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On AlterNet: dhs

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "dhs"

Feeling Nervous? 3,000 Behavior Detection Officers Will Be Watching You at the Airport This Thanksgiving

Feeling Nervous? 3,000 Behavior Detection Officers Will Be Watching You at the Airport This Thanksgiving

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. November 24, 2009.
Nearly 100,000 passengers were pulled aside by TSA behavior watchers last year, and it remains to be proven whether you can spot terrorists by the looks on their faces.

Has 'America's Toughest Sheriff' Lost It?

Has 'America's Toughest Sheriff' Lost It?

Isabel Macdonald, AlterNet. October 20, 2009.
Local community organizers are calling on the DHS to go further in stripping rogue Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s powers.

Homeland Security Pledges to Reform Nightmarish Immigration Detention System

Homeland Security Pledges to Reform Nightmarish Immigration Detention System

Staff, RestoreFairness.org AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. October 9, 2009.
This week, DHS unveiled an ambitious plan to reform its immigration detention system.

DHS Renews Deal With Show-Boat Sheriff Arpaio

DHS Renews Deal With Show-Boat Sheriff Arpaio

Staff, America's Voice AlterNet: Immigration. October 6, 2009.
Under the program, Arpaio and Arpaio-wannabes in other localities have been given a long leash to target ordinary immigrants.

Caught in the Desperation of Immigration Detention Centers

Caught in the Desperation of Immigration Detention Centers

Los Angeles TimesAugust 18, 2009.
Immigrants facing deportation say they must cope with poor living conditions and substandard medical care.

Obama Admin to Shift Focus of Enforcement from Migrant Workers to Employers

Obama Admin to Shift Focus of Enforcement from Migrant Workers to Employers

AlterNetMay 11, 2009.
New guidelines call for more reliance on criminal investigations than tips from informers.

Obama Taps AZ Gov. Janet Napolitano to Head Homeland Security

Obama Taps AZ Gov. Janet Napolitano to Head Homeland Security

Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: PEEK. November 20, 2008.
I guess it's too much to hope that her first order of business will be to defang and rename the creepily fascistic DHS.

Enforcement on Steroids: Homeland Security's Emerging Immigration Police State (Part II)

Enforcement on Steroids: Homeland Security's Emerging Immigration Police State (Part II)

Joshua Holland, AlterNet. May 22, 2008.
The idea that the government isn't trying to enforce its immigration laws is hogwash -- the problem is that it's all it's doing.

Bush Policy: Quick Border Fence Trumps the Environment

Bush Policy: Quick Border Fence Trumps the Environment

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. April 3, 2008.
Current controversy aside, the border "fence" is one of those harebrained schemes that might be funny if it weren't so cynical and racist.

Bush: Keeping working families poor and disempowered is more important than protecting them ...

Bush: Keeping working families poor and disempowered is more important than protecting them ...

Joshua Holland, AlterNet: PEEK. February 28, 2007.
Shocking, but really not surprising at all.