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Brownsville and DHS Agree on Border Fence
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- August 1, 2008
UT campus will enhance existing fence, while government will pay for cameras.
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Seizing Laptops and Cameras at the Border—Too Intrusive?
Opinion
- June 25, 2008
The government has been seizing electronics from randomly selected travelers. Tell us what you think.
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Seizing Laptops and Cameras Without Cause
By Alex Kingsbury -
Nation & World
- June 24, 2008
A controversial customs practice creates a legal backlash.
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MIT Grad Students Labeled ‘Security Threats’
By Alison Go -
The Paper Trail
- May 12, 2008
Two oceanography graduate students at MIT have been labeled "security threats" by the Department of Homeland Security
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The Business Cost of Immigration Enforcement
Nation & World
- April 25, 2008
Just how much will the government's crackdown on businesses' hiring of illegal immigrants cost?
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Forget the Credit--Just Do It, Says Chertoff
By Paul Bedard -
Washington Whispers
- March 13, 2008
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff is on a crusade the likes of which Washington has rarely seen. He even has an acronym for it: NIMTOF.
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Homeland Security Cites Successes
News Desk
- February 27, 2008
Just days from its official fifth birthday on March 1, the Department of Homeland Security is crowing about its successes in establishing tighter security to thwart terrorism.
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Chertoff Defends Border Fence on Private Land
News Desk
- February 27, 2008
The Department of Homeland Security, currently building real and virtual fences on the nation's southern border, won't give in to local lawsuits or complaints from landowners because protecting the nation is a larger responsibility than protecting a landowner's property, according to Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.
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A High-Tech Achilles Heel
By Kevin Whitelaw -
Nation & World
- October 26, 2007
Washington plans stepped-up defenses against cyberattacks
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Old Home for a New Agency
By Nikki Schwab -
Nation & World
- October 19, 2007
Homeland Security looks to a Victorian-era insane asylum
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Sending the Bad Guys Back Home
By Emma Schwartz -
Nation & World
- September 22, 2007
It sounds reasonable to deport criminals. Why the U.S. doesn't.
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A Bust, and a Blow to a Business
By Emma Schwartz -
Nation & World
- September 22, 2007
In immigration raids, unwitting employers can be victims, too.
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Trail Mix
The Paper Trail
- December 18, 2006
–Students at Yale Law sued the Department of Homeland Security last week, charging racial discrimination against local Hispanic residents. It was the second time in the last month the law school has taken on the department, the Yale Daily News reports.
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