A U.S. Citizenship and Immigration officer was sentenced to four years in prison for demanding sexual favors from a woman accused of getting married just to gain citizenship.
Border Patrol agents detained a California teacher and her children for refusing to answer questions about her citizenship.
The public watchdog for Homeland Security issued an “urgent” alert Monday, saying there are “alarming security concerns” with the long-troubled electronic system that processes immigrants’ applications for citizenship.
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A Texas truck driver captured a Border Patrol agent in a moment of complacency. Travis Pope was video-recording as he approached a Border Patrol checkpoint. After being asked whether he was a U.S. citizen, Pope responded: “Yea, but does it really matter?” The agent, apparently unaware of the recording, said “not anymore,…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com President Obama’s nominee for the No. 2 job at Homeland Security is under investigation following allegations that he obtained a special visa after the initial application was denied by the U.S., the Associated Press reports. The department’s inspector general warned Congress in an email that Alejandro Mayorkas is under investigation for allegedly…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Even in death, his legal battle continues. The JTA News Service reports that attorneys for deceased Nazi war criminal John Demjanjuk are trying to restore his U.S. citizenship. They’ve asked a U.S. appeals court to restore his status posthumously. Demjanjuk, a former Cleveland area autoworker, died in Germany in March at age 91….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Ex-FBI Director Louis J. Freeh, the tough American G-Man , is going Italian — all the way. In a ceremony at the Italian Embassy in Washington, Freeh was given Italian citizenship, according to the embassy website. Freeh, who headed the FBI for eight years, “acquired his Italian citizenship in…
