Recent articles
April 7, 2026
The $97 Million Utah Warehouse ICE Bought for $145 Million
Trump wants industrial-size immigration jails, and money is no obstacle.
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March 27, 2026
Kristi Noem is Gone. Now Mass Deportations Can Really Begin.
DHS has a new leader and a big pot of money to deliver on Trump’s campaign promise.
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March 17, 2026
The Border Wall Is Back
With $46.5 billion to blow, Trump has resumed construction, even in remote areas with few illegal crossings.
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March 16, 2026
What Happens Now to Kristi Noem’s Warehouse Jails?
DHS’s next leader will inherit a fast-moving $38 billion plan for industrial-scale immigrant detention.
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March 13, 2026
High Stakes, and a Low Bar, For Markwayne Mullin at DHS
Trump’s nominee has one big thing going for him: He’s not Kristi Noem.
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March 6, 2026
Why Trump Soured on Kristi Noem
Congressional questions about contracts, ads, and extramarital sex ended her tenure.
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February 14, 2026
Kristi Noem Watch
A shutdown threat is bringing more attention to the DHS secretary’s record.
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February 7, 2026
ICE After Minneapolis
Trump’s team wants a reset on its mass-deportation goals, not a retreat.
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January 26, 2026
Greg Bovino Loses His Job
The Border Patrol chief has been ousted from his role as “commander at large,” and will return to El Centro.
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January 24, 2026
Most ICE Recruits Haven’t Deployed Yet
Trump officials are touting 12,000 new hires in four months. Getting them onto U.S. streets may take longer.
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January 17, 2026
From Stopping Osama bin Laden to Killing Renee Good
Two decades after its founding, the Department of Homeland Security has become exactly what its critics feared.
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