Kiara De Leon became an unexpectedly viral internet sensation following a border visit by Vice President Mike Pence. She was dubbed as ICE Bae by the wondrous meme makers of the internet when a photograph of her on duty at a detention facility went viral. Following her viral rise, she created a Twitter…
Jason Hopkins The Department of Homeland Security is proposing a rule that would allow the government to use facial recognition data to identify everyone traveling to and from the country, including U.S. citizens. Non-citizens traveling through U.S. airports have been required to get their fingerprints scanned and have their picture taken since the mid-noughties. American…
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is a branch of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that has authority over the security of the (primarily air) traveling public in the United States. This includes security at airports, other transportation, and undercover air marshals on flights. It was formed after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. The agency…
GoFundMe the “Hey, can I borrow 50 bucks” of crowd funding platforms has helped people raise funds for everything from medical bills to charity scams. In 2016 two friends unsuccessfully fundraised for a Burning Man trip. On a serious note crowd funding is changing the way political movements are financed by letting average people fund them rather than established organizations….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: Written by Will Rackeon The independent government agency tasked with auditing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Monday threw cold water on the Trump administration’s plan to hire 15,000 new immigration and border agents. The DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) said in a new report that it is unlikely DHS…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke The Department of Homeland Security under former President Barack Obama knowingly admitted teenage members of a vicious transnational gang into the U.S. during a flood of illegal immigration, a leading Republican senator said Wednesday. Sen. Ron Johnson, citing internal agency documents from a whistleblower, told the Senate…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Kody Fairfield Sheriff David Clarke of Milwaukee County, Wis., said Wednesday he has accepted a job in the Department of Homeland Security, reports the Hill. Clarke told conservative radio host Vicki McKenna during an interview on 1130 WISN that he will leave his post as sheriff to serve as a…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke Senate Democrats released a report on Tuesday that said President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall could end up costing three times more than earlier administration estimates. The report claims that, at $33.6 million per mile, a complete barrier along the U.S.-Mexico border would cost nearly $70 billion…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke The Department of Homeland Security refuted on Tuesday a USA TODAY report that an illegal immigrant was deported to Mexico despite his temporary legal status under an Obama administration program. According to USA TODAY, Juan Manuel Montes was detained by federal immigration agents on Feb. 17 in…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Will Racke An Indiana restaurant owner who illegally immigrated to the U.S. nearly 20 years ago was shocked to find himself in deportation proceedings after a voluntary check-in with immigration authorities. Roberto Beristain was detained after visiting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office in Indianapolis in February, Yahoo…