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Brittany Gibson

www.axios.com
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Like "pissing in the wind": Local concerns bulldozed by Trump's border wall plan
The Trump administration has a blunt message for state and local officials trying to prevent construction of a wall and other security measures along the 2,000-mile southern border: Resistance is f...
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Trump's "election integrity" threat: Defunding state and local police
State and cities nationwide are rebelling against the White House's push to withhold millions of dollars in police and anti-terrorism funding unless they impose new voting rules.Why it matters: Pre...
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When Mullin's friends in Congress call, DHS answers
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin is building a reputation as a Cabinet official willing to do favors for his former colleagues in Congress — even at the risk of drawing a backlash from ...
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"Entrapment": Trump's immigration delays fuel jump in ICE arrest targets
A work slowdown by the Trump administration's immigration offices has exploded the backlog of applications for citizenship, green cards and work permits to an unprecedented 7.5 million people, acco...
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Exclusive: FBI gets voter's IP address in new fraud probe tactic
The Trump administration has a new tactic for trying to isolate cases of alleged voter fraud — digging into the IP addresses of those who went online to register to vote.The FBI recently obtained t...
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How Trump's "self-deportation" machine has ramped up
President Trump's controversial "self-deportation" program, which pays unauthorized immigrants to leave the U.S., is on pace to account for more than 200,000 departures, according to internal data ...
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ICE says all its offices will have body cams in 60 days
Half of all ICE field offices across the U.S. now have body cameras for agents, with the rest expected to get them within 60 days, according to the Department of Homeland Security.Why it matters: C...
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How a fuming Trump reversed ICE's pause on vehicle stops
Late Tuesday at the White House, a livid President Trump complained to advisers about the Department of Homeland Security's decision to pause the type of vehicle stops by ICE agents that had led to...
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Trump hits a wall on voter fraud
President Trump's voter fraud crusade is crashing into the limits of his power ahead of November's midterm elections.Why it matters: Trump has made cracking down on alleged mass voter fraud a prior...
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Supreme Court backs Trump on stricter asylum rules
The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for the Trump administration to turn away asylum seekers at the southern border who haven't yet crossed into U.S. territory.Why it matters: The Court's...
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U.S. loosens Iran's travel restrictions for next World Cup match
The Iranian soccer team will be allowed to travel to the U.S. two days before its next World Cup match in Seattle.Why it matters: There are strict travel restrictions on the Iranian delegation duri...
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The clock is ticking on Trump's border wall
The closer you look at Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin's declaration that the border wall will be finished by this time next year, the harder it is to make the numbers work. Why it mat...
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Exclusive: ICE obtains local voter files in two counties
ICE investigators are going straight to local election officials for individual voter files, and they obtained them in two counties, according to emails shared with Axios. Why it matters: Presiden...
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Scoop: ICE detention numbers slip
ICE has empty detention bed space and the average daily number of detainees has slid to 58,000, Axios has learned from two sources familiar with the data.Why it matters: ICE went on a $38 billion b...
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Iran faces Trump's World Cup gauntlet
The U.S.-Iran war is forcing FIFA to navigate a diplomatic and logistical mess before the World Cup even kicks off Thursday.Why it matters: Iranians are largely banned from traveling to the U.S. ri...
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