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New York Mayor Eric Adams, left, and Washington Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee, right, listen as Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser speaks during a news conference about the search for a gunman that has been targeting homeless men sleeping on the streets of Washington, and New York City, Monday, March 14, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

D.C. declares ‘emergency’ over migrants being bused into city

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a public emergency Thursday over the surge of illegal immigrants arriving in the nation's capital, calling it "a crisis that is certainly not of our making" and tapping millions of dollars in aid to help house and feed the newcomers.

September 8, 2022
The Department of Homeland Security logo is seen during a news conference in Washington, Feb. 25, 2015. DHS says a looming Supreme Court decision on abortion, an increase of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border and the midterm elections are potential triggers for extremist violence over the next six months. DHS said June 7, 2022, in the National Terrorism Advisory System bulletin the U.S. was in a "heightened threat environment" already and these factors may worsen the situation. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Inspector general says DHS allowed unvetted, dangerous Afghans to reach the U.S.

The Homeland Security Department failed to fully vet some of the Afghan evacuees it brought into the U.S. during last year's airlift, the department's inspector general said in a devastating audit, which warned that some people who "posed a risk to national security" were indeed let into the country.

September 7, 2022
In this Nov. 3, 2020, file photo voters deliver their ballot to a polling station in Tempe, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)

Pollsters still searching for fixes as 2022 voting nears

If ABC and The Washington Post were to be believed in the days before Election Day 2020, then-candidate Joseph R. Biden was about to wipe the floor with President Trump in Wisconsin. The news outlets' Oct. 28 survey, just a week before voting day, showed the Democrat up by a staggering 17 percentage points.

September 5, 2022
Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, speaks at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) ** FILE **

Congressman invites White House spokeswoman to visit the border

Rep. Andy Biggs, Arizona Republican, extended a formal invitation Thursday to President Biden's press secretary to visit the U.S.-Mexico border and get a first-hand look at the chaos local officials say has been unleashed by the new administration's policies.

September 1, 2022
Slain Wake County Sheriff's Deputy Ned Byrd's K-9 partner, Sasha, leads the N.C. State Highway Patrol's Caisson Unit during a procession for Deputy Byrd before his funeral at Providence Baptist Church in Raleigh, N.C., Friday, Aug. 19, 2022. Byrd, 48, had been with the sheriff's office for 13 years. Byrd was responding to a domestic call and was killed after stopping along a dark stretch of road late at night. (Ethan Hyman/The News & Observer via AP)

ICE identifies cop-killer suspects as illegal immigrants

Three Mexican brothers identified as part of an investigation into the shocking murder of a North Carolina sheriff's deputy were all in the country illegally -- including one who was caught and released at the border under the Trump administration.

August 31, 2022
Homeland Security logo is seen during a joint news conference in Washington, Feb. 25, 2015. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

DHS board unanimously shoots down Mayorkas’ disinformation board

The Department of Homeland Security's advisory council on Wednesday gave a final, unanimous rejection to Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' plans to create a disinformation board, but said the department does need to play a role in combatting disinformation.

August 24, 2022
Department of Homeland Security acting Secretary Chad Wolf makes an opening statement at his confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool Photo via AP, File) **FILE**

Ex-DHS chief Chad Wolf lays out ‘strong case’ for Mayorkas impeachment

Former acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf laid out a case to The Washington Times for impeaching his successor, saying Alejandro Mayorkas violated his duty to carry out the laws Congress wrote by exempting whole categories of illegal immigrants from the threat of enforcement action.

August 24, 2022