Department of Homeland Security

Homeland Security Scales Back Plan to Screen Cars and Cargo With Radiation Detectors

By Alex Kingsbury - Nation & World - September 4, 2008

The project fell victim to unrealistic cost estimates—and the laws of physics. more >>

Homeland Security Explores Ambitious Plan to Collect More Personal Data From Foreign Travelers

By Alex Kingsbury - Nation & World - August 20, 2008

The department will try to gather biometric data on all departing foreigners without causing delays. more >>

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. more >>

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. more >>

Seizing Laptops and Cameras Without Cause

By Alex Kingsbury - Nation & World - June 24, 2008

A controversial customs practice creates a legal backlash. more >>

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 more >>

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? more >>

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. more >>

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. more >>

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. more >>

A High-Tech Achilles Heel

By Kevin Whitelaw - Nation & World - October 26, 2007

Washington plans stepped-up defenses against cyberattacks more >>

Old Home for a New Agency

By Nikki Schwab - Nation & World - October 19, 2007

Homeland Security looks to a Victorian-era insane asylum more >>

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. more >>

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. more >>

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. more >>