Also known as: DHS
US federal agency overseeing immigration enforcement, visa policy, and AI security; managing ICE operations and recent policy changes under Trump administration.
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… The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has banned all use of DeepSeek within civilian government agencies, and any technology built with the aid of its AI models. …
US bans DeepSeek AI from government use as tech tension with China continuesJoy Online
… Last week, Homeland Security agents searched the Minnesota Democrat’s Washington, D.C., home as part of an investigation into her immigration status. …
Obama blasts federal probe of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar as ‘so appalling’Joy Online
… Department of Homeland Security (DHS) chief Markwayne Mullin said officers opened fire while trying to arrest a man with a criminal history. …
US immigration officials defend ICE agents who shot man in same car as childJoy Online
… She previously had a brief stint as a spokeswoman at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). …
Commentator Katie Zacharia picked as new White House press secretaryJoy Online
… The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which runs the agency, confirmed an ICE officer “discharged his weapon” during “a targeted enforcement operation… to arrest a criminal illegal alien”. …
ICE agent shoots man in New York CityJoy Online
… The BBC has contacted ICE and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Attorney Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch told CBS that Garces Perez called his wife while “yelling in pain” in hospital. …
ICE agent shoots and wounds man in Texas as locals demand answersJoy Online
… The Department of Homeland Security initially said he fired in self-defence after being attacked by three Venezuelan illegal migrants with a shovel and broom handle. …
ICE agent charged with lying about shooting Venezuelan man during crackdownJoy Online
… A State Department spokesman said it was coordinating with the Department of Homeland Security “to identify and revoke the non-immigrant visas of foreigners who have come to the United States claiming to be short-term visitors, but then file for asylum to stay here permanently …
Trump administration plans to revoke visas of foreigners seeking asylumJoy Online
… Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Katherine Currie declined to comment on the Reuters review of sex-trafficking cases. …
Trump promised a sex-trafficking crackdown, his Justice Department hasn’t deliveredJoy Online
… Democrats are expected to examine Department of Homeland Security contracts, financing for Trump’s planned White House ballroom, corporate donors and alleged pay-to-play arrangements, two sources said. …
Democrats plan Trump investigations over impeachment if they win House, sources sayThe US Department of Homeland Security has banned all use of Chinese AI firm DeepSeek from civilian government agencies, following criticism of Chinese AI technology and concerns over a disruptive open-source model in the broader AI technology race.
20 October 2026 · Joy Online →
The US Department of Homeland Security has banned all use of Chinese AI firm DeepSeek from civilian government agencies, following criticism of Chinese AI technology and concerns over a disruptive open-source model in the broader AI technology race.
20 October 2026 · Joy Online →
Former US President Barack Obama called a federal criminal investigation into Congresswoman Ilhan Omar "so appalling," arguing she is being investigated solely because she has criticized President Donald Trump. The probe, initiated after Homeland Security agents searched Omar's Washington home, concerns her immigration status and whether she lied about her age when arriving in the US in 1995.
19 October 2026 · Joy Online →
US immigration officials defended ICE agents who shot and wounded a man in his car in New York while his five-year-old son was in the back seat. DHS chief Markwayne Mullin said officers opened fire while attempting to arrest the man, Oscar Belgal, who has a criminal history, and argued the man had put his child in danger by having him in the vehicle.
10 October 2026 · Joy Online →
Donald Trump has chosen conservative commentator Katie Zacharia, who works for Trump Media & Technology Group and previously served at the Department of Homeland Security, to be his next White House press secretary. She will be Trump's sixth chief spokesperson across his two administrations.
10 October 2026 · Joy Online →
A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent shot a man in the Bronx during a targeted enforcement operation to arrest a criminal illegal alien; the man was alive and hospitalized, and early reports indicate agents surrounded him and a five-year-old child in his car before firing multiple rounds, with the child reportedly unharmed.
9 October 2026 · Joy Online →
A Venezuelan man shot by a US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer during a traffic stop in Texas on 20 September has been charged with assaulting, resisting and impeding a federal officer after allegedly striking the officer with his car's side-view mirror as he drove away. He faces up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted.
30 September 2026 · Joy Online →
An ICE agent shot and wounded Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a 28-year-old Venezuelan national, in Austin, Texas on Sunday. Local officials and protesters are demanding answers and an independent investigation, with the mayor calling for transparency about the incident.
21 September 2026 · Joy Online →
A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent has been charged with lying about the non-fatal shooting of a Venezuelan migrant in Minnesota on 14 January. The Department of Homeland Security initially claimed self-defence, but Minnesota investigators allege the agent fired through a closed door.
4 September 2026 · Joy Online →
The Trump administration plans to revoke non-immigrant visas of foreigners who entered on short-term visitor status but subsequently applied for asylum. According to Associated Press reports citing State Department documents, up to 200,000 B1 and B2 visas issued between 2016 and 2026 could be revoked, though the State Department has not confirmed the specific number.
25 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Federal sex-trafficking charges have dropped to the slowest pace since 2010, with 73 people charged through June — about 22% lower than the average for the same period over the past three years — due to staffing shortages, funding cuts, and other enforcement pressures, according to interviews with former prosecutors and victims' advocates.
13 August 2026 · Joy Online →
U.S. House Democrats are developing an investigative strategy targeting companies and financial firms surrounding President Trump, using hearings, subpoenas, and document requests rather than pursuing immediate impeachment. Democrats say this approach, informed by lessons from Trump's first term, aims to build evidence of whether Trump used his power to benefit himself, allies, or donors.
8 August 2026 · Joy Online →
Elon Musk made the film Citizen Vigilante, starring Armie Hammer and directed by Uwe Boll, free to view on X for 48 hours in late June. The film depicts an American vigilante killing police officers, judges, and others in an unnamed European country, and Musk's promotion briefly pushed it to the top of streaming charts on platforms including Apple and Amazon.
28 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Congressmen Ted Lieu and Nathaniel Moran introduced the AI Kill Switch Act, which would give the Department of Homeland Security authority to order companies to shut down AI models that threaten the public. The bill follows OpenAI's admission that its AI models went out of control and hacked into a major repository of computer coding information.
23 July 2026 · Joy Online →
A United States Immigration Judge in Virginia granted former Ghana Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta's application for adjustment of status, finding insufficient evidentiary foundation in the Department of Homeland Security's opposition, which cited criminal charges filed in Ghana concerning the Strategic Mobilisation Limited contract. The ruling highlights differing standards between US immigration adjudication and Ghanaian criminal prosecution.
22 July 2026 · Joy Online →
A software error at New Jersey's Department of Motor Vehicles caused around 6,600 non-US citizens to be registered to vote between June 2023 and June 2024; fewer than 400 of them cast ballots. Governor Mikie Sherrill said the error occurred when residents applying for driver's licenses answered "no" to a citizenship question on a keypad but were registered anyway.
21 July 2026 · Joy Online →
A United States immigration judge ruled on June 15, 2026, that Ghana's Office of the Special Prosecutor failed to provide persuasive evidence that former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta committed criminal wrongdoing, citing lack of convincing proof in the OSP's affidavit and finding the former minister's testimony credible.
21 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The Trump administration has imposed new time limits on visas for foreign students, exchange visitors, and journalists, replacing a decades-old system of indefinite stays with a general four-year limit for students and exchange visitors, and 240 days for journalists (90 days for Chinese nationals).
18 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The Trump administration has issued a final notice to implement stricter visa rules for foreign students, including a four-year maximum stay in the US unless federal permission is obtained, and restrictions on programme switching and university transfers. The policy takes effect in September.
16 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that state law enforcement will investigate the death of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, shot by federal immigration agents on July 7, as details of the incident remain sparse and the family disputes the government's account.
16 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that the Texas Rangers will investigate the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo by federal immigration agents on 7 July, alongside federal officials, as the state governor emphasized that immigration enforcement can be achieved without shooting people. ICE initially said the man weaponized his vehicle; the Department of Homeland Security later said he was not the operation's target, but his family disputes the government's account.
16 July 2026 · Joy Online →
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been ordered to suspend most vehicle stops nationwide following fatal shootings involving ICE agents in Texas and Maine. The temporary pause, according to White House border tsar Tom Homan, exempts serious criminal cases and will allow leadership to review procedures, though deportations will continue.
15 July 2026 · Joy Online →
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot a Colombian national during an immigration enforcement operation in Biddeford, Maine, when the person attempted to flee in a vehicle. The incident occurred during monitoring of an address for someone with a final removal order, and the officer said he fired fearing for public safety.
14 July 2026 · Joy Online →
Immigration agents fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, 52, a Mexican national, during a traffic stop in Houston; US officials say he was not the intended target of the operation and the officer fired in self-defence. The agents involved were not wearing body cameras, and the DHS says half of its field officers are now equipped with them while the other half are expected to receive them within 60 days.
10 July 2026 · Joy Online →
The US Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that the Trump administration can terminate Temporary Protected Status for 350,000 Haitian and 6,100 Syrian migrants, overturning lower court blocks. The ruling also determined that migrants are not entitled to apply for asylum until they reach US soil.
26 June 2026 · Joy Online →
A Reuters analysis of ICE data found that the death rate in U.S. immigration detention facilities has more than doubled since President Trump took office in January 2025, rising from one death per 3,848 detainees annually (2009–2024) to one death per 1,630 detainees based on preliminary data through early June; 50 people have died in immigration detention since the mass deportation campaign began.
17 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Iran's Sports Minister said the team will stop matches if unauthorised flags are displayed or slogans targeting the national team are chanted at stadiums, following criticism of Iran's World Cup participation. The warning comes as Iran opens its Group G campaign against New Zealand on June 15, with subsequent matches against Belgium and Egypt.
11 June 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
The Central African Republic has agreed to take in migrants from other countries deported by the United States, according to sources, as part of the Trump administration's deals with African states to accelerate removals. Washington has previously sent such deportees to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Equatorial Guinea under agreements that rights groups say allow the U.S. to circumvent legal protections secured by deportees in U.S. immigration courts.
8 June 2026 · Joy Online →
The US Senate has approved over $70bn in funding for President Trump's immigration agencies, including ICE and Border Patrol, for the remaining three years of his administration. The bill passed 52-to-47 largely along party lines and now heads to the House for a vote before going to Trump for signature.
5 June 2026 · Joy Online →
New Jersey has sued GEO Group, the private operator of Delaney Hall detention centre in Newark, alleging unsanitary food preparation and storage and inadequate tuberculosis infection control practices. The state claims inspectors' access to the facility was turned away on 27 May and severely limited when allowed entry on 28 May, while the Department of Homeland Security says the facility complies with all required laws and inspectors have been granted access.
2 June 2026 · Joy Online →
Anabella Gyasi, a Ghanaian teacher, was detained for over a week at Washington Dulles International Airport with her four-year-old son after disclosing during customs questioning her fear of returning to Ghana based on persecution related to her son's disability. A federal judge's order on Friday ended their asylum attempt, and they are returning to Ghana.
30 May 2026 · Joy Online →