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Border Protection Suicides Underscore Prevention Gaps, GAO Says
US Customs and Border Protection accounted for the overwhelming majority of the 99 suicides reported among law enforcement officers across the Homeland Security Department over the past decade, according to a government watchdog.
Texas, DOJ Duck Collusion Claim in Migrant Tuition Program’s End
Lawyers for Texas and the US Justice Department didn’t directly address claims of collusion during an appellate argument over their settlement that ended an in-state tuition program for migrant students.
House Plans Friday Vote on Reconciliation Bill, Scalise Says
House Republicans aim to pass a procedural rule for their party-line immigration enforcement spending bill tonight, with final passage expected Friday morning, Majority Leader
NAACP Revives Suit to Block New Trump Mail Ballot Rules
The NAACP has reignited a landmark lawsuit over pandemic-era mail-in ballot handling in an effort to prevent the Trump administration from altering rules that could impact how millions of voters cast their ballots.
Nebraska In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants Tossed
Undocumented immigrants who live Nebraska are no longer eligible for in-state tuition at public colleges, thanks to a court-approved consent decree signed by both state and federal officials.
DHS Aims to Tighten Work Eligibility for Immigrant Parolees
The Department of Homeland Security plans to restrict certain immigrants’ access to work permits, including deferred action recipients and people granted humanitarian parole.
House Panel Releases $65 Billion Homeland Security Bill
House Republicans released a $64.9 billion bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security in fiscal 2027.
Trump Tightens Grip on Federal Workers Even in Scaled-Back Form
President Donald Trump’s executive order strips key civil-service protections from 8,000 top-level federal employees following his campaign pledge to fire “rogue bureaucrats.”
BGOV Bill Analysis: S. 2, Immigration-Border Reconciliation Bill
The Department of Homeland Security would receive $69.5 billion in multiyear funding under S. 2, Republicans’ budget reconciliation package.
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The H-1B Visa: A Brief History From Truman to Trump
The history of the H-1B visa from its origins in 1952, when Harry S. Truman was president, to the major developments since Trump’s “Buy American and Hire American” executive order.
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