servicemembers naturalization process

In today’s Federal Newscast, three senators want the Government Accountability Office to evaluate the process non-citizen service members go through to…

Federal Newscast

FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2019, file photo an iPhone displays the apps for Facebook and Messenger in New Orleans. Facebook says the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will be violating the company's rules if agents create fake profiles to monitor the social media of foreigners seeking to enter the country. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

US plans for fake social media run afoul of Facebook rules

Technology

Facebook says the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will be violating the company’s rules if agents create fake profiles to monitor the social media of foreigners seeking to enter the country

immigration

Sammies finalist from DHS developed technique for scanning visa applications faster

IG: CBP’s social media policies could use an update

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has problems with detention centers

Will it ever be time for federal employees to return to their regular offices?

HHS looking for federal employees to volunteer at the southern border

CBP creates new position to handle administrative load at Mexico border

Lawmakers want to put defense funds President Trump used for a border wall back

Supreme Court takes up census case as other count issues loom

Judge: DHS head didn’t have authority to suspend DACA

GAO nudging agencies to take care of priority recommendations

Poor communication, planning led to massively underused border facility

Defense Department assures Congress, no more money moved to pay for border wall

Senators worry new policies may hinder non-citizen servicemembers naturalization process

US plans for fake social media run afoul of Facebook rules

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