Judge holds DHS officials in contempt, orders compensation to Mexican national released in winter storm

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal judge in Minnesota ruled on Monday to hold government officials in civil contempt for violating a judicial order that prohibited the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from transferring detainee Fernando Gutierrez Torres, a Mexican national. U.S. District Judge Eric Tostrud, who was appointed by … Read more

DHS shutdown looms over Mar-a-Lago shooting as unpaid Secret Service agents neutralize armed suspect

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The U.S. Secret Service-involved shooting of a man with a shotgun inside the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago over the weekend brought the Department of Homeland Security’s partial shutdown into new focus. Two USSS agents and a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office deputy confronted and later shot and … Read more

Democrats press for immigration enforcement reform as DHS shutdown begins

The Department of Homeland Security shut down all but essential operations as of Saturday morning, affecting agencies from the Transportation Security Administration to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. After federal immigration agents fatally shot Alex Pretti, a Minneapolis nurse, on Jan. 24, Senate Democrats refused to pass an annual DHS funding bill – which would … Read more