DHS

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a U.S. federal government agency responsible for national security, border control, and disaster response. It oversees agencies like the TSA, CBP, and ICE, and manages immigration enforcement, customs, and cybersecurity.

Why it’s in the news: It is in the news due to controversial initiatives involving biometric data collection, surveillance of protesters, and aggressive enforcement tactics against deported individuals.

Latest on DHS

• DHS tries to lessen constraints of biometric identity verification
• DHS Wants Protesters’ Signal Group Chats
• DHS Is Hiring Bounty Hunters to Find and Photograph Deported People’s Homes Abroad
• DHS begins $1.5B spending spree on drone defense
• DHS General Counsel Names Four Federal Judges ‘Worst Of The Worst’ As Threats Against Judiciary Hit 564
• DHS Official Resigns, Citing ‘War on Immigrants’
• federal risk management for AI is built on self-reported data from teams that are still figuring out what they actually deployed

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