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March 13, 2020 News Feature by Margaret Nicklas
Amid New Immigration Policies, Local Attorneys and Immigrants Navigate a Broken System
Lawyers say the system has been thrown into "chaos"
"...have died in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) since last year, compared to zero in..."
July 26, 2019 News Feature by Mary Tuma
Not Funny
"...exposes the dark farce at the heart of the homeland security project: It is harder to catch a real..."
March 20, 2019 Postmarks
Hurricane Harvey Resources
Sites, social media, and emergency resources to help weather the storm
"...and after a flood check out the Department of Homeland Security's www.ready.gov floods page...."
Aug. 25, 2017 Emergency Post by Katarina Brown
Austin Against Trump's "Sanctuary City" Order
Austin joins brief supporting lawsuits against Trump "sanctuary city" order
"...hearing April 5, cite President Donald Trump, Secretary of Homeland Security John Kelly, and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions,..."
April 7, 2017 News Feature by Michael King
Choosing Detention Over Death
Refugees come to the U.S. seeking protection, find detention instead
"..."The U.S. Department of Homeland Security treats Central American asylum-seeking children and their mothers..."
Dec. 25, 2015 News Feature by Dina Samir Shehata
S-Comm: Hamilton Fans Backlash
Sheriff Hamilton continues to back S-Comm, even as sheriffs across the country reject it
"...post-9/11 shakeup of agencies now under the Office of Homeland Security. Moreover, Hamilton's list contains no names, or countries..."
July 11, 2014 News Feature by Tony Cantú
Driving on Thin Ice
Bad weather exposes bad road design
"...a Saturday schedule. They cited guidance from the city's Homeland Security and Emergency Management office, but it seemed counterintuitive..."
Feb. 14, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
SXSW Music Announces Panel Lineup
Forty-four day sessions, March 11-16
"...on the role songwriters might play in enforcing America’s homeland security looks provocative, and we’re interested in the Rab..."
Oct. 31, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger
The Real Housewives of Ciudad Juárez
Living double lives in the shadow of the border
"...some Real Housewives. It would allow the Department of Homeland Security to assess, case by case, the hardships U.S.-citizen..."
Oct. 18, 2013 News Feature by Debbie Nathan
News Ticker: August 9
All the news that's fit to blog
"...Saved by the Bell, rest assured that the upcoming homeland security exercise planned by the Texas Department of Public..."
Aug. 9, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson
A Tug of War Between Art and Morality
Andrew Shea's Portrait of Wally follows the trail of Nazi plunder
"...in Vienna. Customs officials, along with the Department of Homeland Security and the District Attorney's office in Manhattan, claimed..."
Sept. 7, 2012 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt
The AggreGAYtor: August 20
Your daily dose of LGBTQ news
"...a top secret “lesbian cabal” running the Department of Homeland Security...."
Aug. 20, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson
Like Crazy
This is a love story love story about people of a certain age – which is not to be confused with a love story for the ages.
"...says to coax Jacob into her reckless stand against Homeland Security – and what heterosexual twentysomething male says no..."
Nov. 11, 2011 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Contagion
Steven Soderbergh and an all-star cast remind us to be very afraid.
"...real cure is – wait for it! – forsythia. Homeland Security appreciates neither his bloggy conviction nor his anti-authoritarian..."
Sept. 9, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
What Your Senators Will Be Up To
Committee assignments, redistricting, and more
"...Commerce, Nominations, Higher Education, Economic Development, and Transportation & Homeland Security (vice chair), the latter an important one for..."
Feb. 4, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols
The 'T' Word
Politicians and media dance around what to call the plane crash
"...firm Stratfor. The release cited a U.S. Department of Homeland Security statement saying that they "have no reason to..."
Feb. 19, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Judge and OAS Find T. Don Hutto Lacking
Judicial oversight of the T. Don Hutto immigration detention center ends soon – then what?
"...Civil Liberties Union settled with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and for-profit Corrections Corporation of America, which operates..."
Aug. 7, 2009 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland
'Chronicle' Blinded by Its Bias
"...Rep. Henry Cuellar can work with Mike McCaul on homeland security and securing Texas' border, the Chronicle is missing..."
Oct. 3, 2008 Postmarks
The Hightower Report
DHS Border Fence Will Split Campus; and Dodging a Tax by Dissing Pringles
"...several nightmarish battles that Bush's thuggish, autocratic Department of Homeland Security has forced on border communities. At issue is..."
Aug. 1, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower
The Happening
In M. Night Shyamalan's mystery spooker, logic-defying episodes of death and destruction suddenly erupt across America.
"...(à la Night of the Living Dead) reveal that Homeland Security hasn't got a clue, but of course, that's..."
June 20, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Laws Draws Criticism for Racial Slur
Mustang Ridge mayor pro tem and water company GM refers to possible immigrant detention center as "holding pen for ________"
"...million undocumented workers as mandated by U.S. Department of Homeland Security.)..."
March 28, 2008 News Feature by Patricia J. Ruland
How to Derail Web Extremists
Counter-terrorism experts say the way forward is more Muslim voices
"...Shaarik Zafar, senior policy adviser with the Department of Homeland Security Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. Since..."
March 8, 2008 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker
Letters @ 3AM
Joe Biden and Chris Dodd rise above the other primary candidates in terms of achievement and hands-on experience in what a president needs to know
"...on Armed Services and the U.S. government's Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. On the other hand, Chris..."
Jan. 4, 2008 Column by Michael Ventura
The Hightower Report
Revisiting the Arrest of Protesters; and Speak Out for America
"...you'll be glad to know that Bush's Department of Homeland Security has developed a public-service television commercial to bring..."
Oct. 12, 2007 News Column by Jim Hightower
Guns, Disaster, and the Lege
New law says that during disaster, state cannot seize legally owned guns from private citizens
"...version, passed as part of the 2007 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, covering federally declared major disasters. According..."
Sept. 7, 2007 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Cross-Border Craziness Continues
Erroneously deported man returns home; Congress urges action on Juarez murders
"...for a misdemeanor trespassing violation, "sued the Department of Homeland Security and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department in..."
Aug. 17, 2007 News Feature by Cheryl Smith
Cross-Border Madness
Family of Los Angeles-area man says he was mistakenly
deported to Mexico; and Oaxaca's government apologizes
for infamous police raid
"...Mexico on May 11[,] ... sued the Department of Homeland Security and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department last..."
June 22, 2007 News Feature by Cheryl Smith
Special Immigration Status Extended for Some Central Americans
Department of Homeland Security has announced it will extend by 18 months amount of time it will allow hundreds of thousands of Central Americans in US to continue residing and working here legally
"...The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced earlier this month that it will extend..."
May 11, 2007 News Post by Cheryl Smith
Walking the Lege
With two weeks left, the 80th runs into foul weather
"...• A homeland security bill, which cleared the Senate and passed the..."
