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Kristi Noem
DHS Plans More State-Run Extrajudicial Black Sites Like “Alligator Alcatraz”
Homeland Security's Kristi Noem mentioned plans to build similar immigration jails in Arizona, Nebraska, and Louisiana.
Noem Expedited Disaster Aid to Tourist Attraction After Wealthy Donor Intervened
As others languished without FEMA's help, Noem flew to Florida to tout the $11 million project and meet with the donor.
Ossoff, Warnock Demand Trump Admin Answer for Record Deaths in ICE Custody
Ten people died in ICE custody in the first six months of the year.
Trump Signs Order Designating “Antifa” a “Domestic Terrorist Organization”
The executive order comes in the midst of the Trump administration’s widespread attacks on the First Amendment.
ICE Is Incarcerating Immigrants at Angola, Louisiana’s Max Security Prison
Angola sits on the grounds of a former slave plantation and is notorious for violating incarcerated people’s rights.
FEMA Employees Speak Out After Attacks on Workers Warning of Looming Disaster
“The danger posed to our collective communities ... is very real,” said one employee who signed a public letter.
Judge Blocks Kristi Noem From Deporting Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda — for Now
Critics say Trump is putting Abrego Garcia “through literal hell” and that efforts to deport him amount to a power grab.
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North Carolina Waiting on Millions in FEMA Preparedness Grants as Hurricane Hits
FEMA also still owes North Carolina hundreds of millions in promised recovery funds from last year’s Hurricane Helene.
FEMA Tells Staff to Work for ICE or Risk Getting Fired
Trump has previously said that disaster relief should fall to the states and that he hopes to eliminate FEMA altogether.
Trump Administration Is Deploying Soldiers to Immigration Jails in 20 States
Immigrant rights advocate Setareh Ghandehari called the move “another marker of an authoritarian regime.”