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GS-14 DHS official admits department will defy Trump appointed Secretary Kristi Noem’s ‘marching orders’
National, OMG Media

GS-14 DHS official admits department will defy Trump appointed Secretary Kristi Noem’s ‘marching orders’

By OMG Team | OMG Media Brandon Wright, a GS-14 Platform Services Manager for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), admitted that career officials within the department actively resist directives from political appointees, including newly appointed DHS Secretary Kristi Noem. “The truth is, we don’t let them [secretaries] get in our way,” Wright disclosed to an undercover O’Keefe Media journalist. He went on to explain the deeply entrenched bureaucratic resistance within DHS, likening it to a multi-layered septic system that filters out directives it does not align with. “There’s a lot of layers, like [in] government… By the time the actual marching orders get to me and below, we can filter it in a way that steadies the ship.” READ THE FULL STORY AT OMG MEDIA
White House announces: ‘Deportation flights have begun’
National, Newsmax

White House announces: ‘Deportation flights have begun’

By Sandy Fitzgerald  | Newsmax The White House early Friday announced that "deportation flights have begun," while releasing photographs of lines of people led onto military planes to be taken out of the country.  "President Trump is sending a strong and clear message to the entire world: If you illegally enter the United States of America, you will face severe consequences," White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Friday on X  while showing two photographs of people boarding the planes.  It was not specified when the photographs were taken, where the deportations were being carried out, or where the flights were destined. READ THE FULL STORY AT NEWSMAX
Trump shooting task force says DHS, Secret Service haven’t produced docs on golf course incident
Fox News, National

Trump shooting task force says DHS, Secret Service haven’t produced docs on golf course incident

By Elizabeth Elkind  | Fox News The House Task Force investigating the assassination attempts on President-elect Trump's life has released its final report on Tuesday, detailing "preexisting conditions and leadership failures" that led to the deadly campaign rally in Pennsylvania in July. While the bipartisan panel was given ample information on that shooting, the report suggested requests for documents on the second attempt on Trump's life – this one at his Palm Beach golf course in September – were seemingly stonewalled. "The Task Force notes that as of the date of publication of this report, [the Department of Homeland Security], [U.S. Secret Service], FBI, and [Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives] have not produced any documents responsive to the Task...
DHS Chief Alejandro Mayorkas Announces Jobs Giveaway — for Migrants
Breitbart, National

DHS Chief Alejandro Mayorkas Announces Jobs Giveaway — for Migrants

By John Binder | Breitbart In the final weeks of President Joe Biden’s administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is announcing a jobs giveaway for newly arrived migrants with work permits. On Tuesday, Mayorkas announced a final rule from the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that will allow millions of migrants, many of whom have been released into the U.S. interior by the Biden administration, to keep their work permits for up to 540 days when they seek a renewal. Migrants previously could renew their work permits for 180 days. For years, Democratic mayors had lobbied DHS to extend such automatic employment authorization for migrants. The rule will go into effect on Jan. 13, 2025. READ THE FULL STORY AT BREITBAR...
Jim Jordan demands file on Afghan national charged with attempting terror attack on election day
National, The Daily Caller

Jim Jordan demands file on Afghan national charged with attempting terror attack on election day

By Henry Rodgers | The Daily Caller House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan sent letters Tuesday to the State Department and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) demanding information about the Afghan man with reported ties to ISIS who allegedly planned an Election Day terrorist attack in the U.S. The Daily Caller first obtained copies of the letters to Secretary of State Antony Blinken and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. In the letters, Jordan demands the following: Case history documents and information, including, but not limited to, the alien’s immigration history, immigration benefits applications, the alien file (A-file) or consular file (including all consular notes), and immigration detention status and history. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DAILY CALLER
‘Stunning security failure’: U.S. agents miss Venezuelan gang tattoos in scan for refugee approvals
National, The Washington Times

‘Stunning security failure’: U.S. agents miss Venezuelan gang tattoos in scan for refugee approvals

By  Stephen Dinan | Washington Times The Department of Homeland Security greenlighted refugee applications for Venezuelan gang members after immigration officers failed to spot their gang tattoos, The Washington Times has learned. Kevin Grigsby, head of refugee operations at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, said several members of the vicious Tren de Aragua gang were approved and made it to the U.S. border before a different agency spotted the tattoos and blocked them from entering. Experts said tattoos are a standard indicator of gang membership and expressed shock that USCIS was missing those red flags. Concerns have been heightened about TDA, whose members have been linked to a series of high-profile crimes. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE WASHINGTON TIME...
DHS confirms the Kamala Harris parole program is a national security risk
National, Washington Examiner

DHS confirms the Kamala Harris parole program is a national security risk

By The Washington Examiner The catch-and-release migrant programs created by President Joe Biden and endorsed by Vice President Kamala Harris have increased national security risks, according to the independent watchdog that oversees the Department of Homeland Security. The DHS Office of Inspector General released a report last week finding that Customs and Border Protection is releasing noncitizens without identification into the United States, contrary to federal law, in a manner that “inadvertently increases national security risks.” The same report also found that the Transportation Security Administration then lets these same unidentified noncitizens onto airplanes, where they are free to fly wherever they wish in the U.S. According to the report, CBP encountered 2.4 million ...
‘High risk noncitizens’ without IDs flying across U.S.
The Center Square, National

‘High risk noncitizens’ without IDs flying across U.S.

By  Bethany Blankley | The Center Square Twenty-three years after Islamic terrorists used airplanes to conduct the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil, the federal agency created to protect Americans from national security threats “cannot ensure they are keeping high-risk noncitizens without identification from entering the country.”  The potentially high-risk noncitizens are being flown on domestic flights without identification, creating a public safety risk, according to the latest Office of Inspector General report assessing several federal agencies within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The OIG has repeatedly published reports identifying potential national security risks created by Biden-Harris policies identified within DHS and its subagencies. READ THE FU...
By diverting $641M to migrants, Mayorkas admits FEMA funds won’t last through hurricane season
National, The Post Millennial

By diverting $641M to migrants, Mayorkas admits FEMA funds won’t last through hurricane season

By Thomas Stevenson | The Post Millennial If you want to know how hostile the global elite are to free speech, look no further than John Kerry’s recent speech to the World Economic Forum. Rather than extol the benefits of democratic liberty versus dictatorships and oligarchs, Kerry called the First Amendment a “major block” to keeping people from believing the “wrong” things. The former secretary of state and aide to the Biden-Harris administration told the sympathetic audience: “You know, there’s a lot of discussion now about how you curb those entities in order to guarantee that you’re going to have some accountability on facts, etc. But look, if people only go to one source, and the source they go to is sick, and, you know, has an agenda, and they’re putting out ...