The program covers a number of real-world situations: assisting with the registration of sex offenders; identifying human remains; locating endangered and missing people; arming tribal law enforcement with information about people they encounter in traffic stops; and conducting background checks to vet foster parents.Read More
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has all but abandoned its use of federal prisons to house detainees. Three ICE detainees that remain are inside the federal prison in Sheridan, Oregon.Read More
The deputy attorney general rejected a story that described him musing about secretly wearing a wire or conferring with members of the Cabinet about invoking the 25th Amendment.Read More
The owner of a seafood processing company in Pierce County, Wash., has pleaded guilty in a case involving the illegal sale of sea cucumbers, leathery creatures that are considered a delicacy to eat in some cultures.Read More
Every day at detention centers around the country, lawyers give ‘know your rights’ presentations to immigrants facing deportation. For many, it’s the only legal help they’ll get. And the feds just pulled the money for it.Read More
Justice Department officials sent letters to nearly two dozen jurisdictions demanding documentation proving they're complying with federal immigration law and threatening the use of subpoenas.Read More