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Trump’s call for mass deportations runs into messy realities
Mass deportation may be more difficult than Donald Trump realizes because deporting so many people means finding them first.
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U.S. vows to help Europe, but will it take in more migrants?
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration wants to help its allies across the Atlantic with an escalating migrant crisis, but is unlikely to open America’s doors to vast numbers of Syrian and other...
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Homeland Security taking to the sky in drug smuggling fight
ABOVE THE CARIBBEAN SEA (AP) — As soon as the aging P-3 surveillance plane rumbles off the island runway, a crew of three agents for U.S. Customs and Border Protection begins hunting with high-tech...
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Pope’s security faces test after parade incident
Security procedures will be tested as Pope Francis heads to New York City, as the pope is known for freely wading into crowds, kissing and blessing hoisted children and accepting gifts from...
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US government deports fewest immigrants in nearly a decade
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration deported fewer immigrants over the past 12 months than at any time since 2006, according to internal figures obtained by The Associated Press as Democratic...
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Carson, Trump request Secret Service protection
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top two GOP presidential hopefuls, Donald Trump and Ben Carson, have requested protection from the U.S. Secret Service, a spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security said...
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High court appeal of immigration case comes mid campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration said Tuesday it will ask the Supreme Court to save its plans to shield from deportation millions of immigrants living in the country illegally. The appeal...
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Experts say states lack legal authority to block refugees
DETROIT (AP) — Governors across the U.S. have threatened to stop accepting Syrian refugees following last week’s attacks in Paris, even as experts counter they lack legal authority to block the...
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Republicans rush to shut borders to Syrian refugees
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans urged an immediate closure of America’s borders to Syrian refugees Tuesday, drawing angry denunciations from President Barack Obama and other Democrats and igniting an...
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When refugees arrive in US, here’s what they can expect
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has announced plans to steadily increase the number of refugees accepted in the United States for the next two years. Those fleeing Syria and other war...
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FBI: Record number of background checks for gun sales on Black Friday
The agency processed a record 185,345 background checks — roughly two per second — the same day that three people were killed in an attack at a Planned Parenthood office in Colorado.
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House committee calls Secret Service an agency in ‘crisis’
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Secret Service is an agency “in crisis,” tarnished by scandals that have eroded its prestige and plagued by low morale, according to a House committee’s critical report. The...
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California killing spurs concerns about fiance visa program
WASHINGTON (AP) — The woman who carried out the San Bernardino massacre with her husband came to the U.S. last year on a special visa for fiances of U.S. citizens, raising questions about whether the...
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Questions over easy visa clearance for woman in California massacre
Foreigners applying from countries recognized as home to Islamic extremists, such as Pakistan, undergo additional scrutiny before a K-1 visa is approved.
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Homeland secretary: US to revise terror alert system
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration will announce changes to the terror alert system “in the coming days,” Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said Monday. Johnson described the change as a...
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US reviewing fiancé visa program after shootings
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pakistani woman accused of carrying out a mass shooting last week in Southern California was one of 519 Pakistanis approved to come to the U.S. to marry a U.S. citizen last year....
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U.S. visas get new scrutiny after California, Paris attacks
Visas used by foreigners to travel to the United States are getting new scrutiny in the wake of shooting massacres in California and France. House lawmakers passed legislation Tuesday tightening...
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US adds ‘bulletin’ category to terror alert system
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. updated its terror alert system on Wednesday, unveiling a new “bulletin” category intended to better inform the public about evolving terrorist threats. Homeland Security...
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Lawmakers to seek details on vetting for those bound for US
WASHINGTON (AP) — The investigation of the mass shooting in San Bernardino, California, was just hours old when lawmakers, law enforcement and the public started asking the same question: How did U.S....
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Lawmakers seek details on vetting for those bound for US
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has checked social media in some capacity in refugee cases and has found, in a small sampling thus far, the information can be ambiguous in screening value and frequently...
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