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…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Janet Napolitano’s job as head of the Department of Homeland Security is not the only high-ranking position available there, NPR reports. According to the NPR, 15 top jobs at DHS are vacant or about to be, and lawmakers won’t fill the jobs. The openings raise questions about whether DHS is too large…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Obama administration is deporting fewer people, but his administration continues to oust tens of thousands of illegal immigrants who don’t have criminal records, The Washington Times reports. The deportation of rank-and-file immigrants – more than 110,000 this year – is incensing advocacy groups. “DHS consistently misleads the public about who it…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks revealed flaws in the U.S.’s national security. So on March 1, 2003, Congress passed the Homeland Security Act, which created the Homeland Security Department. Homeland Security Director Janet Napolitano described it as “the largest reorganization of the federal government since the Department of Defense,” wrote Fox News. The…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Department of Homeland Security has begun to empty out some immigration jails ahead of the looming mandatory budget cuts, the Associated Press reports. The AP wrote that ICE has reviewed hundreds of cases and began removing an undisclosed number of illegal immigrants, who were “placed on an appropriate, more cost-effective form…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The Department of Homeland Security is plagued with low morale, much more so than other federal agencies, according to a Department of Homeland Security report. The report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office urges the DHS to determine the reason for low morale and solve the problem. “GAO found that despite having…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A Department of Homeland Security official on Wednesday announced a plan to hire veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan to operate satellite communications, blimps and other surveillance tech at stateside southern borders, reports NextGov. Drawdowns in troop levels and overseas actions will leave the Pentagon with more equipment and personnel on…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com A letter from Senator Charles Grassley representing a group of 14 Senators is asking Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano to reconsider a policy to end routine traffic checks of buses, trains and other vehicles for illegal aliens along the United State’s northern border. “News of the lessened security will only entice…
