8 h. ago Louisiana prison chosen for immigration detainees due to its notoriety, says Noem

Department of Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem said she hoped it would encourage people in the US illegally to self-deportThe Trump administration purposefully chose a notorious Louisiana prison to hold immigration detainees as a way to encourage people in the US illegally to self-deport, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary Kristi Noem said Wednesday.A complex inside the Louisiana state penitentiary, an immense rural prison better known as Angola, will be used to detain those whom Noem described as the “worst of the worst” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) detainees. Noem was speaking to reporters as she stood on the grounds of the facility near a new sign reading, “Louisiana Lockup.” Continue reading...

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10 h. ago A notorious Louisiana prison was chosen for immigrant detainees to urge self

Federal authorities say they've deliberately chosen a notorious Louisiana prison to hold immigration detainees as a way to encourage people living illegally in the U.S. to self-deport

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20 h. ago Argentinian officials forced to fly home from US after Kristi Noem failed to inform them visa ceremony was canceled: report

‘Let’s just say this was not a great look from us,’ one Trump administration official told Axios

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38 h. ago 8 killed and 50 wounded in Chicago over long weekend as Trump plans federal deployment

Eight people were killed and 50 others were wounded over the Labor Day weekend in dozens of shootings in Chicago

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3 d. ago Newsom derides Kristi Noem claim that LA ‘wouldn’t be standing today’ had Trump not sent in the National Guard

Homeland Security Secretary claims Los Angeles ‘would’ve burned down if left to the devices of the mayor and the governor’

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3 d. ago Court hearing set Sunday on US efforts to deport some Guatemalan children

U.S. attempts to deport some Guatemalan children are on hold until at least Sunday afternoon

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5 d. ago Noem spoke of woman’s murder and said the suspect was ‘probably in the state.’ Cops just arrested him in Mexico

Gabriel P. Calixto was located and arrested on Thursday in Mexico after allegedly stabbing his ex-girlfriend, Illinois activist Emma Shafer, in July 2023

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6 d. ago Gran locked in Spanish cell for 22 hours after losing passport

Pam Tweedale, 77, flew to Madrid for a trip of a lifetime with family, but after landing with a missing passport and being detained for 22 hours, she was forced to fly back home to the UK

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6 d. ago Trump proposed getting rid of FEMA, but his review council seems focused on reforming the agency

President Donald Trump has floated the idea of “getting rid of” the Federal Emergency Management Agency, which manages federal disaster response

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6 d. ago Brit nan 'locked in jail with men for 22 hours' after losing passport on plane

Pam Tweedale, 77, flew to Madrid for a trip of a lifetime with family, but after landing with a missing passport and being detained for 22 hours, she was forced to fly back home to the UK

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7 d. ago Noem’s special adviser Corey Lewandowski holds ‘veto’ power on large expenditures, staff says

The scope of Corey Lewandowski’s role has frustrated some administration officials, a new report claims

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9 d. ago Some FEMA staff call out Trump cuts in public letter of dissent

More than 180 current and former FEMA employees have published a letter warning of potential disaster due to cuts in the agency

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9 d. ago Ice is processing Kilmar Ábrego García for deportation, Kristi Noem says – US politics live

US homeland security secretary says Ábrego García is being processed for deportation but doesn’t say where he will be sent amid concerns he will go to UgandaKilmar Ábrego García detained after reporting to US immigration agentsThe justice department is alleging in a new court filing that three Smartmatic executives who were indicted last year on bribery and money-laundering charges transferred money from a 2018 voting machine contract with Los Angeles county into slush funds that were originally set up to pay bribes to election officials in Venezuela and the Philippines between 2012 and 2016 to obtain and retain lucrative election contracts.Prosecutors say one of the executives transferred an undisclosed amount from the $282m LA county contract into the slush funds in 2019 but did not say if anyone actually received bribes from the county’s money at that point. Continue reading...

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1 week ago DHS hasn’t been keeping Kristi Noem’s text messages for months, watchdog group says

American Oversight says Homeland Security is declining to share public records of text message data — and may have stopped keeping them altogether

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1 week ago Kilmar Abrego Garcia says Trump admin is trying to force him to plead guilty with Uganda threat

Wrongfully deported Salvadoran immigrant ordered to report to ICE’s Baltimore field office Monday morning

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1 week ago Kristi Noem rages over Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release as ICE warns he may be deported to Uganda

Kilmar Abrego Garcia ordered to report to ICE’s Baltimore field office Monday morning

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1 week ago Kristi Noem rages over Kilmar Abrego Garcia release as ICE warns he may be deported to Uganda

Kilmar Abrego Garcia ordered to report to ICE’s Baltimore field office Monday morning

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2 w. ago Satire at its finest: South Park takes on Trump’s martial takeover, AI and tech bros

No show has ever worked harder to have its finger on the nation’s pulse than Matt Stone and Trey Parker’s long-running comedy – and it really showsEarly on in its 27th season, South Park has garnered more controversy than it has in years (possibly ever), along with some of its highest ratings.Last week’s episode took aim at the Trump administration’s brutal Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (Ice) raids, poked fun at secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem’s penchant for puppy murder and cosmetic surgery (Noem has since climbed atop her moral high horse and accused the show of sexism), and of course, Donald Trump himself. Along with Trump’s martial takeover of Washington DC, this week’s instalment, titled Sickofancy, takes aim at artificial intelligence (specifically ChatGPT) and the larger tech-bro industry. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago 'South Park' targets federal takeover of Washington, DC, police in latest episode

The team at “South Park” is continuing its comic assault on the Trump administration

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2 w. ago Kristi Noem says border wall to be painted black on Trump’s request to make the metal hotter and deter migrants

Noem’s announcement came as Trump boasted about the historically low border crossings in July

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