Department of Homeland Security

Department of Homeland Security

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a Cabinet department of the United States federal government with the primary responsibilities of protecting the territory of the U.S. from terrorist attacks and responding to natural disasters.

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A U.S. voting booth
Florida's Push To Purge Immigrants From Voter Rolls Raises Fears Of 2000 All Over Again

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Florida election supervisors are reacting warily to a statewide effort to cleanse the rolls of non-citizens, warning that inaccurate or obsolete data could lead them to disenfranchise eligible voters. (May 18)

MORE TOPICS: GEORGE W. BUSH, ELECTIONS, FLORIDA

Robert Bentley
Alabama Governor Calls Special Legislative Session To Fix Immigration Law

By IBTimes

Days after the Alabama legislature voted to update a stringent immigration law considered among the toughest in the nation, Governor Robert Bentley has called for a special legislative session to address his concerns with the law. (May 18)

MORE TOPICS: COURT, ARIZONA, DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, ATTORNEY GENERAL, SUPREME COURT

Secure Communities
As Obama Administration Orders 'Secure Communities' Immigration Program, New York Pushes Back

By IBTimes

New York lawmakers rallied on Monday against the Obama administration ordering states to implement a controversial immigration enforcement program. (May 14)

MORE TOPICS: NEW YORK

Secret Service scandal
Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan To Testify Before Senate Committee On Prostitution Scandal Investigation

By IBTimes

Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan will be called before a Senate committee on May 23 to talk about the investigation into the prostitution scandal in Colombia that rocked the agency last month. (May 14)

MORE TOPICS: BARACK OBAMA

Al-Qaeda Plot Foiled
CIA Foils New al-Qaida Underwear Bomber Plan

By IBTimes UK

Terror plot similar to Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab's failed attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound jet in 2009 with explosives in his underwear. (May 08)

MORE TOPICS: AL-QAEDA, FBI, BARACK OBAMA

Fahd al-Quso
Foiled Underwear Bomb Plot Shows Al Qaeda's Still Kicking: Officials

By IBTimes

The announcement Monday that militants sought to attack an airliner with an improved "underwear bomb" in a plot foiled by U.S. and allied authorities shows their determination to build bombs that can pass through airport security, U.S. officials said. (May 08)

MORE TOPICS: AL-QAEDA, BARACK OBAMA, WHITE HOUSE, FBI

Fahd al-Quso
CIA Says It Foiled A New, Improved Al Qaeda Underwear Bomb Plot

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The CIA reportedly has stopped another plot by al Qaeda to take down a U.S.-bound airliner with an underwear bomb. (May 07)

MORE TOPICS: WHITE HOUSE, FBI

Dania Suarez
Secret Service Prostitute Dania Suarez Slams "Idiot" Agents In Interview [PHOTOS]

By IBTimes

Dania Suarez, the woman who has identified herself as the Colombian prostitute at the center of the U.S. Secret Service scandal, has claimed the agents were "very direct" about asking for sex. (May 07)

MORE TOPICS: NEW YORK, LAWYER

Dania Suarez
Secret Service Scandal: Alleged Prostitute Dania Suarez Says Agent Left Luggage, Papers Exposed

By IBTimes

One of the alleged prostitutes caught in the scandal surrounding the U.S. Secret Service reportedly told a Colombian radio program that the agent who had hired her left his luggage and papers exposed in the hotel room where he was staying and where he had taken her. (May 04)

MORE TOPICS: BARACK OBAMA, NEW YORK, LAWYER

A work station is pictured at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's National Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) located just outside Washington in Arlington, Virginia September 24, 2010.
Cyber Attacks Would Catch U.S. States Off Guard: Study

By IBTimes

States and cities are poorly equipped to deal with the fallout of cyber attacks, according to a new study released by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. (May 04)

MORE TOPICS: DISASTERS, MANAGEMENT

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