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U.S. to test faster asylum screenings for migrants crossing U.S.-Mexico border
FILE - A group of Brazilian migrants make their way around a gap in the U.S.-Mexico border in Yuma, Ariz., seeking asylum in the U.S. after crossing over from Mexico, June 8, 2021. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security says migrants entering the country illegally will be screened by asylum officers while in custody under a limited experiment that provides them access to legal counsel. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia, File)
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Biden enlists ‘world class’ cybersecurity team after big hack of U.S. government agencies
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in the State Dinning Room of the White House, in Washington, on Jan. 21, 2021.
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Biden’s inauguration is today. Here’s what we know about plans so far for security, public events and more
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Biden taps several Obama-era figures for his national security team
US President-elect Joe Biden speaks during a cabinet announcement event in Wilmington, Delaware, on November 24, 2020. - US President-elect Joe Biden introduced November 24, 2020 a seasoned national security team he said was prepared to resume US leadership of the world after the departure of President Donald Trump. "It's a team that will keep our country and our people safe and secure," Biden said, introducing his picks for secretary of state, national security advisor, intelligence chief, and other key cabinet jobs"It's a team that reflects the fact that America is back. Ready to lead the world, not retreat from it," Biden said. (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA / AFP) (Photo by CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images)
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U.S. House intelligence panel subpoenas top Homeland official over whistleblower complaint
FILE - In this March 3, 2020, file photo House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, D-Calif., talks to reporters on Capitol Hill in Washington. Schiff said Tuesday, Sept. 29, that he will subpoena the Department of Homeland Security after a department whistleblower wasn’t allowed access to documents and clearance he needs to testify. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
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U.S. intelligence reports warn of domestic extremist threat around presidential election
Yard signs supporting U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden are seen outside of an early voting site at the Fairfax County Government Center in Fairfax, Va., on Sept. 18, 2020.
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U.S. homeland chief says white supremacists pose ‘most persistent’ domestic threat
Armed members of the 'Proud Boys' leave after attending a '2nd Amendment' rally outside the Michigan Supreme Court Building in Lansing, Michigan, U.S. September 17, 2020. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook
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Trump’s Homeland Security nominee denies intelligence meddling
Department of Homeland Security acting Secretary Chad Wolf testifies during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, in Washington, on Sept. 23, 2020.
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Official claims pressure to alter Homeland Security intel
In this June 28, 2019, file photo the Department of Homeland Security seal is seen during a news conference in Washington.
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Trump says he will send federal forces to more U.S. cities despite national outcry over tactics
Federal agents use crowd control munitions to disperse protesters at the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse, in Portland, Ore., on July 20, 2020.
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Trump White House moves to deny asylum to those from countries with widespread communicable disease
FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2019, file photo, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer gives instructions to migrants who are on their way to apply for asylum in the United States, on International Bridge 1 as they depart Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. The Trump administration on Wednesday, July 8, 2020, proposed empowering border authorities to deny asylum to people from countries with widespread, deadly communicable disease, its latest in a string of regulations before the November elections to dramatically raise the bar on who qualifies for humanitarian protections. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano, File)
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U.S. to exempt foreign athletes from coronavirus-related entry bans
In this photo taken Sunday, May 17, 2020, a truck from Canada heads to the single open lane heading into the U.S. at the Peace Arch border crossing in Blaine, Wash.
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U.S. working to free American in Iran, deny a prisoner swap is being discussed
Ken Cuccinelli, the acting deputy Homeland Security secretary, said Wednesday that the cases of American detainee Michael White in Iran and Sirous Asgari, the Iranian imprisoned in the United States, have never been connected.