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Napolitano: DHS Must Return to Its Mission of Protecting Americans, Not Attacking Them
Janet Napolitano, the former head of Homeland Security, criticized the department’s role in policing protests in Oregon, calling it “an abuse of authority.”
Janet Napolitano, the former head of Homeland Security, criticized the department’s role in policing protests in Oregon, calling it “an abuse of authority.”
The inspectors general of the Justice Department and Homeland Security have launched an investigations into how federal agents have used of force and detained protesters during demonstrations in Portland and Washington D.C.
Federal agents who were sent to Portland amid unrest were not adequately trained in riot control or mass demonstrations, Homeland Security warned in an internal memo.
Federal officers in camouflage and unmarked minivans are detaining protesters in Portland without the approval of local and state officials.
House Democrats announced a plan Monday to severely cut the budgets of Border Patrol and ICE to reduce Homeland Security’s deportation operations.
White supremacists and other domestic racist groups pose the largest threat of protest-related violence, a new federal intelligence bulletins warns.
A Federal Protective Services officer was shot and killed in Oakland, Calif., on Friday evening while guarding the Ronald V. Dellums Federal Building during a nearby protest.
A top ICE official expressed outrage after vandals desecrated a Homeland Security flag.