Also known as: DHS
US federal agency with authority over immigration enforcement and border operations, including deportation, detention, and visa policies under the Trump administration.
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… Last year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees US immigration, posted an X message consisting of one word: “Remigrate”. …
Musk takes ‘crusade’ to Europe with Armie Hammer filmJoy Online
… The company has said that it broadly wants to ensure, in part through government policy, that AI technology “benefits all of humanity.” The Kill Switch Act proposes giving the Department of Homeland Security the authority to order a private company to shut down an AI model or too …
Lawmakers push for AI ‘kill switch’ after OpenAI goes rogueJoy Online
… The Department of Homeland Security opposed the application by citing criminal charges filed in Ghana concerning the Strategic Mobilisation Limited contract. …
Ofori-Atta case exposes deep split between US immigration rulings and Ghanaian prosecutionJoy Online
… Last week, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin told states their voter rolls “needed to be scrubbed” of ineligible voters. …
‘Software error’ led to almost 400 non-citizens voting in New Jersey, governor saysJoy Online
… The Department of Homeland Security had argued that Mr Ofori-Atta should not be granted relief because of pending criminal charges filed against him in Ghana by the OSP. …
US Judge says OSP failed to provide evidence linking Ofori-Atta to criminal wrongdoingJoy Online
… Under a new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) rule released on Thursday, international students and exchange visitors will generally be limited to four years, while foreign journalists will be admitted for up to 240 days at a time, or just 90 days for Chinese nationals. …
Trump limits length of visas for students, exchange visitors, journalistsJoy Online
… The policy, which comes into effect in September, “combats rampant visa abuse, and strengthens national security through regular vetting”, the Department of Homeland Security said. …
Trump administration tightens visa rules for foreign studentsJoy Online
… The Department of Homeland Security later said Salgado Araujo was not the target of the operation and ICE initiated the traffic stop after seeing “a white van with an individual who resembled the target”. …
Texas will investigate ICE’s fatal shooting of man in Houston, governor saysJoy Online
… The Department of Homeland Security later said Salgado Araujo was not the target of the operation and ICE initiated the traffic stop after seeing “a white van with an individual who resembled the target”. …
Texas will investigate ICE’s fatal shooting of man in Houston, governor saysJoy Online
… A spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)declined to comment, telling the BBC: “We are always evaluating our procedures to keep our officers safe and criminals off our streets.” “We will not disclose or discuss law enforcement tactics.” Speaking to Fox News on …
ICE told to halt most vehicle stops after pair of fatal shootingsElon 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 →
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 →
A pregnant woman and her 4-year-old son from Ghana, detained for over a week in a "windowless room" at Washington Dulles International Airport after arriving on tourist visas, were released and returned home following a federal judge's order. The woman had come for a medical appointment but also sought asylum, leading to visa invalidation and detention; a judge ruled her release necessary before the end of the day.
30 May 2026 · Joy Online →
A federal judge ordered the release of a pregnant Ghanaian woman and her 4-year-old son who had been detained at Washington Dulles Airport for more than a week by Customs and Border Protection. The woman, Anabella Gyasi, arrived with a valid tourist visa on May 19 to seek medical treatment for her son, and the ACLU challenged her detention as unlawful and endangering her pregnancy.
29 May 2026 · Joy Online →
SpaceX's xAI startup, which promises to capture a portion of a multi-trillion-dollar AI market, has seen its Grok chatbot flop with U.S. government customers. Federal inventory records show only three instances of xAI or Grok use among over 400 publicly identified government AI deployments, compared to 234 involving OpenAI's models, 33 involving Alphabet products, and 26 involving Anthropic's Claude.
25 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The Trump administration has directed that foreign nationals on temporary visas should return to their home countries to apply for permanent residency, arguing the policy reinforces the legal immigration system by eliminating what it describes as "loopholes." US Citizenship and Immigration Services issued guidance stating that adjustment of status is a discretionary benefit, not an automatic right, and instructed officers to evaluate applications on a case-by-case basis considering factors including visa violations and fraud.
22 May 2026 · Joy Online →
Congo's soccer team has canceled a three-day World Cup preparation training camp and planned farewell to fans in Kinshasa because of an Ebola outbreak in the east of the country that has killed more than 130 people and caused nearly 600 suspected cases. The team's warmup matches against Denmark in Belgium on June 3 and Chile in Spain on June 9 are proceeding as planned.
21 May 2026 · The Ghanaian Times →
A US Senate official has ruled against using taxpayer funds from a spending package for security upgrades related to President Trump's White House ballroom project, after Democrats challenged the provision. Trump has said private donors will fund the $400m ballroom, but Republicans had sought to use a portion of $1bn in taxpayer funds for Secret Service security upgrades.
18 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The Senate parliamentarian struck down security funding for President Trump's White House ballroom project from a proposed spending package, after Democrats argued the money doesn't belong in the bill. Trump has said private donors will fund the $400 million ballroom, while Republicans had sought to use taxpayer funds for Secret Service security upgrades.
18 May 2026 · Joy Online →
A cyber attack claimed by ShinyHunters took the academic software Canvas offline, disrupting thousands of institutions across the US, Canada, and Australia during end-of-year exams. Multiple universities postponed or cancelled final exams as students lost access to coursework and examination materials.
8 May 2026 · Joy Online →
President Donald Trump signed a spending bill that ended the 76-day partial government shutdown affecting the Department of Homeland Security, which had caused chaos at US airports due to unpaid security officers. The bill reopens DHS but does not include funds for Immigration and Customs Enforcement or parts of Customs and Border Protection, with Democrats and Republicans having feuded over immigration enforcement and reform demands.
1 May 2026 · Joy Online →
The U.S. House of Representatives approved a three-year budget plan on Wednesday that would allow Congress to consider an additional $70 billion for immigration enforcement by federal agents in a 215-211 vote with no Democratic support. Republicans plan to use a special procedure to advance the $70 billion proposal through the Senate without Democratic support and send it to President Trump for signing, hoping to complete the process in May.
30 April 2026 · Joy Online →
White House officials preparing for the 2026 World Cup in the United States say reopening the Department of Homeland Security is "essential," citing a security incident at a Washington DC gala where a man was charged with attempting to assassinate President Trump. The incident has prompted a White House security review and concerns from those planning the tournament.
28 April 2026 · Joy Online →