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A new immigration detention facility designed to house hundreds of undocumented immigrants convicted of serious crimes opened in Louisiana this week as part of what Attorney General Pam Bondi called a “historic agreement” between the state and federal government. The new facility — which is located inside the Louisiana State Penitentiary, commonly known as Angola — is designed to house …

DHS opens immigration detention facility at notorious Louisiana prison  Politico Angola Camp 57 to house violent ICE detainees  WAFB Portion of Angola turned into ‘Louisiana Lockup’ for undocumented criminals 8 MIN  WDSU Trump administration to open new ICE facility at notorious Louisiana prison  CNN Trump administration to expand ICE detention into notorious Angola prison  USA Today Source link

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem acknowledges ICE surge in Chicago; says National Guard deployment up to Trump  Chicago Tribune Kristi Noem confirms plan to expand ICE operations in major cities  NBC News Noem says nothing’s off the table regarding more National Guard deployments  ABC News Full transcript of “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Aug. 31, 2025  CBS News Noem: More cities could see federal …

Facebook Tweet Email Link The month before a shooter opened fire on children gathered in a Minnesota church this week, the Trump administration cut funding in the state for efforts to identify potential mass shooters and head off their violence. The grants were ended as part of $18.5 million in cuts to a Homeland Security program that the Trump administration …

The Trump administration is preparing to launch major immigration enforcement operations in Chicago next week employing tactics that sparked protests in Los Angeles, sources tell CBS News.     Two senior DHS officials confirmed the administration is preparing to expand immigration arrest operations mirroring the activations in Los Angeles in the spring. The operations could start as soon as Sept. 5, …

A prominent Pennsylvania election denier who led an unsuccessful effort to cancel the votes of hundreds of Pennsylvanians last year and who spread inaccurate data in an effort to prove false claims of voter fraud is now a top staffer at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Heather Honey, who cofounded PA Fair Elections, is now the deputy assistant secretary …

NEW YORK (AP) — A conservative election researcher whose faulty findings on voter data were cited by President Donald Trump as he tried to overturn his 2020 election loss has been appointed to an election integrity role at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Pennsylvania activist Heather Honey is now serving as the deputy assistant secretary for election integrity in …

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday sided with the Trump administration and halted for now a lower court’s order that had kept in place temporary protections for 60,000 migrants from Central America and Nepal. This means that the Republican administration can move toward removing an estimated 7,000 people from Nepal whose Temporary Protected Status designations expired …

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday that the entire border wall along the southern border with Mexico is going to be painted black to make it hotter and deter illegal immigration – and she credited President Trump with the idea. Noem spoke during a visit to a portion of the wall in New Mexico, where she also picked up …

Donald Trump Immigration National security Immigration politics See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link The wall along the southern border will be painted black in an effort to make the structure too hot to climb, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Tuesday, saying the suggestion came from President Donald Trump. “It’s tall, which makes it very, very difficult …